Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologists Award
The Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologists Award aims to encourage young Filipino students to pursue a career in science, engineering, and technology and to recognize outstanding research outputs on engineering and technology at the collegiate level.
Candidate Qualification:
- Filipino citizen
- Bachelor of Science (BS) student or recent graduate with research/study/thesis on engineering sciences and technology
- Must not have graduated with BS degree before October 1 prior to the year of the award
- Of good moral character
- Able to present the research/study/thesis output during the paper presentation, which will be scheduled.
- The competition is open to Bachelor of Science students enrolled, or graduated within the recent twelve months, in an Engineering or Engineering Technology related program (refer to Annex A for the non-exclusive listing of possible programs).
Nominations to this award shall be made/endorsed by the school administrators, or heads of professional, academic, or honor societies, with the following requirements:
- Duly accomplished nomination form
- Comprehensive biodata
- Copy of publication/pre-print based on his/her research/thesis/study
- Transcript of Records
- Certification from co-author/s allowing the nominee to present the paper
- Certification from co-authors on the extent of the role of the nominee in the research/thesis/study, or from the nominator/endorser in case of sole authorship
- Relative standing of the nominee in his/her batch
The Criteria for judging are as follows:
- Person (20%)
- Output (80%)
- Methodology (20%)
- Quality of innovativeness/originality/creativity (15%)
- Quality of write-up of the submitted research/thesis/study document/s (15%)
- Contribution to science/technology knowledge and/or impact on Philippine business and industry (30%)
A Plaque of Recognition shall be awarded to each of the First, Second, and Third Prize winners together with a cash prize of PhP 100,000, PhP 50,000 and PhP 30,000, respectively. The other winners will each receive a citation and PhP 10,000 cash award.
You may access our online nomination/registration at https://recognition.nast.dost.gov.ph/index.php/dost-awards.
