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National Research Symposium Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS
(Information Guidelines)

16 October 2013
RDMIC Building, Elliptical Road corner Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Theme:
“NRS @ 25: Pananaliksik Tungo SA Mataas Na Ani at Kita SA Pagsasakahan at Pangingisdaan”

BACKGROUND

The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) of the Department of Agriculture is now calling for the submission of scientific papers for the 25th National Research Symposium (NRS). The competition is open to all Filipino scientists and researchers from DA units and agencies, state universities and colleges, and other government institutions under the DA’s National Agriculture and Fisheries R&D System (NaRDSAF) that conduct R&D work in agriculture and fisheries. Entry papers must be based on results of R&D projects/activities completed in the past five years (2008-2013).

The culmination of the NRS is the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) Research Paper Award which is awarded to researchers whose works have resulted to new technologies, information, processes, or systems that are beneficial to the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

RESEARCH PAPER CATEGORIES

The following are the research paper categories in the symposium. Classifications and categories may change based on R&D trends and policy directives.

    1. Basic Research - any experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular or specific application or use in view.
            1. Biological Sciences
            2. Physical Sciences
    2. Applied Research – Technology/Information Generation (Agriculture) - research in agriculture directed towards gaining knowledge or understanding necessary for determining the means by which a recognized and specific need may be met. Research papers from the following disciplines are qualified.
            • Crop Science
            • Crop Protection
            • Animal Science
            • Soils and Water Science
            • Postharvest
            • Engineering
    3. Applied Research – Technology/Information Generation (Fisheries) - research in fisheries directed towards gaining knowledge or understanding necessary for determining the means by which a recognized and specific need may be met. Research papers from the following disciplines are qualified.
            • Aquatic Resources Management
            • Capture Fisheries
            • Aquaculture
            • Postharvest and Processing
    4. Applied Research – Technology Adaptation/Verification (Agriculture) – Adaptation research is directed towards fine-tuning newly developed technologies necessary for determining their technical feasibility in solving specific needs related to agricultural production and postproduction in consideration of the agro-ecological and social conditions in location-specific areas; Verification research is a replication of adapted technologies to further test their technical feasibility, economic viability, and social acceptability in larger areas exhibiting the same agro-ecological conditions.
            • Crop Science
            • Animal Science
            • Crop Protection
            • Soils and Water Science
    5. Applied Research – Technology Adaptation/Verification (Fisheries) – Adaptation research is directed towards fine-tuning newly developed technologies necessary for determining their technical feasibility in solving specific needs related to fisheries production and postproduction in consideration of the agro-ecological and social conditions in location-specific areas; Verification research is a replication of adapted technologies to further test their technical feasibility, economic viability, and social acceptability in larger areas exhibiting the same agro-ecological conditions.
            • Aquatic Resources Management
            • Capture Fisheries
            • Aquaculture
            • Postharvest and Processing
    6. Socio-Economics Research - research that deals with people and institutions including governance, politics, economics, sociology, and anthropology, focuses on methods of participatory research, monitoring and evaluation of technological packages with regard to adoption and impact, and contributions to policy-related issues pertaining to agriculture and fisheries production.
    7. Development (Agriculture) – output of systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience that is directed towards producing new materials, products, devices, installing new processes, systems, and services and improving substantially those already produced and installed for use by the intended client.
    8. Development (Fisheries) - output of systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience that is directed towards producing new materials, products, devices, installing new processes, systems, and services and improving substantially those already produced and installed for use by the intended client.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

    1. Filipino researchers/scientists from a NaRDSAF-member institution may submit entries for any of the categories. For the “Development Research Paper Category,” only researchers/scientists from DA units may submit.
    2. Topics of the papers must be within the symposium’s overall theme and must be aligned with the goals and objectives of the Department of Agriculture (DA), namely:
          1. Food security
          2. Poverty alleviation and social equity
          3. Improved productivity and increased income
          4. Resource sustainability
          5. Global competitiveness
    3. Entry papers must be results of research conducted in the Philippines within the last five years and is completed as of 30 June of the current year.
    4. Papers already presented in any national or international scientific congress or competitions are disqualified.
    5. Papers already published in any journal are disqualified.
    6. Graduate theses/dissertations or any part of it, is disqualified.
    7. A preliminary evaluation and scoring of all papers will be conducted by a panel of evaluators. Three finalists from each category will be selected and invited to present their paper during the NRS, which is held during the National R&D Week. All finalists will also be requested to prepare a poster to be included in the NRS exhibit and as entry in the poster competition.
    8. All submitted papers should be properly endorsed by the head of the agency/office of the researcher/s (with endorsement letter).

