DOST-GIA EXECOM Meeting R2025-04
07 May 2025; 9:00 AM; OSEC Conference Room; DOST Main Building
OPENING PRAYER to be led by by the Secretariat (9:05 AM/5 minutes)
A. Approval of the Provisional Agenda (9:10 - 9:15 PM/5 minutes discussion)
B. Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting (9:20 - 9:25 AM/5 minutes discussion)
C. Secretary's Remarks (9:30 -10:00 AM/30 minutes)
D. Programs/Projects for Discussion
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No. |
Target Time of Presentation/ Q&A | PROGRAM/PROJECT | NATURE OF REQUEST/S&T FIELD/ FUNCTION | IMPLEMENTING/ MONITORING AGENCY | Status |
| PART I. NEW PROGRAMS/PROJECTS | |||||
| PCAARRD New Project | |||||
| 1 |
10:05:00 AM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Integrated Rapid Ionomics and Predictive Modeling for Smarter Nutrient Management in Sugarcane (iCANEPredict) |
R&D - Agriculture 1.a |
PNRI
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DONE |
| NRCP New Project | |||||
| 2 |
10:25:00 AM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Development of a Sustainable Process for Functionallized Biochar Synthesis: Enabling Platform Chemicals and Nanomaterials from Local Bioass (BIOCHARM)
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R&D - Basic Research 1.d |
UPLB | DONE |
| PCIEERD New Program/Projects | |||||
| 3 |
10:45:00 AM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
CIRCULAR INNOVATION, RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION FOR LEVERAGING ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY (CIRCULATES) |
R&D - Policy Advocacy 1.d |
ITDI | DONE |
| 4 |
11:05:00 AM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Autonomous Underwater Robotic Vehicle for Mapping Benthic Surface Solid Pollution |
R&D - AI 1.a |
UPD | DONE |
| PCAARRD-Monitored Program/Project For Renewal | |||||
| 5 |
11:25:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
e-ASIA JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM (JRP): Towards Green Smart Cities: Improving Agricultural Supply Chain through Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence |
R&D - Agriculture and Food 1.a |
DLSU | DONE |
| 6 |
11:45:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
VIROLOGY AND VACCINE RESEARCH PROGRAM (VRP) DEVELOPMENT OF MITIGATING STRATEGIES FOR THE COCONUT CADANG-CADANG THREAT Project 2. Transcriptomic Analysis of Healthy and Cadang-Cadang-Infected Coconut Palms Date of PCHRD Endorsement: 10 March 2025 Year 3 Duration: 16 May 2025 - 15 May 2026 (Y3 of 3 Years) |
R&D - Agriculture and Food 1.a |
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) | DONE |
| L U N C H B R E A K (12:10 - 1:00 PM/50 minutes) PART II. RENEWAL OF ONGOING PROGRAMS/PROJECTS |
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| 7 |
1:05:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Detection of Natural Products Derived from Sediment Microbes in Mangrove . Year 2 Duration: 01 February 2024 – 31 January 2025 (Year 3 of 3 Years) |
R&D - Environment 1.a |
University of San Carlos (USC) | DONE |
| 8 |
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Three Year Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Legislative Advocacy Program Project 3. Characterization of Vector-Borne Viruses using Raman Spectroscopy for Clinical Application for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines |
R&D - Policy Advocacy 1.d |
DLLO | DONE |
| PCHRD-Monitored Programs/Projects for Renewal | |||||
| 9 |
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VIROLOGY AND VACCINE RESEARCH PROGRAM (VRP): MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOBANKING OF VECTOR-BORNE AND RESPIRATORY VIRUSES FOR THE VIROLOGY AND VACCINE INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES (VRV BIOBANKING): Project 3. Characterization of Vector-Borne Viruses using Raman Spectroscopy for Clinical Application for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines |
R&D - Health 1.a |
ITDI | DONE |
| 10 |
1:25:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
PROMOTING HEALTHY FILIPINO LIVER THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (PHIL LIVER): Liquid Biopsy-Based Biomolecular Markers for the Prognostication of Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Filipinos (LIQUID-BIOPSEE) Year 3 Duration: 10 June 2025 - 09 June 2026 (Year 3 of 5 Years) |
R&D - Health 1.a |
UP MANILA (UPM) |
DONE |
| 11 |
1:45:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
A PEEK INTO THE FUTURE (3D PRINTED PEEK IMPLANTS) Project 1. Development of a Biocompatible, Patient-Specific, 3D Printed, Bridging Mandibular Implant for Large Midline Mandibular Defects Year 2 Duration: 01 May 2025 - 30 April 2026 (Year 2 of 2 Years) |
R&D - Health 1.a |
Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) | DONE |
| 12 |
2:05:00 PM 30 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Precise Management of Epidermolysis Bullosa and other Genodermatoses in the Philippines: Baseline Profiling of Epidermolysis Bullosa and Genodermatoses of Filipino Patients Year 2 Duration: 01 May 2025 - 30 April 2026 (Year 2 of 3 Years) |
R&D - Health 1.a |
Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) | DONE |
| 13 |
2:25:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
IMMUNOLOGICAL MODELS FOR MEDICALLY USEFUL NOVEL ENTITIES (IMMUNE): Project 2. Immune-Models |
R&D - Health 1.a |
UP Diliman MSU-IIT |
DONE |
| 14 |
2:45:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
DECREASING LEPTOSPIROSIS EMERGENCE THROUGH PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION (DeLEPTO) Project 2. In vitro Disease Modeling of Plasma-Mediated and Genotype-aAssociated Mechanisms of Severe Leptospirosis |
R&D - Health 1.a |
UP Diliman | DONE |
| PART II. RENEWAL OF ONGOING PROGRAMS/PROJECTS | |||||
| PCIEERD-Monitored Programs/Projects for Renewal | |||||
| 15 |
