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RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
Maintaining Research Culture Towards Formidable
Research Frontier and Innovative Technology Generation
& Commercialization

The University has added more ISU has also sustained collabora- “
significant breakthroughs and cut- tions with local, national, and inter-
ting-edge initiatives to its perfor- national institutions towards shar-
mance on research thanks to ardent ing of technical, human and financial The enhanced R&D
commitment of its researchers. As a resources along with research results management and
result, ISU on 2019 extended to ca- in effecting socio-economic develop- funding brought
ter additional research disciplines ment.
which at the same time gave rise to significant increase
the establishment of new research Expanding Research and to research
and development centers. Development Centers
workforce and
Continuous internal and exter- ISU’s Research Centers were output productivity.
nal funding supports have accelerat- monumental proofs in catering re-
ed the growth of on-going, presented search activities that are geared
and published researches. Majority towards community and industry
of them had been in prestigious local, needs. They are aligned to regional
national and international presenta- and national thematic thrusts includ-
tions. Funding support has also sus- ing agriculture, biodiversity, fresh
tained research workforce in driving water, animal sciences, social scienc-
research performance, encouraging es, governance, higher education, in-
more researchers to pursue knowl- dustrial technology education, busi-
edge discovery and generation, and ness, and entrepreneurship.
empowering them in their ardent
commitment. As a result, the number In 2019, additional Five (5) R&D
of personnel engaged in research in- Centers were created. These include
creased. Regional Public Administration and

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