Since 2020, the University has become an eager partner of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the IPOPhl in spurring innovations thru S&T which add to the country’s efforts on escalating its position in the Global Innovation Index.

As such, ISU became staunchly dedicated being a participant and co-implementer to DOST’s “Engaging Innovation by Nurturing Significance of Thousand Excellent Ideas in the North” or EINSTEIN 1K, which aims to to file one thousand (1K) Intellectual Property Rights application in the project’s two- year run to boost the region’s science, technology, and innovation (STI) engagement.

The undertaking encourages members from the government, private sector, and academe to produce innovations that will be of use in upscaling local enterprises, thus empowering local economies.

From 2017-2021, ISU has been able to register a total of 198 IPRs comprising of Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Copyrights. In the 2021 Regional S&T Caravan alone, ISU has submitted 647 IPR of the total 1,098 applications, garnering a grant-in-aide fund from the DOST-R02 totaling to about 500,000 Pesos, and an award being the HEI with the most submitted Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) applications.

A testament of ISU’s continuing commitment in the country’s efforts on advancing innovation for sustainable development for all!