Glossary of Terms
Science and Technology

Joint Research Projects/Ventures With The Private Sector – any project fully or partially financed by a Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Council or any private establishment/entity and undertaken by any of the DOST Research and Development Institutes.

Invention – any new, useful machine or device manufactured product or substance, process or any improvement thereof, that involves inventive act of degree more than the skills of expertise, artisan or mechanic.

Research and Development (R & D) Projects

Completed – projects completed at various stages of the R&D spectrum, namely: basic research, applied research, experimental development, and pilot testing.

Supported/Assisted – projects funded by DOST Councils or by DOST-Office of the Secretary (OSEC). These are projects given technical support by R & D Institutes. Implemented – projects implemented by R & D performing institutes like Information Technology Development Institute (ITDI) and Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI).

Research Contacted – projects requested by private industries to R & D Institutes.

Technologies Commercialized – technologies that are adopted and used already.
  

Technologies Commercialized (New) - technologies that are used for the first time. 

Technologies Commercialized (Existing) – technologies that have been adopted and are already being used.

Technologies Diffused – technologies disseminated through trainings, demonstration, and techno packages.

Technologies Diffused (New) – technologies disseminated for the first time through trainings, demonstration, and techno packages. Technologies Diffused (existing) technologies already disseminated or given through trainings, demonstrations, and techno packages.

Source: Department of Science and Technology (DOST)