Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources


Sectoral Council Priority Areas Projects and Expert/Expertise Needed

  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Animal Breeding
  • Biodiversity Management
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Science
  • Fish Health/Disease Management
  • Fish Nutrition/Feed Development
  • Fisheries / Fishery Management
  • Food Processing and Product Development
  • Forestry
  • Marine Environmental Management
  • Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  • Nanotechnology applications in Agriculture
  • Pest Management
  • Plant Breeding
  • Plant Pathology
  • Policy Research
  • Seed Technology
  • Smart Agriculture
  • Smart Farming
  • Socio-Economics
  • Soil Science
  • Vaccine and Diagnostic Development
  • Watershed Management
Flavors and Fragrances from the Forest Technology Program

Experts Needed:
  • Chemist
  • Forester
  • Microbiolgist
  • Molecular Biologist
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemical Engenieer
  • Food Technologist
Smart Agriculture

Experts Needed:
  • Agricultural/Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial automation
  • Acquaculture
  • Smart farming
  • IOT
  • Green energy
  • Renewable energy
  • Electrical Engineering
(R4D: PESO-SWaP) in Barobbob Watershed, Nueva Viscaya Philippines

Experts Needed:
  • Hydrologist
  • Land-use change modeler
  • lnVEST Model Expert Web application expert (PHP, SQL, Python, GEE)
Integration of Traditional and Modern Bioproduction Systems for a Sustainable and Resilent Future under Climate and Ecosystems Changes (ITMoB)

Experts Needed:
  • lnVEST Model Expert
  • LANDIS Model Expert
  • Agent-based modeling expert
  • Web application expert
  • Land-use change modeler
Biodiversity and Resilience in Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems in Sumarine Groundwater Discharge Areas (BioRe CoARe SGD)

Experts Needed:
  • Use of coral skeleton in paleoenvironmental reconstruction
Far UV-C 222nm Pulse treatment a multi-layer approach to suppress harmful pests in cassava plants with artificial intelligence in analyzing the soil

Experts Needed:
  • Application of UV (uv-c) irradiation to suppress plants bacterial, fungal pathogens, and to control harmful pest incidents in field conditions.
Design and Development of Low-Cost Temporary Immersion Bioreactor System for Coffee Micropropagation

Experts Needed:
  • Coffee micropropagation using high capacity growth chamber
RE-INVEST/Natural Capital Accounting of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (Project 2)

Experts Needed:
  • Fishery Economics Specialist
  • Spatial Econometrics Specialist
  • Natural Capital Accounting Specialist
  • Big Data Analyrics and Visualization Expert
Development Innovations and Policy Laboratory: Capacity Building Toeard Innovative and Inclusive Policymaking for Development in the AANR Sector

Experts Needed:
  • Agricultural Economist
  • Agricultural Policy Expert
Soybean: Mechanized Harvesting, Sorting, and Modification of Existing Machine

Experts Needed:
  • Agriculturist
  • Agricultural Engineer
  • Develop and Design Agricultural Machinery Expert
Mango: Design and Mechanized for Improvised Bagging

Experts Needed:
  • Agriculturist
  • Agricultural Engineer
  • Develop and Design Agricultural Machinery Expert
Riceland Innovation: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Method Introduction

Experts Needed:
  • Agriculturist
Consultancy for Agricultural Productivity Enhancement (CAPE): Agricultural Commodity (Cacao, Coffee, Pineapple) Enhancement

Experts Needed:
  • Agriculturist
Potato R&D Program

Experts Needed:
  • Molecular Biologist
  • Hydroponics
  • Aeroponics Scientist
  • Mechanical Engineer
Vegetable R&D Program and Food Product Development

Experts Needed:
  • Food Scientist
NextGen Plus

Experts Needed:
  • Plant Pathologist
  • Plant Breeding Expert
  • Soil Scientist
Muscovy duck breeding project

Experts Needed:
  • Animal breeding specialist/expert
Aquatic Sector Related Projects

Experts Needed:
  • Freshwater fish taxonomist and reproductive biology expert
Watershed and Water Resources

Experts Needed:
  • Hydrologist
  • Environmental Engineer
Sustaining Traditional Livelihood through Reforestation

Experts Needed:
  • Foresters
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Agriculturalists

Health


Sectoral Council Priority Areas Projects and Expert/Expertise Needed

  • Biomedical Devices Engineering for Health
  • Diagnostics
  • OMIC Technologies for Health
  • Tuklas Lunas Program (Drug Discovery and Development)
  • Functional Foods
  • Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Health
  • Mental Health
  • Re-emerging and Emerging Diseases (RED) Program
  • Nutrition and Food Safety
  • Digital and Frontier Technologies for Health
Program on Food Quality and Safety

