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UP Diliman

SCALED-UP INITIATIVES
Intensified Campaign to Assign Research Load Credit/
Creative Work Load Credit to Faculty Members

The enabling environment for research and
creative work in UP Diliman was enhanced by
OVCRD’s vigorous campaigns for the faculty to
avail of Research and Creative Work Load
Credits (RLC/CWLC). The first step in this
campaign was the review and revision of the
guidelines for assigning RLC and CWLC. The
revisions were discussed in a series of UP
Diliman Executive Committee meetings held
in September to November 2011. Among other
things, the revisions clarified the process flow
for RLC/CWLC
kinds of works that could qualify for RLC/
CWLC. The revisions also codified the
coordinator role of the OVCRD in the
awarding of RLC/CWLC.
To operationalize the revisions, the OVCRD
issued semestral calls for RLC/CWLC
applications, with milestones and deadlines
clearly indicated. A batch system (by college)
of application submission was implemented.
Application procedures and forms for research/
creative work projects with and without
funding were delineated.

strongly encouraged to send
their applications early, through an online
platform for grant applications submission
created by the OVCRD’s Program
Management and Resource Generation Office
(PMRGO).
With this campaign, the number of faculty
members with RLC/CWLC almost doubled in
a span of two years. In the second semester of
2010-2011, there were 14
faculty members with RLC/CWLC, most of
them with 1 to 3 units of credit. By the second
semester of
2011-2012, the
number of faculty