Consistent with Section 26 of the 2015 General Appropriations Act, the University of the Philippines Diliman adheres to the position that publicly funded research data is a public good that should be made openly available to the public to the maximum extent possible permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations and subject to individual privacy, confidentiality, national security, or other legally-mandated restrictions.

This position is also in line with the University’s Charter to lead as a public service university by providing, among others, scholarly and technical assistance to the government, the private sector, and civil society while maintaining its standards of excellence.

The social benefits of sharing publicly-funded research data include the development of new research or innovative products based on the data, maximization of returns to investment in creating or collecting the data, avoiding the need for others to unnecessarily recreate the data, and the formulation of relevant and informed public policy and the advancement of public services based on the data.

Consistent with Republic Act No. 10055 or the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009, the policy recognizes intellectual property rights and the need to restrict the release of proprietary information that may compromise such rights.