National Book Development Trust Fund grantees

Manila, Philippines -  The National Book Development Board (NBDB) announced the following grant awardees of this year’s National Book Development Trust Fund in the amount of P200,000 each: Kasaysayan at Vulnerabilidad: Ang Kabihasnan at Lipunang Pilipino sa Harap ng Pananalanta ng Balang 1569-1949 by Ma. Florina Orillos-Juan for Environment and Biodiversity; Traditional Medicine in Colonial Philippines, 16th to the 19thCenturies by Ma. Mercedes Planta for Health and Wellness; and The Siege of Fort Pillar by Antonio Enriquez for the novel.

A total of 24 applications for book writing grants were received by the NBDB.

The NBDB is now accepting applications for 2013 grants in the following topics: 1) Habitat Rehabilitation and Social Impacts; 2) A novel or book-length literary work originally written in Cebuano; and 3) Documentation/codification of any traditional knowledge.

Download the application form, along with the rules and regulations for the grant, at the NBDB website: www.nbdb.gov.ph. Deadline for applications is Aug. 30, 2012. 

The National Book Development Trust Fund was established exclusively for the support and promotion of Filipino authorship and the completion of local manuscripts or research works for publication, especially in Science and Technology and in subject areas where locally-authored books are either few or nonexistent.