LET THE FESTIVITIES KICK OFF!

LET THE FESTIVITIES KICK OFF! While people’s movement is still restricted because of the pandemic, the DOST Region VI continues to provide relevant S&T information, knowledge, and services as it stages its first virtual celebration of Pre-National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) this October 13-15, 2021! Bannered by the theme “Agham at Teknolohiya: Tugon sa
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WVHRDC 2nd Call for Proposals

The Western Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium is now open for another round of Call for Proposals this year! Interested? You can find the guidelines and templates here: https://bit.ly/3C3q6bO

DOST VI gathers generic drugs industry to set plan for a higher level technology assistance

DOST VI gathers generic drugs industry to set plan for a higher level technology assistance Recently, the regional offices of the department transitioned the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading (SETUP) Program to a new phase of program implementation dubbed as SETUP 4.0. Aside from providing firm-level assistance, the new program now ventured into industry-level assistance which
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DOST enables OFWs to venture into technology-based enterprises

DOST enables OFWs to venture into technology-based enterprises In partnership with the Entrepinoy Volunteers Foundation, Inc. (EVFI), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regions II, VI, and XII successfully concluded the Batch Maunlad from seven regions for completing the Phase 1 of the iFWD PH: Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines via
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DOST calls for entries to invention, research contest

The pandemic has shaped the context of Science and Technology (S&T) to a whole new level. As the changing world has paced different possibilities, the country’s S&T researchers came up with innovative technologies and discovered new ways to help flatten the curve through a invention and research competition. The Department of Science and Technology –
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Accelerating impact-based forecasting

One of the main aims of WCSSP Southeast Asia is to develop the capacity of institutions in Southeast Asia to issue timely, accurate warnings of high impact weather. Despite forecasters in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia following protocol, high impact weather in the countries has often resulted in loss of life and property. After Typhoon
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WV participants bag awards in health research competition

As the country is trying to recover from this crucial pandemic while adjusting to the new normal, participants from the health-research sector gathered all their knowledge and expertise in a week-long celebration conducted by the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS), August 9-13, 2021. The PNHRS has a lineup of interesting online activities from the
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71 WV students qualify for DOST scholarship grant

Despite the unprecedented pandemic, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VI continued to soldier on in accelerating the development of Science and Technology (S&T) human resources in the country by administering scholarship grants. Recently, the DOST-Science Education Institute (SEI) announced the 71 qualifiers in Western Visayas for the 2020 Junior Level Science Scholarship
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Moving Beyond Conventional: DOST VI Further Studies Technology Needs of Healthcare and Wellness Sector

In an era of rapid technological change, it is an advantage for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to continue proliferating a competitive service that will keep up with their industry’s innovations and advances. Launched in 2002, SETUP is a nationwide strategy program of DOST that encourages and assists MSMEs in adopting technology innovations to
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