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PCIEERD WHWise (Women-Helping-Women) Program

Supports Technology adoption grants for women-led social enterprises in Philippines.

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WHWise (Women-Helping-Women: Innovating Social Enterprises) is a DOST-PCIEERD program that supports women-led social enterprises with technology adoption grants and capacity-building. Since 2021, it has funded 24 enterprises with PHP 118 million total. Grants fund technology acquisition, incubation, mentoring, business support, fabrication, marketing, and market validation. The 2026 call — the expanded round addressing previous challenges (limited participation, technology–enterprise mismatch) — was open until 8 May 2026. Grants are up to PHP 5 million per project.

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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.

Last verified: 31 May 2026Source: pcieerd.dost.gov.ph