Republic of the Philippines

NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Unit 2401, 24/F Prestige Tower, F. Ortigas, Jr. Road (formerly Emerald Avenue)
Ortigas Business District, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel. No. (02) 687-1805 / (02) 929-3887 loc. 804
Website: www.nbdb.gov.ph E-mail Address: oed@nbdb.gov.ph

NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND

APPLICATION FORM

Instruction: Please fill out all applicable items. All information provided shall be treated with utmost confidentiality.
TITLE OF PROJECT: _________________________________________________________________
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
( ) Local History and Culture (written in Filipino, English, or any Philippine
language)
Local history includes the history of places, people, and events defined by a
geographical area in the Philippines (cities, towns, barangays, local government,
and regional areas). It also includes the culture and characteristics of the people
represented in the local community.
( ) Traditional Medicine / Integrative Medicine / Tropical Medicine
Traditional Medicine includes knowledge, skills, and practices based on the
theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to cultures in the Philippines that are
used in the maintenance of health, as well as in the prevention, diagnosis,
improvement, or treatment of physical and mental illness.
Integrative Medicine includes knowledge, skills, practices, developments, and
achievements related to medical care that combines traditional and modern
medicine.
Tropical Medicine includes research on the diagnosis, prevention, control, and
treatment of tropical and/or infectious diseases, particularly those of public health
importance or are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines.
( ) Food Science and Technology / Organic Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture
/ Agritourism
Food Science and Technology includes research, novel theories, and technologies
related to the production, processing, packaging, storage, distribution,
preparation, and marketing of food and food products in the Philippines,
particularly rice and rice-based products, local crops, traditional fermented food,
and fish and other marine products. It may cover food and ingredient origins,
discoveries in procurement of raw ingredients/materials, and food security issues
and challenges in the country.
Organic Agriculture includes research on methods of agriculture that exclude the
use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Sustainable Agriculture includes research on agricultural and natural systems that
focus on long-term ecological health.
Agritourism includes research on tourism in the Philippines that focuses on
agriculturally based operations or activities.
( ) Popular Science
Popular science includes research on Filipino robotics and Filipino inventions. It
may also cover research on programs and/or competitions that support Filipino
designers and inventors including students.

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Requirements:
1. The applicant must register with the National Book Development Board.
2. The applicants curriculum vitae (in the case of a juridical entity, its SEC, BIR, DTI and/or CDA
registrations, as may be applicable, and the curriculum vitas of the authors of the proposed project);
3. A sworn statement indicating that the applicants project is an original and unpublished work, and that
the applicant has authored/produced the work;
4. A proposal on the project to be undertaken; and
5. Either of the following:
a. Four printed copies and a digital copy of a draft equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of
the entire manuscript, research or multimedia work in progress; or
b. Four printed copies and a digital copy of a draft of the manuscript, research or multimedia work
to be rewritten or improved upon prior to publication (such as, but not limited to, a thesis or
dissertation to be rewritten into book form)
6. For translators of a novel originally written in a regional language, a written permission from the
author or copyright holder to translate the novel into English or Filipino, unless the novel is already
a public domain.
Deadline of Submission: 31 May 2015