Propelled by the University’s vision-mission and goals, RPO seeks to accomplish its own vision and mission by:
- Propelling faculty research productivity in a collaborative fashion;
- Building faculty research capability;
- Formulating, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reformulating the faculty incentive program, research development plans and action plans;
- Spearheading the formulation/ reformulation, review and amendment of guidelines and policies governing the conduct ofresearch in the University;
- Supervision of, providing assistance to and monitoring research projects/ undertakings in the University;
- Serving as a clearinghouse of salient research findings and information for dissemination to both internal and external users;
- Ensuring proper and uniform implementation of research policies and guidelines across colleges/department;
- Assisting in the supervision of research classes;
- Extending community & professional services through research collaborations and consortia;
and, - Serving as a lead unit in planning and evaluation of institutional programs and undertakings.
RPO Services
- Consultancy in Test Construction Instrument Development and Validation
- Research Mentoring
- Providing Faculty Research Capability Seminars and Trainings
- Consultancy in Design of Experiments
- PlagScan Service
- SPSS Analysis (Statisticians: Dr. Grace Sadac, Dr. Arnel Sicat, Professor Grace Tiqui)
- Ethics Review (In coordination with the Institutional Ethics Review Board {IERB})