Experts Needed:
  • Food, Science and Technology Expert
  • Chemical Engineer
  • Web Developer
Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP): Implementation Assessment in the Context of Local Governance

Expertise Needed:
  • Implementation Science
Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP)

Experts Needed:
  • Virologist
  • Microbiologists
  • Epidemiologists
  • Medical Technologists
  • Molecular Biologists
  • Biochemists
  • Clinicians and Medical Doctors
  • Biologists
  • Biostatisticians
  • Geneticist
  • Communication Specialists
  • Social Scientists
Pharmaceutical Center Project

Expertise Needed:
  • Separation Science and Structure Elucidations
  • Nanomedicine
  • Drug delivery and targeting (In-silico drug target profiling)
  • Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
  • Pre-clinical testing (in vivo and in-vitro)
  • Computational Methods in Drug Discovery and Development
  • Chemical/Biomimetic Synthesis
Food Safety Science & Technology Program

Expertise Needed:
  • Analytical Chemical Analysis/ Instrumentation
  • Food Safety Testing
  • Microbiological analysis
  • Microbial Preservation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • International Methods (AOAC, Codex Alimentarius, WHO-FAO, ASEAN Guidelines)
Halal Cosmetics and Personal Care Research and Development Program

Expertise Needed:
  • Halal Personal Care
  • Market Research
  • Personal Care Product Formulation
  • Halal Testing
National Testing Center for the Determination of Impurities in Pharmaceutical Products

Expertise Needed:
  • Pharmaceutical Impurities and Contaminants
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Analytical Chemical Analysis
Metrology for Clinical Analysis

Expertise Needed:
  • Metrology for clinical analysis
Exposure of Filipino Consumers to Specific Contaminants Migrated from Materials Used as Packaging for Food and Beverages

Expertise Needed:
  • Social science
  • Statistics
  • Public Health
Innovating Nuclear Medicine Research and Services: Development of Emerging PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Early Cancer Staging and Assessment of Biologic Functions in Cancer Cells

Expert Needed:
  • Expert on Application of UV (UV-C)
Establishment of a Mental Health Facility

Expert Needed:
  • Mental Health Experts
  • Nurse with Genomics expertise
Addressing the increasing number of students getting depressed

Expert Needed:
  • Psychologist
  • Psychiatrist
Mental Health Status in the Province of Benguet

Expert Needed:
  • Mental Health Experts
  • Psychologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Statistician
Reporting of Suicide Cases in Baguio City

Expert Needed:
  • Mental Health Experts
  • Research consultant on (1) proposal development, (2) publication and (3) research ethics
Comprehensive school-based mental and behavioral health sciences

Expert Needed:
  • Mental Health Professionals (highly-specialized)
Determinants of low fully immunized children coverage in CAR

Expert Needed:
  • Research Experts/Consultant
  • Research Ethics Expert
Digitalization and Licensing Services of Regulation Licensing and Enforcement Division (RLED)

Expert Needed:
  • ICT for Health Expert
  • Software Engineering Program Expert
Elimination/Reduction of Emerging and Re-emerging diseases thru the use of georeferencing and mapping

Expert Needed:
  • ICT Expert
  • Health Expert
Feasibility of PrEP Intervention in CAR

Expert Needed:
  • Data Scientist
  • HIV expert on PrEP delivery
Establishment and Capacity-building of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Expert Needed:
  • Molecular Diagnostics Expert
Food safety research (proposals)

