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UP Diliman

itself with disaster risk management,
occupational safety, and the greening of the UP
Diliman campus.
There are SOS grants that follow the
OVCRD’s regular cycle o project proposal
submission and review, and there are SOS
grants awarded in response to emergency
situations confronting the country. For
instance, after the 2013 magnitude 7.2
earthquake in Bohol, a special SOS Call for
Creative Work and Research Proposals was
circulated addressing the Bohol earthquake
and its significance to other areas in the
Philippines. Titled Lindol sa Bohol, Babala sa
Metro Manila, the OVCRD-sponsored banner
program invited UP Diliman constituents to
submit short and immediate researches or
creative works that will be helpful to Bohol in
terms of recovery and rehabilitation, as well as
useful reference for Metro Manila in case of a
similar-magnitude earthquake by the West
Valley Fault, in terms of mitigation,
adaptation, preparedness, and/or response.
In the aftermath of the super typhoon Yolanda,
another OVCRD-sponsored banner program,
named DRRuM UP! DRReaM UP!, solicited
proposals for short and immediate researches
or creative works that will be helpful to the
Visayas in terms of recovery and rehabilitation,
as well as useful reference and lesson for many
regions of the Philippines including the
communities hosting the various campuses of
UP, in terms of mitigation, adaptation,
preparedness, and/or response when
threatened by typhoons. This program’s
premise is that the University community in
unity can help drum up concerted efforts
leading to improvements in disaster risk

reduction and management (DRRM). Further,
the Philippine society, situated as it is in one of
the world’s most hazardous geographic and
geologic locations, rather than yield to
pessimism, can choose to dream up proactive
strategies for the future.
The grant is open to regular faculty members
and REPS in active service in UP Diliman.
Temporary faculty members, except lecturers,
professors emeriti and faculty on sabbatical
leave, may also apply. Those interested in the
grant can submit an electronic copy of their
full application using OVCRD’s new system for
online submission of project proposals, found
at http://projects.ovcrd.upd.edu.ph/ovcrd/.

The complete list of SOS Grants recipients is