DOST 6Ps Project Output                        Product
Projects with a product or invention as
Guide                                          output are also valuated in terms of the
   •   Aims to quantify all outputs which      products’ actual value and how far the
       will then be compared to the total      product is from commercialization. The
       budget of the project.                  actual market value of the product is
   •   Outputs may be quantitative or          calculated.
       qualitative but must be measurable          • Prototype produced with valuation
       during an assistance agreement                  done by PCIEERD of the
       funding period.                                 technology/product
                                                   • Product has acquired a licensing
Expected outputs from the projects to be
                                                       agreement with a private company
funded may include any the following:
                                                   • Product is already commercialized
   1. Publication - contribution to the
       general body of knowledge through
                                               People Services
       scientific publications
                                               This output quantifies services provided to
   2. Patent - tangible measure of
                                               people.
       innovation
   3. Product - commercial value of                • Number of trained personnel in
       outputs                                        specialized fields of studies
                                                      through workshops conducted
   4. People Services - increase in the
       scientific workforce                        • Addition to the scientific workforce
   5. Places and Partnerships -                       by graduating science majors
       facilities and networks that enable            through the project (B.S., M.Sc.
       increased 6Ps outputs                          and Ph.D. degree holders)
   6. Policies - adopted science-based             • Public service as adopted by a
       guidelines                                     national agency or an LGU (e.g.
_________________________________                     reduction of flood levels along
                                                      public roads)
Publication
Almost all research projects will have         Places and Partnerships
some basic research component. In this            • These are established laboratories,
case, the main output will be a contribution         institutions and training programs
to the general body of knowledge through             that will likely produce publications,
scientific publications.                             patents, products, trained S&T
      a) Indexed Conference presentation             workers and policies in the future.
      b) Local publication                        • This includes TBIs, testing
      c) International non-ISI publication           facilities, IDPs and training
      d) Scopus or ISI indexed publication           programs. Sustainability of these
      e) High impact factor journal                  research programs is the main
          publication                                consideration.
Patents                                        Policies
Like publications, patents are valuated        Science-based policies that have been
according to how far in the patent             institutionalized in the form of
application has been achieved.                 congressional laws, executive and
Considered in this particular output are:      administrative orders, policy guidelines for
     • completed prior art search              government agencies and LGUs.
     • patent application submitted
     • Utility Model granted
     • IP Patent granted