DOST can fund only 10 pct of research proposals without budget hike - official

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MANILA— The Department of Science and Technology said Friday it could fund only a tenth of the research proposals it received for next year if its 2021 budget is not increased, a proposal for which wa

s backed by some senators.

"Hindi sapat ang aming pondo kaya 10 percent lang ang proposal na aming mapopondohan," she said in a Laging Handa public briefing. Among the institutes getting cuts for next year are the Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Metals Industry and Development Institute, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, and Philippine Textile Research Institute.

 

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And this is why the next year's budget is absolutely not in line with the country's needs right now. So called 'intelligence' funds take priority over the biggest crisis we have faced in centuries!

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