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ILOILO City – Twenty-eight entries were chosen out of the 96 entries submitted by researchers, inventors and students across Western Visayas for the Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits (RICE) this year.
The entries will be judged and put on an exhibit on Aug. 29 to 31 at SM City Iloilo.
Out of the six categories for this year’s RICE, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 6 has not received any entries in the two categories, namely the Invention Category and Industrial Design Category.
Most of the finalist entries are under the Student Creative Research Category (Sibol Award) for High School totaling to 16 entries while the Student Creative Research Category (College) got two entries.
The Creative Research Category (Likha Award) and the Utility Model received five entries each.
DOST-6 director Rowen Gelonga said RICE is one of the major activities for the Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) celebration in the region this year.
This biennial activity is conducted by DOST regional offices nationwide to support the National Invention Contests and Exhibits (NICE) which is being organized by the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI), an attached agency of DOST.
RICE is not only a platform to promote and recognize the inventions/innovations and technologies of inventors but also serves as an avenue for DOST-6 to select the finalist in each category that will represent the region in the 2018 NICE.
Gelonga said NICE is usually held in Manila during the National Science and Technology Week.
Regional winners will receive cash prizes, trophies and certificates of recognition during the Closing and Awarding ceremonies of the RSTW 2017 on Aug. 31.
Aside from RICE, the RSTW 2017 anchored on the theme “Science for the People” will also feature S&T exhibits, Tek-Tienda MSME Product Fair, Regional SETUP Summit, Technology Fora, Sci-Trip: Visit to S & T Centers and various project visits. (PIA-Iloilo/PN)
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