BIDA Science Award

The Balud International Development Award (BIDA) is an annual recognition awarded during the Intel Philippine Science Fair to an individual or a team project which promotes grassroots science and community development. BIDA recognizes efforts of young and budding scientists whose vision is geared towards the development of the local population and whose work addresses community concerns and problems through scientific methods. The Award carries a cash prize of 100 US dollars and a certificate. The Award is an initiative of the Balud Project in cooperation with Imperial BlueCube.

	The BIDA award for the year 2008 goes to Rachel Labial Bernados, Michelle Manuel Barbon and Mary Cris Balingit from Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School in the Philippines, for their project "A Comparative Study on Mangrove Species Diversity at Different Locations in Pangasihan Forest, Gingoog City, Philippines".
	The BIDA award for the year 2007 goes to Ms. Sunshine Grace Cabatan from the Aurora National Science High School in the Philippines, for the project "The Molluscicidal activity of boton (Barringtona Asiatica) Against Golden Snail and its effect on the Rice Seedlings".