Call for Proposals for the Grant of Assistance to SUCs to Combat Covid-19

April 2, 2020

CHED MEMORANDUM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRPERSON

 

State universities and colleges are invited to submit project proposals for the grant of assistance to SUCs to combat COVID 19.

Proposed projects must be completed within 2 to 3 months from the date of release of the grant and should fall under any or a combination of the following categories:

1. Manufacturing of products listed in Annex B of GPPB Resolution No. 3-2020 dated 9 March 2020, except for drugs/medicines, as evidenced by the involvement of licensed chemists, pharmacists, and/or microbiologists in the team;

2. Preparation of food for consumption of DOH, AFP, PNP front liners and stranded students including marginalized communities only during the period of community quarantine;

3. Deployment of volunteers to assist healthcare front liners in contact tracing, databasing, and other similar services;

4. Other urgently needed equipment, expertise and capability to be determined by the Commission and/or the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and/or the Chief Implementer against COVID 19.

The proposal including other documentary requirements must be submitted to [email protected] and copy furnished the Chairperson-designate of the SUC and the Office of Planning Research and Knowledge Management ([email protected]).

Enclosed are the Guidelines for the Grant of Assistance to State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to Combat COVID 19, project proposal template, project summary sheet, pro-forma Memorandum of Agreement and CHED Order No. 2, s. 2011 on the allowable honoraria rates for CHED-funded projects, and GPPB Resolution No. 3, s. 2020 for reference.

Further inquiries and/or clarifications may be directed to [email protected].

Thank you.

(SGD.) J. PROSPERO E. DE VERA III, DPAChairman