Expert Needed:
  • Food safety
  • Nutrition

Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology


Sectoral Council Priority Areas Projects and Expert/Expertise Needed

  • Technology Tansfer (i.e., IP valuation, licensing, commercialization)
  • Product Design Improvement
  • Maritime Innovation and Technologies
  • National Research and Development Program for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution
  • Innovative Solutions to Solid Waste Management
  • Technological Support for the Upgrading of the Local Cacao and Cocoa Industry
  • Improvement of Extraction, Processing, Application, and Standardization Technologies and Performance Assessment of Selected Gums, Resins, and Oils
  • Natural Dyes Color Stability Improvement Technologies for Food and Nutraceutical Applications
  • Technical Support to the Philippine Textile and other Allied Industries
  • Semiconductor and Electronics Industry
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Energy (i.e., fuel cells and supercapacitors, geothermal energy)
  • Establishment of Safety Protocols for the Use of Nanomaterials Safety
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) R&D
  • Robotics AI
  • Data Analytics
  • Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) for aerospace, tourism, and human security
  • Sensors and Actuators for Intelligent Factories
  • Wearable Electronics
  • Space Technology Applications Sector
  • Good Governance through Data Science and Decision Support System
  • MSMEs Cost-Competitive Low Carbon Systems
  • Innovative Unmmaned and Autonomous Vehicle Systems and Applications
  • Smart Approach for the Construction Industry
  • Value-adding of Metallic and Non-Metallic Minerals
  • Extraction of Elements for Emerging Technologies Applications
  • Technologies in Support to Environmental Protection, Conservation and Rehabilitation of Mined-out Area
  • Machining and Fabrication Sector
  • Tool and Die Sector
  • Metal Casting Sector
  • Food Safety and Innovation
  • R&D on Halal Tourism and Food Service
  • Technology Transfer and Policy Advocacy on Halal S&T
  • Innovation System Support for Halal MSMEs
  • Establishment of Halal Knowledge Center
  • Strengthening and Enhancement of Capabilities of the OneLab network
  • Development of Proficiency Testing Materials for Food Safety and Quality
  • New Systems and Services in Support of the Local Food Sector
  • Creative related technologies (i.e. arts, design, media)
Quantum Computing Innovation Laboratory

Experts Needed:
  • Quantum circuit simulation Experts (decision diagrams, tensor networks, matrix-vector state representation)
ASTI-ALaM

Experts Needed:
  • Automated Machine Learning Experts (solving the forgetting problem in deep learning)
Resilient Education Information Infrastructure for the New Normal (REIINN)

Expertise Needed:
  • ISDB-T Datacasting, Digital TV
  • Radio Frequency and Microwave Circuits and Devices (For training and skills development of staff, with focus on 4G/5G Technologies)
  • Science Policy and Regulation (Policy on Spectrum Management and assistance with Regulatory Agencies (NTC, DICT, etc.)
End-to-End Product Development

Experts Needed:
  • Product Development/Life Cycle Expert
  • Product Tests and Certification Expert
  • Bringing products to market Expert
Program on Food Quality and Safety (Project 1)

Expertise Needed:
  • Analytical Chemistry with experience with one or more of the following analytical instrumentations: LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, GC-MS, ICP-OES, HPLC, GC and AAS.
  • Firsthand experience in method development and quantification of compounds. With excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for Mass Spectrometry analytical workflows.
Predicting malnutrition among children under five year old with the use of Classification techniques in Data Mining Experts Needed:
  • Data Scientist
  • Mobile App Developer
AR Dietary Assessment Tool: Development and Implementation of Deep Learning-based Food Image Recognition and Augmented Reality Dietary Assessment Tool for the ENNS Dietary Data Collection

Experts Needed:
  • Data Scientist
  • Mobile App Developer
Enhancement of Tools to Streamline Data Collection of ENNS

Experts Needed:
  • Database Administrator
  • Cloud Engineer
Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP): Cost Analysis of MRP DOST PINOV in the MRP Areas

Experts Needed:
  • Economic Evaluator: Cost Effectiveness and Cost Benefits Analysis
Gubat Obra: Forest-Based Creative Products S&T Program

Experts Needed:
  • Product Designer
  • Acoustic Property Testing and Analysis/ Non-destructive Testing Expert
  • Industrial designer
  • Woodcarver
Human Security and Defense Rearch and Development (R&D)

Experts Needed:
  • Agricultural Chemist
  • Resource Management and Environmental Science
  • Chemical Engineer
  • Materials Science Engineer
  • Forester
  • Biologist
  • Molecular Biologist
  • Chemist
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Civil Engineer
  • Computer Engineer
Forest Products Nanotechnology

Experts Needed:
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Physics Expert
  • Medical Related to the project
Bamboo Utilization and Industry Program

Experts Needed:
  • Industrial Designer
MATDEV Project

Experts Needed:
  • Design and Simulation /Finite Element Analysis Experts
Chemical and Biological Metrology Projects for Organic/inorganic Contaminants in Food and Water -and- Toxic elements in food and water

Expertise Needed:
  • Purity assessment of organic compounds using quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (qNMR)
  • Isotope Dilution-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
  • Expert in Speciation analysis by HPLC-ICPMS
  • Gas metrology and production of gas reference materials
Establishment of the Quantum Based Standards for Realization SI base units

Expertise Needed:
  • Quantum Josephson Voltage and Quantum Hall Resistance measurements
  • Laser and interferometric system XPS and XRF analysis in purity assessment of organic compounds using quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (qNMR)
Material lnformatics Program and Research proposal on PRO-IDAS

