Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD) Funded
Conference Research Dissemination Grant. This grant provides financial support to enable UPD Colleges/Units to host conferences in line with the University’s mission and vision. Please note that the grant is not offered on a regular basis.
Open Grants. These support UPD interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary, or cross-disciplinary research and creative works of the highest standards. It is hoped these research or creative works will lead to evidence-based interventions, breakthrough policies, notable creative works, and/or innovative technologies with excellent socio-economic potential.
Outright Research Grants. These aim to support UPD researchers and creative workers embarking on start-up projects. The grants may co-fund major projects and are available to research or creative works in any field from all academic clusters in the University.
PhD Incentive Awards. These provide the necessary incentives and support to UPD faculty members and REPS who recently obtained their PhDs to establish their research or creative work in UPD. These awards are also incentives for new PhD holders to publish their dissertations in reputable, refereed journals or exhibit their creations in prestigious venues or events. This way, grantees can begin establishing publication or exhibition records that will strengthen their chances of obtaining future grants for further research or creative work.
REPS Development Fund. This fund is used to support UPD REPS in the dissemination of research output, attendance in conferences, seminars, workshops, training courses, in-house training and fellowships (formal education support), or a one-time incentive for completing a degree.
Research Dissemination Grants (RDG). The Research Dissemination Office offers the RDG for faculty to fund international presentations, exhibitions, and publications; the Student Publication Award (SPA) for students who publish in UPD journals; and the REPS Development Fund (RDF) for Research, Extension, and Professional Staff to support their conference attendance, training, and dissemination of research and creative works.
Source of Solutions Grants (SOS). These grants provide funding to support commissioned research or creative work on results-oriented projects or programs, open innovation solutions, or front-end ideation to R&D addressing immediate challenges and pressing concerns of/in UPD. These aim to promote the strategic value of UPD as a microcosm of Philippine society and, therefore, a great source of solutions (SOS) to many of the most difficult national problems (in education, risk and disaster management, land use, transportation, community safety, etc.).
Thesis and Dissertation Grants. These grants assist UPD personnel in the completion of their MA/MS theses or PhD dissertations, which are requirements for graduate degrees. Thesis and Dissertation Grants support theses and dissertation works in any academic discipline.
UPD Extension Grant. This is an outright grant administered by the OVCRD to support extension projects of UPD faculty members, REPS, and staff that receive minimal or no funding support from any organization. The grant aims to promote and encourage UPD personnel to contribute to achieving excellence in social and public service, especially with underserved and marginalized sectors and communities.
Research and Creative Work Load Credits. This supports UPD/UPDEPP faculty members doing research or creative work projects with funding. Through this, a faculty’s regular teaching load is reduced based on the approved RLC/CWLC units.
Extension Load Credits (Without Project Funding). This supports UPD/UPDEPP/O faculty members doing extension work without project funding. Through this, a faculty’s load is reduced by 3 units per semester or 6 units per academic year.
UP System Grants and Awards
The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) of the UP System provides the following grants and awards for research and creative work:
- Balik PhD Grant
- Emerging Interdisciplinary Research
- Enhanced Creative Work and Research Grant
- Gawad sa Natatanging Publikasyon sa Filipino
- Gémino H. Abad Awards for Poetry and for Literary Criticism
- International Publication Award
- Invention Disclosure Incentive
- Research Dissemination Grant
- One UP Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant Awards
- UP Arts Productivity Award
- UP Scientific Productivity System
The set of guidelines for each of these grants and awards are found in the OVPAA website.