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This memorandum is issued to clarify and correct Memorandum No. PAJ 25-21, Call for Applications to the One UP Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant Awards 2025–2027, issued on 13 October 2025.
UP Academic Data Collection Portal (https://adcp.up.edu.ph) will be open to accept applications for Batch 2025-2027 for One UP Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant Awards from 15 October until 1 November 2025 (Saturday, 11:55 pm).
OVPAA issues Memorandum No. 2025-124 for the preparations for the 2025 opening of the academic data collection portal (ADCP). CUs to validate the List of Academic Units, register Unit Awards Committee Members, and submit peer evaluation instrument.
For applicants who are redirected to their application in 2022 upon clicking the link to the ADCP, the ITDC advised doing the following steps:
Clear the browser's cache and cookies, then try to access the link again in a new window; or
Try another browser (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari)
The portal shows the description for the required fields. For answers to other FAQs, please click here.
At its 1309th meeting held on 22 July 2015, the UP Board of Regents approved the allocation of P100 Million per year for the period January 2016 - December 2018 for approximately 800 professorial chair awards and faculty grant awards to be distributed among academic units across all the Constituent Universities. Named One UP Professorial Chair (PC) Awards and Faculty Grant (FG) Awards, these aim to further provide recognition and incentives to faculty members who demonstrate outstanding performance in two out of three work areas of the faculty: teaching, research or creative work, and public service.
The One UP Professorial Chair (PC) Awards and One U.P. Faculty Grant (FG) Awards are funded through the General Appropriations Act. Per the General Appropriations Act for FY 2022, Php 103 million has been earmarked for the awards. To encourage a higher standard of performance among the faculty, the Board of Regents approved the continuity of the awards subject to the availability of funds. The revised guidelines have also been approved by the Board at its 1340th meeting last 3 December 2018 to allow more faculty to apply. The call for applications will be announced by the Office of the President at a later date.
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
GENERAL GUIDELINES
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Faculty members are invited to apply for the 2025-2027 One UP Professorial Chair Awards and Faculty Grant Awards (One UP PC & FG Awards), which are intended to further provide recognition and incentives to those who demonstrate outstanding performance in two out of three work areas of the faculty: teaching, research or creative work, and public service.
Faculty members are asked to indicate targets for self-improvement in the three work areas and how they can contribute to their academic unit, the university, and the country in the next three years. This is based on the principle that one’s performance is, first and foremost, inner- or self-driven. The targets will not be considered part of the criteria for the current award which is based on past accomplishments.
GENERAL CRITERIA
GENERAL CRITERIA
The basis of the One U.P. PC & FG Awards is outstanding performance in two out of the three work areas of the faculty: (1) teaching, (2) research or creative work, and (3) public service. However, teaching is given primary importance no matter which work area combination a faculty applicant is vying for.
The evaluation criteria and scoring rules are provided here. Points can be earned from a great variety of accomplishments.
The criteria that contribute to new knowledge have no cap/limit on points.
ENTITLEMENTS
ENTITLEMENTS
Professorial Chair Awards of P10,000/month for 3 years are given to the highest performing full and associate professors.
Faculty Grant Awards of P8,000/month for 3 years are given to the second tier of performing full, associate and assistant professors. Instructors who have demonstrated exceptional performance may also receive a Faculty Grant Award.
Amounts stated are subject to disbursement rules stated (see below).
ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION
ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION
Full-time, tenured, or non-tenured faculty members are eligible to apply for the 2025-2027 One UP PC & FG Awards for outstanding performance in a field or discipline. Part-time faculty members with plantilla items such as those from the College of Medicine are also eligible.
Faculty members on secondment, sabbatical, full-time or part-time study leave, and other leaves during a portion of the evaluated period are eligible to apply for the award subject to the eligibility criteria set for the One UP Award (approved during the 1340th BOR meeting on 3 December 2018).
Faculty must not have had any conviction for criminal or administrative offenses.
Faculty awardees of the Scientific Productivity System (SPS), Arts Productivity System (APS), annual UP-funded CU-implemented Centennial Professorial Chairs, and Faculty Grants (such as in UP Diliman, UP Los Baños, UP Manila) for outstanding publications, International Publication Awards, and awardees of national and international prizes or competitions, are eligible to apply to the One UP PC & FG Awards as long as they meet the criteria of the One UP Award.
Faculty who currently hold professorial chairs or faculty grants funded by non-UP donors (e.g. UP Foundation Inc., etc.) for less than Php 10,000/month are eligible for the One U.P. PC & FG Awards as long as they meet the criteria of the One U.P. Award. They will continue to hold and receive funds from the privately funded professorial chair until its term expires, after which they will be transferred to and receive funds from the One U.P. PC & FG Award for the remainder of 2025-2027.
Faculty who currently hold professorial chairs or faculty grants funded by private donors for Php 10,000/month or greater are not eligible for the One U.P. PC & FG Awards.
AWARD DISBURSEMENT
AWARD DISBURSEMENT
The award will be terminated if the awardee receives any convictions for criminal or administrative offenses.
Faculty awardees of One UP Awards may continue to receive entitlements in full if they get awarded SPS, APS, or annual UP-funded Centennial Professorial Chairs for outstanding publications, International Publication Awards, and awards of national and international prizes or competitions during the One UP Award’s disbursement period.
The Unit Head (Department/Institute/Center Chair) will be responsible for confirming that the faculty awardee complies with all these rules yearly through the submission of the Statement of No Conflict (SNC) to the Accounting and Budget Offices.
Retiring and deceased faculty will cease to receive the One U.P. PC & FG Awards upon their retirement or end of service and will receive the prorated amount of the award in their last year of service.
Retiring faculty who have been extended will continue to receive the One U.P. PC & FG Awards.
Award Titles
Award Titles
Outstanding Teaching & Research, or
Outstanding Teaching & Creative Work, or
Outstanding Teaching & Public Service, or
Outstanding Research & Public Service, or
Outstanding Creative Work & Public Service
Below are sample titles of the Award:
Below are sample titles of the Award:
Juan A. Dela Cruz, PhD
2025-2027 One U.P. Professorial Chair Award in Biology (Invertebrate Zoology)
for Outstanding Teaching and Research in UP Los Baños
Juana A. Dela Cruz, PhD
2025-2027 One U.P. Faculty Grant Award in English Literature (Poetry)
for Outstanding Creative Work and Public Service in UP Diliman
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