The Research and Development Division is involved in the initiation,  facilitation, and provision of support  mechanisms for an effective and efficient implementation of gender-responsive programs, projects and activities aimed  to obtain new knowledge for the creation  or enhancement of technology, products,  processes or systems that will contribute to  socio-economic growth and development of  women and men in the community.

BACKGROUND

Organized and staffed in 1983, practically five years after the creation of the University in 1978, the research division endeavored to develop the research interest of the faculty and staff through a series of seminars conducted in cooperation with NEDA, DECS (then MECS), DOST (then NSTA) and some local private universities and colleges in Region Xl. Consequently, the division put-up a research journal called the Fruit Bowl obviously stressing its hope to stimulate efforts in agricultural research and technologies. In the span of 10 years, most of the contributions submitted for publication in the “Fruit Bowl” were micro-researches in farming systems and socio-economics, particularly on small production which were usually in cooperation with a national research coordinating institution. Some were abstracts of faculty theses and dissertations focused mostly on education.

In 1994, a new journal superseded the Fruit Bowl and entitled the Southeastern Philippines Journal of Research and Development with ISSN 0117-6293. It comes out bi-annually and covers broad issues and perspectives on development.

From 1993 to the present, partnerships, linkages, and networking with other research institutions and funding agencies were widened resulting to implementation and completion of research programs/ projects/ studies that transform lives and communities.

Essentially vital to the scientific career advancement of the researcher is scientific productivity, via intellectual contributions to the advancement of one’s  field of interest and eventually transmitted in  written form. It generates public awareness  on the R&D undertaken by the university.  Hence, the publication is deemed as a major  output of a researcher in dissemination.

Welcome to Research and Development (R&D) Website!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our webpage.  We are a unit within the Vice President for Research, Development and Extension (RDE), a hub for outstanding faculty, staff, and students pursuing research and development and is located at USeP-Obrero Campus, Davao City. We collaborate and establish linkages with government and non-government research agencies/ industries here and abroad for funding and resource sharing.

Our website will introduce you to our team members and our collective vision, mission, and operating values. We look forward to having you explore and learn more about us and participate in our many programs.

The Research Centers serve as the hub of Research and Innovation programs/projects. It is a structured unit within the University that is established to advance academic undertakings mainly through collaborative research and innovation, research dissemination, creative endeavors or research training. This is composed of groups of faculty engaged in collaborative research whose work offers added value over and above their individual research.