The Annual Program, "Research and Development In-House Review" of the Office of Research Services under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Extension, and Development was held at the Em Manor, Cotabato City with 30 participants coming from different colleges of the University. The Research and Development In-House Review has three (3) category; Technical Research, Social Science Research, and Graduate Research. The following were awarded with Best Papers of each Category:

Best Paper (Technical Research Category):

1st Place: RYAN V. FABAY -- Protocol on Egg and Larval Development of Mudcrab (Scla serrata)

2nd Place: ALLEN JULIUS CHRIST DECLARO -- Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes solms) Geotextile as Ground Cover for Soil Loss Mitigation

3rd Place: JONALD C. BORNALES -- Aquatic Resources Inventory and Water Quality Assessment in Lake Buluan (Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat), Philippines

Best Paper (Social Science Category):

1st Place: SITTIE RAHEMA TOKS -- The Maguindanaon Cultural Preservation of Inaul Malong through Cultural Dances and Programs

2nd Place: GRANT WARREN D. LU -- Cases of Violence Inflicted Against Gays and Lesbians in the Province of Maguindanao

3rd Place: ARCELI B. NARAGA -- Voices from Below: Lessons for the BARMM

Best Paper (Graduate Research Category):

1st Place: JOEL C. PATIÑO -- Utilizing Normal Curve Slider in Learning Normal Distribution in Statistics and Probability

2nd Place: MAHERA SALIK -- Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical and AntiMicrobial Studies on Melanolrpis multiglandulosa (Reine Ex. Blume).

3rd Place: ALSOUFI ABDULCADER -- Travails of Senior High School Students in Writing a Research Paper