Experts Needed:
  • Multivariate Analysis for 2D and 3D Image-Type Datasets Experts
  • Data Analytics Methodologies Applied to Manufacturing Industries Experts
Smart Packaging

Experts Needed:
  • Expert on intelligent packaging, specifically on the development of sensors
Green and Sustainable Packaging (GSP)

Expertise Needed:
  • Circular economy
  • Bioplastic
  • Alternative packaging materials from natural fiber
Determination and Profiling of Packaging Contaminants

Expertise Needed:
  • Material science (including polymers, metals, organic/inorganic materials)
  • Surface chemistry with competence/experience in advanced analytical instrumentation
  • Smart Agriculture

    Expertise Needed:
    • Agricultural/Mechanical Engineering
    • Industrial automation
    • Acquaculture
    • Smart farming
    • IOT
    • Green energy
    • Renewable energy
    • Electrical Engineering
    Engine Development Program/ Development of Shp Single Cylinder Engine

    Experts Needed:
    • Developer of a simulation model
    • Computer Aided Design (CAD)
    • Finite Element Analysis
    Risk Reduction and Hazards Mitigation of Radioactive and Nuclear Wastes by Strengthening the National Infrastructure for Radioactive and Nuclear Wastes

    Experts Needed:
    • Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management Expert
    • Chemical/ Mechanical/ Environmental Engineer
    • Chemist/Physicist
    • Geologist
    Sunshare: A Renewable Blockchain Marketplace App for Clean Community

    Expert Needed:
    • Blockchain Technology
    • Software Development
    • Business / Financial Expert
    Imahe Labs: An Educational Game for Chemistry in the SHS & JHS Sectors in Baguio City

    Expert Needed:
    • Advanced Virtual Reality Environment for Oculus
    • Extended Reality Metaverse
    Establishment of Knowledge and Technology Processes of UC

    Expert Needed:
    • Technology Transfer Specialist
    • IP Expert (Patent drafting, IP Valuation, Licensing)
    Program Boondock

    Expert Needed:
    • Software on rock science / Rock Science Expert
    • Geotechnical Engineer
    • Hydrologist
    • Expert on cable development of MSMEs
    • Civil Engineer
    • Structural Engineering
    • Transportation Expert
    Developing mobile-based mental well-being applications for Indigenous People

    Expert Needed:
    • ICT
    • Sociology (for the health beliefs and practices in Cordillera)
    Salad Vegetables Supply Chain Management (SCM); Precision Agriculture on Potato

    Expert Needed:
    • Expert on Mobile App Development for Precision Agriculture
    Program on coffee

    Expert Needed:
    • Experts on Food Technology, Post Harvest Technology and Packaging
    Metals Engineering and Innovation Center

    Expert Needed:
    • Expert on agriculture machinery
    • Materials Engineer
    Shared Service Facility Program

    Expert Needed:
    • Experts on packaging, agri-based equipment, and needs assessment
    Energy Flow and Solid waste accounts

    Expert Needed:
    • Big data anayltics expert
    Science, Technology and Innovation Accounts

    Expert Needed:
    • Big data anayltics expert
    HEIRIT RESEED: Technological Consortium for Awareness, Readiness, and Advancement of Knowledge in lnnovation

    Expert Needed:
    • Expert on start-up ecosystem development and financials
    Science for the People: Towards a Harmonized Science Communication Framework

    Expert Needed:
    • Science Communication Experts / Framers
    DANAS: Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcano Disaster Narratives for an Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication

    Expert Needed:
    • Science Communication Experts
    National Metrology Program

    Expert Needed:
    • Development of reference materials using higher order methods for organic and inorganic chemistry and microbiology
    Recovery of Scandium from Laterite-based Pig Iron Slag by Dry Digestion and Precipitation Methods

    Expert Needed:
    • Scandium recovery from Nickel pig iron slag
    Copper Hydrometallurgical and Solvometallurgical Extraction from Sulfides and Oxides (cu-HySolvEr)

    Expert Needed:
    • Extraction of high grade copper from sulfides and oxides using hydrometallurgical and solvometallurgical extraction method
    Electrorefining Process Development for the Production of 6N Copper Cathodes (cu-Refine)

    Expert Needed:
    • Production of high purity copper cathodes (99.9999%)
    Establishment and Operationalization of Integrated Research and Development Laboratory (IRDL)

    Expert Needed:
    • Field of Food Science and Food Chemistry which also tackles food waste utilization and food product standardization from agriculture and aquaculture products

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