Due to popular demand, the Technology Application and Promotion Institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) has extended the submission deadline for Gawad Alunig x Dalumat (GAxD) entries to December 5, 2025.
In response to strong public interest and numerous requests for additional time, the agency is allowing more days for participants to refine their submissions and to welcome even more storytellers into this year’s showcase of proudly Filipino tech innovations.
The GAxD campaign serves as a platform for Filipinos to apply creative storytelling and produce shareable, engaging content that promotes Filipino technologies on the national stage. It also provides an opportunity for DOST-TAPI to extend support to innovations featured in selected GAxD entries.
Both categories are open to teams with a maximum of three members. Each team must submit a 30-second portrait-orientation video introducing themselves, which will be posted on official DOST-TAPI media platforms.
The chosen technology or innovation featured for the GAxD campaign may come from any entity within the Philippines, including local universities, research institutions, individual inventors, and startups. Intellectual property protection—such as a patent or utility model—is not required but encouraged.
As long as the innovation can be showcased through short-form advertisements or photo essays, Filipinos are welcome to participate. However, technologies featured must not be included in DOST-TAPI’s assisted technologies list (https://bit.ly/TAPI-AssistedTechs), providing storytellers the opportunity to connect new or emerging innovators with DOST-TAPI and its programs.
All participants must like and follow the @iINVENTPH, @TeKnowLohiya, and @DOST.TAPI Facebook pages. Proof must be submitted through the campaign’s official submission links. Only entries submitted through these links will be considered.
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For complete GAxD guidelines, participants may visit bit.ly/GAxD2025Guidelines. For more information about the GAxD campaign, visit the DOST-TAPI website (TAPI.DOST.gov.ph) and follow the DOST-TAPI Facebook page. Inquiries may be sent to impakt.tipd@tapi.dost.gov.ph or to DOST-TAPI’s mobile number 0908 244 7842 (available on Viber or WhatsApp).
With this deadline extension, DOST-TAPI aims to provide more opportunities to champion Filipino creations. Entries must be submitted on or before December 5, 2025 through the official links below:
Gawad Alunig: https://bit.ly/GawadAlunigSubmissionLink
Gawad Dalumat: https://bit.ly/GawadDalumatSubmissionLink
The Department of Science and Technology – Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) is one of DOST’s service agencies tasked with promoting technology commercialization and innovation support services. It was created under Executive Order No. 128 on January 30, 1987.
For more information about DOST-TAPI’s programs and services, email info@tapi.dost.gov.ph, call (02) 8582 1450 local 2167, or visit the official DOST-TAPI Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DOST.TAPI
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