The Department of Science and Technology, as one of the partners in the recently held SlingshotMNL 2015, conducted a pitching event featuring DOST supported researchers and start up teams who pitched their ideas to a group of angel investors, founders and fellow entrepreneurs last July 6, 2015 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City. 

Tagged as DOST Tech Push 2015: Innovations for Change, DOST’s pitching event was organized by the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development in collaboration with 1000 Angels’ Founder and COO, Ms. Nicole Paterno, and Dr. Luis Sison of UP Enterprise. It is a segment of the SlingshotMNL, the official start up event for APEC Philippines 2015. Entrepreneurs, investors, executives, policy makers, and people from the academe and the media attended the said event.

In its resolve to recognize the completed research works of Filipino scientists, researchers and engineers in the industry, energy, emerging technology and special concerns like climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and management and environment, the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development institutionalized its Search for Outstanding R&D. The search was announced last year during the council’s anniversary celebration in June. To encourage researchers to present their research works, PCIEERD offered a prize of P500,000 for each category, and “winner–take-all” scheme to emphasize the objective of awarding outstanding research.

A total of 45 entries were received for the four categories which were narrowed down to 3-5 finalists per category during the research work presentations which were conducted from March to June 2015.