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maximize research outputs and related research undertakings which include the establishment and
operation of the Five (5) additional R&D Centers, research production, and technology generation.
➢ ISU invested majority of the RDE funds on agriculture and aquaculture-related programs and
projects at 97.04%. The remaining fund is used for RDE on health (1.21%), energy (0.62%), higher
education (0.77%) and public governance (0.37%). It is noted that 63% of the agricultural commodity
investment is provided for livestock and poultry researches, followed by fisheries sector at 18% and for
crops at 10%.
➢ The top three commodities with biggest amount of investment sourced-out from 2017-2019 are:
goat RDE Program with Php 90,939,056.00 of the total investment (37%), followed by freshwater
fisheries RDE program with PhP 28,094,812.00 (12%) and dairy cattle RDE program with PhP
23,147,212.00 (9%).
➢ Considering the classification of RDE activities, 53% of the grant is used for applied research;
while 12% of the total fund is utilized for basic research. Under the same period, the University started
to promote and commercialized technologies generated wherein 6% and 8% of the grant are used for
technology promotion and commercialization, respectively. In support to the advancement of RDE
community within the University, 20% of the grant is used for institutional development in which
laboratories equipped with modern equipment were established. Furthermore, 1% of the grant is for
continuous capability building of researchers.

4. BEST PRACTICES

The annual allocation of funds and utilization of Supplemental Budget for R&D.
In support to the university’s quest for excellence in its academic and research standing, a special
budget allocation amounting to 10% from tuition fee income has been earmarked and approved by the
governing board.

The annual allocation is the mainstream source of fund. Guidelines and criteria are adapted in
utilization of the research fund.

Guidelines on Utilization and Item Allocation

1. Direct cost for R&D 65%
2. Support to Paper Presentations in conferences, fora etc. 10%
3. Capacity Building 15%
4. Incentives 5%

5. Overhead/Operations and Support to Student Thesis Contest 5%
▪ Incentives are given to each of the faculty and personnel directly involved in the
preparation of a project proposal approved for financial support by any funding institution.
▪ Financial and administrative support is given by the University for the
Presentation of scientific papers by faculty and researches in national or international
conferences.
▪ Financial support is given when research outputs are published in internationally
peer reviewed journal and found in Thomson Reuters International Indices or (at least) Scopus-
indexed.
▪ Research outputs published as peer reviewed books or published as chapters in
peer-reviewed books are also eligible for financial incentives.
▪ Any University researcher who presented his/her research output in international.

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