THE BILIRAN Province State University has inked a partnership with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Philippine Futures Thinking Society for a new research laboratory

Dubbed as the Hiraya Futures Strategic Innovations and Knowledge Laboratory or SIKLAB, the project aims to help institutions, communities and organizations with their research, BiPSU said in its website.

It will serve as a collaborative space for ideas that would benefit society through social development projects.

“SIKLAB would serve as another Research Center for the university, which is one of the prerequisites for a state university leveling. The challenges of course [include] funding, research, productivity, staffing needs, and the list goes on,” BiPSU President Dr. Victor C. Cañezo Jr. said.

Representatives from the three institutions signed a tripartite memorandum of agreement last March 22.

The laboratory is located at the newly constructed BiPSU Academic and Wellness Center.