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CHAPTER V

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

Section 1. Guidelines for Strategic Planning and Priority Setting of R&D

ISU is a large but relatively young institution and as mentioned in this
Manual, its research and extension thrusts and directions are geared towards
nourishing degree level learning-teaching for the continued growth and
development of higher education in all campuses of ISU while at the same time
promote the frontiers of knowledge by seeking new technologies to improve
community life in its various service areas.

Owing to the very limited financial resources of the University particularly
for R&D and extension as compared to instruction, R&D programs and project
must be maintained more effectively and efficiently. If any of its R&D plans,
programs, and projects is to succeed, the various factors that will determine its
intended outcomes, must be thoroughly identified and established. And this call
for an objective planning and programming of its activities to minimize the
occurrence of undesirable and unpredictable events that would likely derail
program/project/activity implementation

The planning process starts with the establishment of a framework that
represents the many intricate relationships and sequences of events and
activities are as follows:

Section 1.a. The Planning Framework
a) Environmental scanning of the service area of the University;
b) Matching of institutional strengths and resources with the
economic potentials of the service areas;
c) Niching and clustering of R&D programs and projects;
d) Management of research and development centers;
e) Conformation of R&D programs and projects with the national,
regional and institutional research agenda;
f) Major steps in developing the R&D programs;
1) Identification of strong research leaders;
2) Creation of an Ad Hoc Committee;
3) Appointment of experts to review and package proposal,
and
4) Invitation of prospective fund donors
Section 1.b. The R&D Planning Process

Through the inputs coming from the various R&D services,
sections and colleges in campuses, the expected output in the
planning process is the tentative Strategic R&D Plan which shall
be prepared by the TWC of the URD Council and presented to
the URD Council and key stakeholders. After incorporation of

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