Section 12
SEC. 12. There is hereby created the National Institute of Science and Technology, hereinafter referred to as the Institute, which shall be under the supervision of the National Science Development Board, with the following functions, powers, and duties: To implement and conduct programs of scientific and technological research and development as may be directed by the Board; To cooperate with private enterprise in research activities relating to scientific and technological problems of industry, agriculture, medicine, engineering, mathematics and the natural, biological and social sciences; To conduct studies through its research centers on industrial, agricultural, medical, biological and related fields, and to cooperate with other government agencies along these lines; To perform analyses and tests for the purpose of establishing suitable standards of products, to calibrate weights and measures, to determine the quality and composition of materials, and to issue certifications in relation thereto; To provide government entities and local industrial organizations with data of scientific and/or technological nature, subject to established laws and regulations on national security; To establish, expand, maintain and operate pilot plants, research centers, test and standard laboratories, experimental stations and documentation facilities; To study and evaluate project proposals for research and development in the industrial, agricultural, medical, biological and related fields from public and private sectors, and to recommend necessary financial, technical and other appropriate assistance thereto; To receive assignments or patents, grant exclusive rights to their use, charge and collect reasonable fees or charges for their use in accordance with the policies of the Institute; To keep posted on research projects and activities financed or assisted under this Act; To recommend deserving citizens for training, government and private grants and scholarships in the Philippines and abroad in science, other than nuclear science, technology, mathematics and science teaching; and To render annual reports and such special reports as may be requested by the Board.