3:05:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Techy Business Para sa Makabagong Bayani: Creating OFW Technopreneurs through the Nationwide Implementation of the iFWD PH Program Year 2 Duration: 01 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 (Year 2 of 2 Years) |
Technology Transfer 1.b |
DOST Regional Offices (DOST-NCR - lead) |
DONE |
| 16 |
3:25:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Collaboration and Harmonization of Growing Regional Opportunities on Wealth Creation (TECHGROW) |
Technology Transfer 1.b |
MSU at Naawan | DONE |
| 17 |
3:45:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
MECO-TECO JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM (JRP): Environment-Friendly Electrosynthesis of Urea from CO2 and Nitrate over Rationally Designed Cu-based Bimetallic Nanocatalysts | R&D - Others | MSU at Naawan | DONE |
| 18 |
4:05:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Design and Development of a 16-nm FinFET CMOS Multifunctional Computing-in-Memory (CiM) Architecture Using a Non-volatile One-Time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTP ROM) for Advanced AI Applications |
R&D - Mining Industry 1.a |
UP-Diliman (UPD)
Mapua Malayan Colleges - Mindanao (MMCM) |
DONE |
| 19 |
4:25:00 PM 15 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Establishment of Pilot Foundry for Education, Research, and Development of Cast Products for Various Industrial Applications in SOCCSKSARGEN |
Provision of Quality S&T Service 1.d | Mindanao State University (MSU)- Gen. Santos Campus | DONE |
| 20 |
4:45:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
MIGRATION STUDIES ON HAZARDOUS CONTAMINANTS FROM LOCALLY-AVAILABLE FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS AND ARTICLES Project 1. Organic Contaminant Migrating from Plastic and Paper Food Contact Materials and Articles Project 2. Inorganic Contaminants Migrating from Plastic Food Contact Materials and Articles |
R&D - Food Technology 1.a |
ITDI |
DONE |
| 21 |
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CENTER FOR MODERNIZED MARITIME TRANSPORT SYSTEM (CMMTS) Project 5. Pilot and Demonstration of Localized Vessel Tracking System for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) |
R&D -Maritime Industry 1.a |
Samar State University (SSU) | DONE |
| 22 |
Facility for Optimized Calibration of Infusion Systems (FOCUS) |
R&D-Others 1.a |
ITDI | DONE | |
| PART III. REPROGRAMMING REQUEST OF ONGOING PROGRAMS/PROJECTS | |||||
| PCIEERD-Monitored Programs/Projects for Renewal | |||||
| 23 |
5:15:00 PM 15 minutes discussion & Q&A |
NICER – PROGRAM BOONDOCK: A MOUNTAIN ENGINEERING CENTER TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPLAND WATER SECURITY Project 2. Improving the Livelihood of CAR MSMEs thru Cable Supported Water and Transport Infrastructure |
R&D - Environment 1.a |
Saint Louis University (SLU) |
DONE |
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PCAARRD-Monitored Project With Reprogramming Request |
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| 24 |
5:30:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
Scholarship Offerings for ASEAN Researchers (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar-CLM) – Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4 |
Innovative HRD | SEI | DONE |
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NRCP-Monitored Project with Reprogramming Request |
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| 25 |
5:50:00 PM 15 minutes discussion & Q&A |
DOST-JSPS JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM: Ecology of Cercarial Production in Tropical Freshwater Ecosystems: Host Parasite Connections of Trematodes in the Cagayan River |
R&D - Basic Research 1.a |
University of SantoTomas (UST) | DONE |
| PCHRD-Monitored Programs/Projects with Reprogramming Request | |||||
| 26 |
6:05:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A |
VIROLOGY AND VACCINE RESEARCH PROGRAM (VRP): MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOBANKING OF VECTOR-BORNE AND RESPIRATORY VIRUSES FOR THE VIROLOGY AND VACCINE INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES (VRV BIOBANKING) Project 1. Biorepository of Human Respiratory Virus with Risk Group Level 2 Infections in Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Luzon Project 2. Molecular Profiles and Biobanking of Vector-Borne Viruses in Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Luzon |
R&D - Health 1.a |
ITDI | DONE |
| 27 |
6:25:00 PM 20 minutes discussion & Q&A
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NICER: ESTABLISHING THE PROTEIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (IPRDC): A BIOTECHNOLOGY FACILITY FOR HEALTH |
R&D - Health 1.a
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Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
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DONE
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Project 1: Enzyme Production: Cloning, Fermentation, Expression and Characterization at Small Scale |
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| Project 2. Scaling Up and Optimization of Protein Production |
R&D - Health 1.a |
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) |
DONE | ||
| Project 3. Building Open-Source Instrumentation for Fermentation and Protein Purification | |||||
| Project 4. Development of Chemical Tools and Materials for Protein Purification | |||||
E. Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting (Ms. Armela K. Razo) [6:40 - 6:55 PM/15-minute discussion]
F. Status of DOST-GIA Funds: Allotment and Cash (Dir Racquel P. Alvendia) [7:00 - 7:10 PM/10-minute discussion)
G. Report on the Liquidation of DOST-GIA Projects (Dir. Racquel P. Alvendia) [7:15 - 7:25 PM/10-minute discussion]
H. Other Matters:
I. Adjournment of the DOST-GIA EXECOM Meeting (7:45 PM)
Legend (Function):
1.a R&D
1.b Research and Development Results Utilization (RDRU)
1.c Development of Human Resources and R&D Institutions for the S&T Sector (DHR & R&D for the S&T Sector)
1.d Provision of Quality S&T Services, Policy Advocacy, S&T Promotion