October 2010
29 October 2010
NorMinCoHRD Orients Proponents on LIB
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- Published on Friday, 29 October 2010 09:38
- Last update Saturday, 17 November 2012 13:09
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Last October 27, 2010, the Northern Mindanao Consortium for Health Research & Development (NorMinCoHRD) organized a one-day budget orientation meeting for project proponents and researchers. The following institutions attended this event: (1) Central Mindanao University, (2) Capitol University, (3) Mindanao State University (MSU) - Marawi Campus, (4) MSU - Maguindanao, and (5) Department of Health - Center for Health Development 10 (DOH-CHD 10).
Mr. Jacinto Taran, Sr. Assistant Regional Director of the Department of Science & Technology - Region 10 (DOST - 10) emphasized the importance of strong public-private partnership in order to maximize the available resources and push through with different health research and development activities.
Ms. Merlita M. Opena, Chief Science Research Specialist of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) provided an overview regarding research funding. Basically, there were two mechanism: (1) the Regional Research Fund (RRF) for projects Php 200,000.00 and below and (2) direct funding from PCHRD, DOST and DOH. Both should be endorsed by the respective institutions, undergone technical and ethics review and approval from the consortium. Furthermore, a sample line-item budget (LIB) was presented. This is to guide them allocate their budget per item. This was followed by a productive and fruitful open forum session.
26 October 2010
HERDIN NeON Training at La Salette
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:29
- Last update Friday, 23 November 2012 22:03
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HERDIN Team holds training at the University of La Salette in Isabela. The said activity is being participated by 6 different institutions from different areas of the province. The institutions present in the activity are: 1.) St. Paul University Philippines; 2.) University of Cagayan Valley; 3.) University of La Salette; 4.) Isabela State University; 5.) Nueva Vizcaya State University; and 6.) University of St. Louis.
11 October 2010
Call for Nominations for NAST & NSTW Awards
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- Published on Monday, 11 October 2010 13:43
- Last update Sunday, 11 November 2012 01:01
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The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), the country's policy body on science and technology is now accepting nominees for the various awards it will be giving in 2011. These are:
a) Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) Awards;
b) NAST Hugh Greenwood Environmental Science Award;
c) NAST-Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize for Young Scientist in the Philippines (in the field of Chemistry for 2011);
d) NAST Talent Search for Young Scientists;
e) NAST-Lino Ed. Lim Educational Development Foundation, Inc. (LELEDFI) Award for Outstanding Research in Tropical Medicine;
f) Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards;
g) Outstanding Book and/or Monograph Awards;
h) Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologists (MFET) Award and;
i) Best Scientific Poster Awards.
NAST also handles the DOST National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) Awards:
a) Outstanding Technology Commercialization (Gregorio Y. Zara Medal)
b) Outstanding Research and Development Award for Basic Research (Eduardo A. Quisumbing Medal)
c) Outstanding Research and Development Award for Applied Research (Julian A. Banzon Medal)
d) Outstanding Science Administrator Award (Dioscoro L. Umali Medal)
Deadline for the submission of nominations is on 26 November 2010. For the scientific poster award, abstracts may be submitted not later than 15 January 2011.
For more information, please visit NAST's website, www.nast.ph or you may contact them at 838-77-39/66/92 or 837-2071 ext. 2170-75.
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