17/08/2026
๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ | A collaborative initiative of the Commission of Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Science and Technology โ Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) in extending the latterโs Agri-Aqua Technology Business Incubation (ATBI) Program to students from 24 state university and college (SUC)-based ATBIs nationwide.
Among the 24 SUC-based ATBIs, PSAU Sibul ATBI is one of the grantees of the Five Million Pesos (Php 5,000,000.00) funding for the project entitled โStudent-based Incubation Project at Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU): Bridging technology and entrepreneurship by optimizing ideas to leverage start-up development (SIBOL)โ.
The CHEDโs SIBOL program aims to create a responsive and future-ready student-based start-up that will stimulate regional development and support attainment of UN-SDG. The project aims to capacitate a minimum of fifteen (15) student-led start-ups that are currently enrolled in the university, along with the usual support that SIBUL TBI provides for its incubatees, through this program, the students start-ups will be provided with support in terms of product prototype, IP applications, product laboratory analysis, business permit, among others while they are still in the university.
If you are interested, you can contact the PSAU-Technology Business Incubator or you can email them at "[email protected]" (mailto:[email protected]).
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A new โฑ120-million program is opening a different path for student innovators by helping them turn research and ideas into actual startup businesses.
SIBOL, CHED, DOST-PCAARRD, and Isabela State University are working with 24 state universities and colleges that already operate Agri-Aqua Technology Business Incubators.
Each participating university-based incubator received โฑ5 million to implement the program over two years.
Students under the program can receive mentoring, business development support, market validation, access to facilities, technical and financial assistance, and connections with industry as they develop their ideas into viable enterprises.
โThe program aims to help our students move beyond research and transform their innovations into viable startup enterprises,โ CHED Chairperson Shirley Agrupis said.
But SIBOL could go beyond simply funding student businesses. Its Joint Technical Working Group is also working to integrate entrepreneurship into higher education by enabling students to pursue startup development as an alternative to a thesis, capstone project, or on-the-job training.
This does not mean students can already replace their thesis or OJT with a startup. The alternative is still a pathway being developed under SIBOL for participating institutions and is not yet a nationwide rule covering all college students or courses.
Each participating SUC is also expected to support 10 student innovators, while the program is targeting the creation of at least 200 local enterprises by the end of its two-year implementation.