Roi Anthoni B. Lomotan
NEGROS ORIENTAL, May 12 (PIA) – The Department of Science and
Technology (DOST) in Negros Oriental invites Negrenses to participate in the
2015 Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits (RICE).
DOST-Negros Oriental provincial director Engr. Gilbert Arbon
announced that regional office is now accepting entries for the said contest.
RICE is a competition for Filipino inventors conducted in
different regions nationwide. The activity aims to recognize the
indispensability of Filipino inventors in the landscape of national economic
development.
The contest is open for public and private sector inventors and
researchers. There are six categories in the competition which include
Outstanding Invention (Tuklas Award), Outstanding Utility Model,
Outstanding Industrial Design, Outstanding Creative Research (Likha
Award) and Outstanding Student Creative Research (Sibol Award) for
High School and College students.
RICE serves as elimination or qualifying round for the National
Invention Contest. DOST-7 is calling Filipino makers, designers, creative
researchers and student researchers living within Central Visayas to join the
said competition.
For the purpose of eligibility, a contestant is considered a resident
of Region-7 if he or she is actually residing and has a six months residency in
the region or province he or she represents. The contestant is also considered
a resident of the region if he or she has principal office address within
Central Visayas.
Meanwhile, for students who are joining the Outstanding Student
Creative Research category, their entry must be endorsed by the school they are
enrolled at. The endorser can be the principal, school head, college dean
or university president.
Out-of-School Youth inventors can also participate in either
Creative Research Category or Student Creative Research Category provided that
their entries are endorsed by a local inventor’s organization of the region.
Inventions, utility models, designs and researches that have won
in previous national or regional invention contents shall no longer be eligible
to join subsequent contests in the same category. An entry in any of the
categories may be entered in only one regional invention contest during the year.
DOST-Negros Oriental has already sent invitation letters to some
schools in Dumaguete City but is still extending the call to other Negrense
inventors. Entries should be submitted to DOST-7 office in Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu
City, Cebu.
For more information or any inquiry on the registration form and
other documents, the public can contact DOST-Negros Oriental office through
their hotline numbers (035) 421-2100, (035) 225-4551 or e-mail them on dost7@ro7.dost.gov.ph .
Interested applicants in the province can also visit DOST office at # 24
Yakal St., Daro, Dumaguete City.
The deadline of submission of entries in the regional office is on
May 29, 2015, except for Student Creative Research, which is on June 9, 2015.
(mbcn/ral/PIA7-Negros Oriental/With reports from Roslyn Tambago, DOST-NegOr
Information Officer)