Basic Research Grants
DOST Priority Areas in Basic Research
Environment
- Watershed Management
- Disaster and hazard management
- Global warming and climate change
- Ecotourism and biodiversity
- Pollution and Waste Management
- Land
- Water
- Coastal Resources Management
Water Supply Development
- Surface Water Assessment/Development
- Groundwater assessment/development
- Water for energy resources development
- Hydroelectric development
- Rural water supply and wastewater disposal
- Urban water and sewerage system
- Water for agriculture
- Water for navigation
- Erosion and sedimentation
- Wetlands management
- Preservation of unique ecological areas
- Land use planning and management
- Weather modification for increasing water supplies in special localized areas
- Rainwater harvesting
- Inter-basin transfer of water
- Desalination
- Phasing out marginally efficient water uses
- Improved management and operation of existing facilities
- Development of salt tolerant species/crops to reduce freshwater requirement
- Development of plant varieties that transpire less water
Water Quality Management
- Point source pollution
- Non-point source pollution
- Acid precipitation
- Groundwater pollution
- Strategies for water quality control
- Water quality monitoring
- Analytical techniques for identification and quantification of substance concentration
- Safe drinking water
Disaster Management S&T Program
Multi-Natural Hazards
- Geological (inside the earth)
- Geomorphic (earth’s surface)
- Atmospheric (weather)
Industrial and Chemical Hazards
- Oil spills
- Hazardous chemical leaks
- Industrial wastes overflow
- Biological radiological exposure
Human Epidemics
- Dengue
- Malaria
- Influenza
Alternative Energy
Biofuels
- Biofuel Performance Testing Program
- Biodiesel R&D Program
- Bioethanol R&D Program
ICT
- Grid and Cluster Computing
- Open Source and Low-Cost Computing
- Internet, Network and Wireless Technologies
- Digital Content Development
- Foundation of Computer Science
- Emerging Technologies
- Small Satellites
Biotechnology
- GM Crops
- PRSV – resistant papaya
- Delayed ripening papaya
- Cloning of Coconut genes
- Tissue Culture and regeneration of coconut
- Recombinant vaccine
- Edible vaccine
- PCR based detection lists for food contaminants
- Bioinformatics (microbial, plants, animal and medical)
Health Products and Technologies
Herbal Medicine
- Clinical evaluation of herbal medicines for hyperuremia and constipation
- Pre-clinical screening of plants for TB and malaria
- Clinical studies of plants for TB and malaria
- Basic research on tuba-tuba and yacon
- Traditional knowledge on health and establishment of digital library
Vaccines
- Development of human influenza vaccine
- Development of edible vaccines
- S. japonicum vaccine up-scaling and animal testing
Functional Foods and Nutriceuticals Studies on VCO for:
- Coronary artery disease
- TB
- Diabetes mellitus
- Other diseases
Studies on functional foods Essential Drugs
- Development of drugs using local materials
- Development/production of drugs using imported materials
Personal Care Products
- Development and testing of personal care products from local materials
Diagnostics
- Iodinemeter enhancement/testing
- Field trial of S. japonicum, uridip test kit
- Development of test kit (biomarkers for cancer)
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All Regular and Associate Members of the NRCP are eligible to submit research proposals for funding.
Criteria for funding:
- Proposal is not a duplicate of any past and on-going research (local or international) and did not receive (on in the future, will not receive) concurrent grants from other funding agencies.
- Proposal is aligned to the identified priority areas or programs of the NRCP, DOST, or the Philippine government and compliments existing projects under the pertinent program-based scheme.
- All proposals are reviewed by designated NRCP member-evaluators under the pertinent Scientific Division. In the final stages of the evaluation before approval, proposals will undergo defense before the NRCP Executive Committee.
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