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UP Diliman

About the OVCRD

The Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research
and Development (OVCRD) aims to promote
and enhance research and development (R&D)
undertakings by, and in, the University of the
Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman). Towards
this end, the OVCRD formulates policies and
guidelines on R&D, which recognize and
institutionalize R&D as a major initiative of UP
Diliman; initiates measures and procedures to
coordinate the
undertakings of UP Diliman with the relevant
offices and units; implements these policies,
guidelines, and procedures for the conduct of
R&D activities; and identifies and prioritizes

updates the UP Diliman
research community on these priorities.
The UP Board of Regents approved the
creation of the OVCRD during its 1124th
meeting held on 24 September 1998. The
OVCRD is headed by the Vice-Chancellor for
Research and Development. It has two units,
each headed by a Director: the Project
Management and Resource Generation Office
(PMRGO) and the Research Dissemination
and Utilization Office (RDUO).