FORMAT, STYLE, AND SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

Interested parties must submit the following:

    1. Fully accomplished NRS Entry Form (BAR/QSF-L.04.01)
    2. Research paper (six hard copies of the manuscript and a digital copy on a recordable cd – both versions should be identical) with the endorsement letter from the agency head of the researcher.
          1. The recommended length of the paper is 30 pages, double-spaced, inclusive of appendices, tables, figures, charts.
          2. The paper must be printed on one side only of a letter size bond paper (8.5” x 11”) with a clearance of 1” for the top, bottom, left, and right margins. Please use the typeface Times New Roman, size 12 or Arial, size 12.
          3. The manuscript must be encoded in Microsoft Word and/or Excel (for tables and/or charts).
          4. Entry papers must strictly follow the standard format for scientific papers:
                  1. Title
                  2. Author/s
                  3. Abstract
                  4. Keywords
                  5. Introduction (Rationale, Review of Literature, etc.)
                  6. Objectives
                  7. Methodology
                  8. Results and Discussion
                  9. Conclusion and Recommendations
                  10. Reference

Submit fully accomplished NRS entry form together with the manuscript in six (6) hard copies and a digital copy on a recordable CD (digital copy of the paper may also be sent electronically through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 15 August 2013 to:

THE NATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PAPERS COMMITTEE
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
RDMIC Bldg, Visayas Avenue, cor. Elliptical Road
Diliman, Quezon City 1104

Failure to follow the guidelines will automatically disqualify the entry.

AWARDS

The winning papers will be selected for each category. Cash prizes and plaques/trophies will be given to the authors of the winning papers.

Gold Award Php 100,000.00
Silver Award Php 75,000.00
Bronze Award Php 50,000.00

Winners from the qualified entry posters will be selected for the poster competition. Cash prizes and trophies will be given to the authors of the winning posters.

Gold Award Php 50,000.00
Silver Award Php 35,000.00
Bronze Award Php 25,000.00

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Digna L. Sandoval – Chair, Symposium Papers Committee
at telephone no: (02) 928-8624 local 2111, 920-0219 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BAR Seminar Series

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May

"Malunggay as Goat Feeds"

Speaker: 
Ms. Remedios Acasio
OIC, Research Division
Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI)

"Climate Change: Impacts, Challenges and Opportunitiesm for Philippine Agriculture"

Speaker: 
Dr. Maria Victoria O. Espaldon
Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)

 

FOR  INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT THE APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION (ACD) look for Ms. Aica Barral or Mr. Norman Reyes TEL # (02) 928-8624, (02) 928-8505 LOCAL 3027, 3022 OR 2627

 

Rice: Research to Production Course 2012

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The course is designed to open young scientists and potential young scientists (21-35 years old) to the challenges and opportunities of rice science to meet the global challenges of rice food security and to improve the livelihoods of resource poor rice producers.

The 3-week course aims to create a new generation of plant scientists that are well networked into the international community and understand the importance of innovative plant science in addressing global problems. It shall provide the participants with: (a) an understanding of the basics of rice production in Asia; (b) familiarity with the germplasm collection at IRRI and current issues related to germplasm exchange and intellectual property rights; (c) an appreciation of the research issues of IRRI and its developing partners; (d) hands-on skills relating to rice breeding, molecular genetics, and genomics; (e) an understanding of how to structure effective international collaborations; and (f) a plan and personal contacts to work effectively as part of the international research community in the future.

The course is scheduled on May 14 - June 1, 2012. Course fee will be provided by the DA-BAR-IRRI project which covers meals and accommodation, local medical insurance while in the course, local travel (educational and socio-cultural) relevant to the course including airport pick-up/send-off, if needed, and learning materials.

The deadline of application is on March 30, 2012. Applicants must fill-up attached application form.

The International Rice Research Institute is a member of the CGIAR

For more information, please contact:

HEI LEUNG
Course Coordinator
Plant Breeding, Genetics and
Biotechnology Division

or

NOEL MAGOR
Head, Training Center
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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
Fax: +63 2 891 1292; +63 2 580 5699
Phone: +63 2 845 0563; +63 2 580 5600
URL: http://www.training.irri.org

To download application form, click here

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National Science and Technology Week Awards

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Gregorio Y. Lara Medal

THE OUTSTANSTANDING TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION AWARD

The award is given in recognition of the efforts of technology generators and developers whose technologies have been commercialized. Only one award will be given each year.

Entries may come from any of the following:

  • Agriculture (including Aquaculture and Forestry)
  • Industry and Engineering (Energy, Environment, Earth Science, Textile, Process, Mining and Minerals, Materials Science, Transportation, Wood and Wood Products, Construction)
  • Health and Nutrition and Related Pharmaceutical and Social Sciences
  • Information Communications Technology (ICT), Multi-media, Electronics, Software, etc.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION

The Outstanding Technology Commercialization awardee will be chosen by the Board of Judges (to be appointed by NAST). The Board of Judges will formulate their own guidelines of judging based on the suggested criteria:

  • Contribution of technological developmentCommercialization Scale (Profitability & Productivity)
    1. originality/novelty/usefulness, innovation/adaptation (Patentability)
    2. potential for local value-added
  • Use of environment-friendly materials/technology
  • Direct benefits to the public
  • Presentation of Paper

