Major Development Programs

and Personalities in Science

and Technologies in the
Philippines
Prepared by April Ann T. Peña, MA
(2020)

Cororaton, C. (2003). Research and Development and Technology in the Philippines. Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
Major Development Programs
in Science and Technologies
in the Philippines
Philippine science and technology has a long history, dating
back to the early American colonial period during which the
Bureau of Science was created.

Moreover, the public school Major shifts in the direction

system was created at about
the same period.
University of the Philippines
of Philippine S&T took
place right after the
proclamation of
independence in 1946.
reorganized into an
Institute of Science
 In the 1980s, research utilization was given
stronger emphasis.
There were also major shifts National Science and Technology Authority
in the 1950s and 1960s that (NSTA)
focused on S&T institutional Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development (PCHRD)
capacity building.
Philippine Council for Industry and Energy
Research and Development (PCIERD)
infrastructure-support
National Research Council of the Philippines
facilities (NRCP)
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and
Natural Resources Research and Development
(PCARRD)
 After the EDSA Revolution in 1986:

National Science and Department Science

Technology Authority and Technology
(NSTA) (DOST)

by virtue of Executive Order 128

For a more effective delivery of certain functions, the
DOST was further restructured, resulting in the
establishment of the:

Technology Application and Promotion Institute

(TAPI)
Science Education Institute (SEI)
Science and Technology Information Institute
(STII)
National Institute of
Industrial Technology
Science and
Development Institute
Technology

Philippine Council for Advanced Science and

Technology Research and Development
(PCASTRD)
Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine
Research and Development
(PCAMRD)
S&T services were also provided to supplement
R&D and technology transfer:

• upgrading of testing
• standardization and quality control services
• various forms of technical assistance and
consulting services.
To facilitate the transfer of foreign technology, science
parks were set up.
These parks were also intended to:
a) serve as vehicles for university interaction with private
industry;
b) develop new knowledge-based industries and
strengthen existing ones; and
c) provide a propitious environment for innovation and
contract research.
 Ramos administration

DOST initiated a Science and Technology Agenda

for National Development
(STAND Philippines 2000)

It embodied the country’s technology development

plan in the medium term for the period 1993-1998
 Summary of Science &
Technology policy programs
in the Philippines
 Modernization of the Production Sectors
• CTTC - Comprehensive Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program
• Support programs to the CTTC

• Investors • Technology business incubators

• National and regional technology fairs • Science and technology parks

• Technology financing programs • Global search for technology

• Information services • Program of assistance to investors

• DOST training centers

• Regional and provincial S&T centers

• DOST Academy Technology Business Entrepreneurship Development Program

Upgrading of R&D Activities

R&D priority plan

Grant-in-aids program
Contract Research Program
R&D Incentive Programs
 Development of R&D Infrastructure
Manpower Development Program in Science and Engineering
Grade school and secondary school level
Vocational and Technical Education
Scientific Career System (SCS)
Utilization of Filipino exports
Recognition of S&T efforts
Balik-Scientists Program Development of S&T culture
Organizing and strengthening of S&T
 Major Personalities
in Science and Technologies
in the Philippines
Fe Villanueva del Mundo

Filipina pediatrician
Founder of the first pediatric
hospital in the Philippines
Eduardo Quisumbing

Filipino biologist

leading authority of
plants in the
Philippines
Gavino Cajulao Trono Jr.

Filipino biologist

Father of
Kappaphycus farming
 Maria Orosa Ylagan

Filipina food technologist

Pharmaceutical chemist

humanitarian and war heroine