Projects

Undergraduate Scholarship Program¹

The Department of Science and Technology through the Science Education Institute offers a scholarship program for students enrolled in “priority courses,” these courses are aligned for future careers in science and technology to increase human capital in the field. This scholarship is designed to cater to students in both low and middle income backgrounds so long as they pass an aptitude test, a screening process, and maintain high academic performance during their study, should they pass the two prior stages mentioned.

Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

This is a screenshot of the vicinity of Ateneo on the Project NOAH website. The highlighted areas indicate a flood hazard reaching 0.5 meters in five years’ time based on different rainfall scenarios. The area of Ateneo that is at risk is estimated to be around 0.02 km², which is concentrated at SOM forest.

Project NOAH is a multidisciplinary research center between research institutes of the University of the Philippines, the Philippine government, and other non-government organizations. These groups collaborate to improve Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction in the Philippines, as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, and other related research interests and thrusts.²

It is established in response to a call for a more “accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system, especially in high-risk areas throughout the Philippines” during the Aquino administration. Project NOAH has the following components: 1) Distribution of Hydro-meteorological Devices in hard-hit areas in the Philippines (Hydromet); 2) Disaster Risk Exposure Assessment for Mitigation – Light Detection and Ranging (DREAM-LIDAR) Project; 3) Enhancing Geohazards Mapping through LIDAR; 4) Coastal Hazards and Storm Surge Assessment and Mitigation (CHASSAM); 5) Flood Information Network (FloodNET) Project; 6) Local Development of Doppler Radar Systems (LaDDeRS); 7) Landslide Sensors Development Project; and 8) Weather Hazard Information Project (WHIP).³

Sources:

Presidential Communications Operations Office. “About Project NOAH,” Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/programs/about-project-noah/.

Department of Science and Technology. “DOST-SEI invites Grade 12 students to apply for S&T scholarships,” June 7, 2019. http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/index.php/news-archive/266-dost-sei-invites-grade-12-students-to-apply-for-s-t-scholarships.