Research proposals are evaluated based on these general criteria. As for the specific areas UP ISC will be funding, you may take a look at the Priority areas for FY 2024-2025.
This is the first time UP ISC will be offering the grant. As soon as projects are successfully completed, they will be showcased in this website or through a newsletter. To get a better idea of the types of project that may be funded, you can browse through the Division Chairpersons' presentations:
Artificial Intelligence
Complexity Studies
Data Science
It depends on the type of research project you're submitting. Regular projects can receive up to PHP 1.5 million per year. while High-Impact projects are eligible for up to PHP 5 million per year. For more information, you may browse through the criteria for classifying the types of research projects.
The UP ISC's expertise database is a starting point. Other events will also be organized moving forward, including UP symposia/conferences where the community presents their existing research to everyone else.
UP ISC will benchmark against EIDR procedures. Once these procedures are established, affiliates will be informed.
No. However, we can explore the possibility of UP Faculty/REPS/Staff having co-PIs who are not affiliated with UP, with 1) additional funding from outside UP; and 2) signing of MoA.
Yes. To keep updated about UP ISC's activities and events, make sure to follow our official Facebook page. In the future, we will also have a newsletter you can sign up to.
Yes.
Yes. As long as the project has an eligible PI, students/advisees may be involved.
For FY 2024-2025, UP ISC has no research grants for short-term research training. However, this is something that the center will continue to explore in the coming years.
You may check the priority research areas for F.Y. 2024-2025.
Digital humanities is one of the priority research areas for FY 2024-2025, and falls under all of UP ISC’s research divisions: AI, complexity science, and data science. In the future, UP ISC may look into creating a digital humanities division.
If you plan to use UPDC's resources, yes. Please contact datacommons@science.upd.edu.ph directly for costing, Should costing be unavailable, you may submit your proposal excluding UPDC's resources in your LIB. However, please make sure to indicate the requirements in your proposal. Once your proposal has been reviewed, UPDC will contact you with their suggestions.
Research Assistant/Associate rates may be based on the prescribed salary rate guidance of DOST.
If they belong to a different department, college, or other administrative unit, then list them as partners. For example, if the College of Science is working with the College of Arts and Letters, you can list the CAL team members as partners. Otherwise, there is no need to list them.
The UP System is included in the dropdown options; see image.
We recommend that the PI be the one to submit the application for purposes of accountability, but if necessary, you can submit on behalf of your PI. However, if you create an Airtable account or log into Airtable, you should do it as yourself; please do not use the login credentials of the PI and log in on their behalf. Please note that all email communication from the ISC will be primarily directed at the PI.
No. It should be sent to the ISC Executive Director via channels (not via ISC). As specified in the guidelines and at the bottom of the cover sheet, the Office of the Chancellor is requested to transmit the signed and endorsed application to the ISC Executive Director.
Digitally-signed documents or scanned copies of physically signed documents will suffice. Either way, ideally, the transmittal should be done directly from the Office of the Chancellor to the UP ISC Executive Director.
If by indirect funds you mean utilities, you will need to specify this in your budget (e.g., electricity costs, water costs, etc.). You can also allocate a reasonable amount of the grant as contingency. However, you cannot allocate any costs as income to the CU or the proponent unit because unlike DOST funding, UP ISC research grants funds are internal to UP.
You need only to describe how your project contributes to the strategic plans of the CUs of the partners involved in the project. We assume that you and your partners know what the strategic plans of your own CUs are. If for whatever reason you are not aware of the strategic plans of your own CU, consult with your own department, college, faculty of study, institute, or Office of the Chancellor.
No, there is no need to include the Application Preview Form. That form was provided just to help you prepare for the Web submission.
No. We do not need to see research load credit application as some form of proof for counterpart funding.
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Yes.
Disbursement vouchers be signed by the head of ISC but they will be countersigned by the PI.