Calixto M. Protacio Professor and Director Crop Science Cluster-IPB, UPLBCA (With material from Dr.

Mae Mendoza)

A university is an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees; (Merriam Webster Dictionary).

A research university is differentiated from a university by the relatively greater emphasis put on research to create new knowledge and/or technology.

Doctorate-granting universities are those that award at least 20 doctoral degrees per year and classified as research universities (professional degrees excluded) UPLB graduated an average of 40 PhD students in 19 fields per year (UPLB Graduate School, 2007-2009)

High quality profile of faculty (no inbreeding) Number of graduate students is 30 to 50% of total number of students Substantial research funds and income from generated technologies High number of intellectual property and quality publications A good percentage of international students

R & D budget

Income from generated technologies

No. of publications

Reference

Stanford University University of Cambridge

US$1.13 $65 M (2008-9) B(2009-10) 240.5 M or 149M $386 M $9.32 M $51,000 1716 (2008) 15,345 (5 yr) 105 (2009)

www.stanford.edu Univ Cambridge (2010)

Iowa State $305 M University Kyoto University $157 M KAIST Universiti Putra Malaysia University of the Philippines Los Baos $248 M US$36.6 M

Kyoto Univ (2008) KAIST (2010) www.upm.edu.my OVCI, UPLB (2010)

PhP234 M or Php 1.3M $5.2 M (Royalty from Sinta papaya for 2011)

Articles/Book published/ Papers Presented ISI-Indexed Journals endorsed for IPA International Refereed Journals Local Refereed Journal Book, Book Chapter/ Section Papers Presented in International Conferences Papers Presented in Local Conferences

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

86

100

98

135

105

141

132

56

20

29

48

101

25

12

85

61

125

71

52

18

16

28

25 70

36

40

24

71

56

58

49

47

32

91

58

150

242

244

212

152

COLLEGES CA CAS CDC CEAT CEM CFNR CHE CPAf CVM SESAM OVCRE OVCI OVCA OVCCA TOTAL

2006 40 28 1 4 3 1 11 12 100

2007 16 41 1 6 7 1 2 11 1 12 -

2008 62 56 3 2 13 18 2 6 162

2009 47 26 5 12 15 1 4 110

2010 41 44 2 1 14 3 3 26 6 1 141

2011 35 36 1 4 6 8 2 2 16 8 12 1 1 132

98

COLLEGE

CA CAS CDC CEAT CEM CFNR CHE CPAf CVM SESAM

242 231 1 15 16 58 9 8 97 12

No. of faculty 500

~800

~880

Number of papers
Figure 4. Number of papers published in the Philippine Agriculturist/Philippine Agricultural Scientist from 1911 to 2010.

Fully one fourth of all National Scientists in the country emanated from the College of Agriculture Many REPS are TOYS (Ten Outstanding Young Scientists)

In colleges with no research arm, research institutes may be established.

In CA several institutes/centers were put up including: Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), National Crop Protection Center (NCPC), Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC)

REPS positions can also be incorporated in primarily teaching units by establishing research programs
In the former Horticulture and Agronomy Departments

Competitive career path for researchers as with the faculty

In academic units, REPS must be given free rein and not subordinated to faculty.

First came the Research Faculty Scientist designation from DOST (8 out of 10 who applied in CSC have been endorsed )

Early on REPS must be involved as study leaders or project staff

Hone your writing skills; attend writeshops

There must be an enabling environment Equipment must measure in units accepted internationally ; for papers to be published
e.g. Lux vs wm-2 in photometers

Suppliers must be advised on proper handling of temperature sensitive chemicals

e.g. Should have been kept at 0oC but delivered in the palm of the hand

Make it easy and safe for personnel to work overtime.

REPS must be given a chance to teach; and to attend international trainings Since a research university hosts international students/researchers; we must be welcoming
One should experience being a foreigner so as to be nice to international persons

Finally, REPS must be up-to-date in the state of the art of your field, attendance to seminars is a must.

Soar higher, UPLB!