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As the maritime transport industry links the Philippine islands and connects the country to international trade and commerce, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) renewed recently its partnership to further boost the industry through science and technology (S&T).

Sealed through a memorandum of agreement (MOA), this collaboration puts forward the “Science and Technology for Maritime Transport Applications or STMTA”.

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DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña and Assistant Secretary Leah J. Buendia were invited by 3M Philippines, Inc. to serve as judges at the Country-Level Semi-Finals of the 3M Inspire Challenge held virtually on 24 August 2021.

The 3M Inspire Challenge is an inaugural competition that aims to hunt for/inspire great ideas in Innovation, Sustainability, and Technology while supporting the next generation of great leaders, thinkers, and creators and will run from 23 April to 21 September 2021. The competition is open to students from all courses of study in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam.

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Things are bound to get nicer in northern Luzon as two projects under the NICER (Niche Centers in the Regions for Research and Development) program had been green-lit in May 2021.

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Taguig City, Metro Manila - The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has approved a new program called “Science and Technology (S&T) Fellows”, to create a pool of S&T experts and innovators or "fellows", which will boost its research and development (R&D) capacity.

“With the country’s fight against COVID-19, we realized the need to double our S&T human resources here in our own home at DOST,” Sec. Fortunato T. de la Peña.