In the announcement posted on its website, NEDA said that those eligible for the grants must be an agency of the government, including departments, bureaus, offices, other government instrumentalities, local government units (LGUs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), constituent units, or government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs), capable of receiving and managing grants.
Moreover, attached agencies, regional offices, and operating units are eligible to submit a proposal separate from their respective central offices or parent agencies if all the following criteria are met: 1) Directly receiving funds from the DBM; 2) Must have an existing Modified Disbursement System (MDS) trust account; 3) Must have a separate organization code based on the Unified Account Code Structure (UACS); 4) Recipient of fund transfers from higher-level agencies; and 5) Authorized to receive grants and/or collect revenues.
The funding support threshold for the implementation of new or existing innovation-related programs, activities, and projects shall not exceed five million pesos (PHP5 million).
Proposals must be aligned with sections or themes in the Philippine Innovation Act, such as MSME innovation, regional innovation and cluster policy, strategic RD&E, innovation centers and business incubators, innovation instruments, diaspora for innovation, advocacy and community education, and with the priority areas in the National Innovation Agenda Framework.
Details can be viewed at https://neda.gov.ph/call-for-proposals-fy-2023-innovation-grants/. The guidelines, sample forms, and other references may be accessed through this link: eigis-innovation.neda.gov.ph/resources1.
For any inquiries, interested entities may coordinate with NEDA’s Innovation Fund Management Division through eigis-innovation.neda.gov.ph/contactus. (EDT/RVC/PIA9)
