The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Alberto G. Romualdez, Jr. Outstanding Health Research Award (AROHRA) for the year 2020.

The award gives recognition to a research program or project that has demonstrated the link between research and practice through the utilization of research findings in the health delivery system.

Any health research program or project may be considered for the award. Nominations will be done by any institution, members of the consortium, scientific, technological and professional societies or associations, research institutes, universities and colleges, and individuals. Self-nomination is not allowed.

Two awards will be given: one for the biomedical research category and another one for the health services research category. A cash prize of P500,000.00 (net of tax) and a trophy await the winner for each category.

Deadline for submission of nominations to Northern Mindanao Consortium for Health Research and Development (NorMinCoHRD) is on February 2020. The nominees will be reviewed and short-listed by the consortium. Deadline of short-listed entries from the consortium to PCHRD is on the first week of March 2020.

For more information, you may visit http://pchrd.dost.gov.ph/