Call for Proposals - Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D NICER, an institutional grant for upgrading regional S&T Infrastructure.

MANILA—The De La Salle University (DLSU), together with the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD), launched the Contactless Apprehension of Traffic Violators on a 24-Hour Basis and All-Vehicle Detection System (CATCH-ALL) Project on May 15, 2017.

PCIEERD's Young Scientist Program is open to young talented researchers under the age of 30 who want to gain research experiment under a mentor. The research area must be within the PCIEERD sectoral priority areas and/or Harmonized National Research and Development Agenda(HNRDA).

The DOST Summer School on Artificial Intelligence will run for 7.5 days including a one-day conference on AI for universities and researchers. Each topic offered has a lecture component complemented with teacher-assisted programming exercise to reinforce key concepts and apply the algorithms to solve a relevant problem.

A total of fifty-six (56) sets of flood hazard maps and resources maps were turned over to different Local Government Units (LGUs) and regional government agencies of Bicol region.

MAKATI, METRO MANILA—The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) on April 4, 2017 to promote responsible mining and achieve economic growth and development.

Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) hosted the 6th and the final Phil-LiDAR 1 Mindanao Cluster Colloquium with the theme 'Retrospect, Deliver, Realize'. It was attended by around 300 participants from the participating Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Government Units from the Zamboanga Peninsula, and other National Agencies and NGOs.

QUEZON CITY-- A day before its completion date, the different component projects of the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards or NOAH Program were formally turned over to different concerned government agencies.

Call for Proposal 2018

The memorandum of understanding to create the Asian Micro-satellite Consortium (AMC) will come into effect on November 18, marking a major step forward in establishing an unprecedented regional regime to develop microsatellite technologies and share and use collected data relating to the environment and natural disasters, etc.