FORMER director of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DoST-NRCP) and currently Professor 12 of Economics at the University of Philippines (UP) Visayas Tacloban College, Marieta Bañez-Sumagaysay (MBS), shared on how her advocacy to make basic research accessible started, "When I was interviewed by the executive director search committee in 2015, they asked me about my plans. I only had one — make NRCP visible in all regions and make an army of scientists and artists in all the provinces of the country. I came from the province (Leyte) and NRCP was not known by most in the academe."
Through increased funding for basic R&D of researchers all over the country, storytelling, digitization, and digitalization, the DoST-NRCP, under the leadership of MBS, was able to make the presence of basic research felt in all regions.
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