GUIDELINES

  1. The contest is open to all Filipino researchers and inventors
  2. Technology must have been commercialized within ten (10) years preceding the award
  3. Each entry must have a write-up containing the following information:Nominations may be made by hands of government or private research institutions, departments of colleges or universities, or acedemic/ professioal scientific organization or societies.
    • Title of Technology
    • Description of Technology
    • Profile of the production/services, marketing and financial operations (including list of technology adopters and their addresses)
    • Impact of the technology on productivity and profitability to technologies
  5. The Board of Judges may, if found necessary, visit the plant's commercializing the technology
  6. Decisions of the Board of Judges shall be final and unappealable. Contestants or their representatives shall agree to the immunity of the members of the Board of Judges, DOST and their employees from any legal suit that may arise from or relative to the conduct, result, etc. of the contest.
  7. The Board of Judges has the right not to declare any winner

Eduardo A. Quisumbing Medal (for Basic Research)
Julian A. Banzon Medal (for Applied Research)
THE OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AWARD

the award is given to individual/group who have made outstanding contribution through reserach,. Two types of awards will be given, namely: (1) Basic Research and (2) Applied Research

For Basic Research, entries may come from any of the follwing fields:

  1. Mathematics (Computer Science)
  2. Physical (Physics, chemistry, etc)
  3. Life Sciences (Biology, Botany, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, etc)

For Applied Research, entries may come from any of the following fields:

  1. Agriculture (including Aquaculture and Forestry)
  2. Industry and Engineering (Energy, Environment, Earth Science, Textile, Pharmaceuticals, Process, Mining and Minerals, Science, Transportation, Wood and Wood Products, Construction, Electronics, Information Technology, Engineering Technologies)
  3. Health and Social Sciences (Economics, Health, Nutrition, Science, Education and others.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION

The Outstanding Research Development awardee will be chosen by the Board of Judges (to be appointed by NAST). The Board of Judges will formulate their own guidelines of judging based on the suggested criteria:

  1. Creativity and originality of research work
  2. Suitanability of experimental design and appropriateness of methodology
  3. Substantiveness of data
  4. Clarity of presentation (conciseness, appropriate use of labels and figures technical accuracy of language, definition of terms)
  5. Interpretation of results
  6. Overall impact of research (immediate or potential) on socio-economic development, contribution to scientific knowledge

GUIDELINES

  1. The contest is open to all Filipino researchers or research groups with Filipinos as the principal investigators. The composition or leader of the research group should be documented
  2. Research should have been conducted mainly in the Philippines and completed within a period of three (3) years preceding the award
  3. Papers may either be basic or applied
  4. Papers to be considered or completed research must have been published or refereed for publication or should have been accepted for publication in a scientific or technological journal
  5. Original copies of reprints and monographs of entries including the abstract should be submitted. Entries should state the category of award under which they wish to compete.
  6. Nominations may be made by hands of government or private research institutions, departments of colleges or universities, or academic/ professional scientific organizations or societies.
  7. Decisions of the Board of Judges shall be final and unappealable. Contestants or their representatives shall agree to the immunity of the members of the Board of Judges, DOST and their employees from any legal suit that may arise from or relative to the conduct, results, etc of the the contest.
  8. The Board of Judges has the right not to declare any winner.

Dioscoro L. Umali Medal
THE OUTSTANDING SCIENCE ADMINISTRATOR AWARD

The award is given in recognition of S&T or R&D administrator who have made significant contributions to science and technology through effective management and implementation of plans and programs. The S&T or R&D administrator may come from the academe, private sector or government.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION

The Outstanding Science Administrator awardeee will be choosen by the Board of Judges (to be appointed by NAST). The following are the criteria for evaluation:

  • Contribution to technological development
  • Resource generation activities
  • Dedication and commitment
  • Acceptance of peers and colleagues

GUIDELINES

  1. The award is open to all Filipino heads of S&T and/or R&D agencies or institutions from the academe, private sector or government.
  2. He/She must have been holding the said position for atleast two (2) years before the award.
  3. Candidates should be nominated by the heads of govenment or private institution with the following requirements:Effectiveness in fulfilling the mission and objectives of his or her institution.
    • Comprehensive bio-data
    • Accomplishments or contributions to S&T or R&D management in terms of projects implemented, resource generated and the like.
  5. Entries should be submitted in eight (8) copies to the NAST Secretariat.
  6. The board of Judges may, if found necessary, interview the candidates.
  7. Decisions of the Board of Judges shall be final and unappealable. Contestants or their representatives shall agree to the immunity of the members of the Board of Judges, DOST and their employees from any legal suit that may arise from or relative to the conduct, result, etc of the contest.
  8. The Board of Judges has the right not to declare any winner.

 

Nomination forms are available at the
NAST Secretariat
3rd Level, Philippine Science Heritage Bldg, DOST
Compound, Bicutan, Taguig City
1631 Metro Manila
Contact numbers:
(632)837-3170 local 2170-75, 838-7766; 7739; 7792
Fax No.: (632) 837-3170

For more details visit the website www.nast.p

Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologist Award

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The Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologist aims to recognize outstanding research outputs on engineering and technology at the collegiate level and to ensure young Filipino students to pursue a career in science.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATION

  • Filipino citizen
  • Bachelor of Science with research/study/thesis on engineering sciences and technology
  • Good moral character
  • Ability to present the research/study/thesis output during the paper presentation, which will be scheduled.

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