EMPLOYEES of the Department of Education can apply for a research grant amounting to P500,000 under the Basic Education Research Fund for Fiscal Year 2021.

The DepEd said eligible personnel can submit research proposals in line with the theme “Supporting and Assessing Learning Continuity” and “Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Materials and Development.”

It added that the grant aims to support and improve the policies, programs, and activities “relevant to the implementation of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan.”

To be eligible for the research grant, the applicants must be a regular or permanent teaching or non-teaching DepEd personnel, have no pending administrative case, and have not yet availed of the grant for the given year.

Applications will be accepted until August 29, 2021.

Interested personnel can join the virtual orientation on July 29, 2021 and register through https://tinyurl.com/RegisterVirtualOrientationCNRP.