The Gawad Alunig x Dalumat (GAxD) campaign to highlight local innovation
The Technology Application and Promotion Institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) announces the Gawad Alunig x Dalumat (GAxD) campaign. This initiative rewards Filipinos who put the spotlight on local innovations.
The grand prize winner of the Gawad Alunig will take home PHP 75,000, while the first runner-up gets PHP 50,000. Three honorable mentions will receive PHP 25,000 per team, while one Gawad Alunig People’s Choice Award winner gets PHP 20,000.
The champion of Gawad Dalumat will win PHP 60,000, while two first runner-up entries will get PHP25,000 per team. Three Best Innovation Stories will be awarded PHP 20,000 each, while one Gawad Dalumat People’s Choice Award will be given PHP 10,000.
Launched in 2022, the GAxD campaign aims to raise awareness of Filipino-developed technologies and highlight the creative potential of individuals. What makes the fourth edition of the GAxD campaign different from the previous GAxD campaigns is its emphasis on science visual storytelling through creative advertising.
This year, Gawad Alunig invites participants to transform underrated narratives into compelling short-form videos. Video entries must be three and a half minutes or less. This category honors compelling videos that leave an alunig or a resonating sound that inspires communities to support Filipino innovations and technologies.
Meanwhile, Gawad Dalumat leverages the power of photo essays to deep dive into the uniqueness of local inventions. Entries must be limited to four to six frames. This category honors profound thinking, or dalumat, that revels in curiosity and appreciation of local ingenuity.
Entries for the GAxD campaign can be sourced from local universities, research institutions, individual inventors, and startups. However, technologies featured must not be included in DOST-TAPI’s list (https://bit.ly/TAPI-AssistedTechs). This provides 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 submission links. Only entries submitted through the official submission links will be considered by DOST-TAPI.
Gawad Alunig submissions must be sent through this link: https://bit.ly/GawadAlunigSubmissionLink. Meanwhile, entries for Gawad Dalumat can be submitted through this link: bit.ly/GawadDalumatSubmissionLink. All entries must be submitted on or before November 24, 2025.
For complete GAxD guidelines, participants may visit the link: bit.ly/GAxD2025Guidelines. For more information about the GAxD campaign, please visit the DOST-TAPI website (TAPI.DOST.gov.ph) and follow the DOST-TAPI Facebook page.
The Department of Science and Technology – Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) is among the DOST’s service agencies tasked to promote technology commercialization and innovation support services, created under the Executive Order No.128 on 30 January 1987.
For more information about DOST-TAPI’s programs and services, you may email [email protected], call (02) 8582 1450 loc. 2167, or visit the official DOST-TAPI Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DOST.TAPI.
