Paid against the budget, as the government reports it
₱10.15 million paid out by December 2025, once all 12 months of the budget’s period had run, of DOST-NAIRA’s ₱69.15 million 2025 trust-receipt budget. NAICRI has no appropriation of its own; its launch page names DOST-NAIRA as the shared AI-as-a-Service platform that brings together COARE computing, the DIMER model repository and iTANONG. DOST-ASTI's FAR No. 6 for 2025 prints NAIRA's 2025 budget of PHP 69,149,828.02 against PHP 10,150,366.71 disbursed by 31 December 2025. The GAA FY 2026 line for AI4RP, a NAICRI featured programme, was wholly unreleased and undisbursed at 30 June 2026.
DOST Nexus for Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications (DOST-NAIRA): DOST Grants-in-Aid project implemented by DOST-ASTI, held as trust receipts
A part of the programme. NAICRI, launched 26 February 2026, has no line of its own in the GAA FY 2025 or FY 2026 DOST volumes, the NEP FY 2027 DOST volumes or ASTI's FAR No. 1 statements. Its launch page says DOST-NAIRA 'consolidates existing AI infrastructure and initiatives into a shared AI-as-a-Service platform' that 'brings together COARE high-performance computing, the DIMER model repository, and iTANONG', so NAIRA is the instrument closest to the programme record. ASTI's FY 2025 project list gives NAIRA as DOST-GIA funded, 1 Apr 2025 to 30 Mar 2028. The money comes from the DOST Central Office as an inter-agency fund transfer that ASTI books as trust receipts; FAR No. 6 reports ASTI's own disbursement of it, which is the spending. The budget is the approved budgeted receipts for 2025 as the statement prints them; the GIA approval document itself was not read. COARE has no line of its own in ASTI's appropriation (by programme and object of expenditure only) or its FAR No. 1 statements; ASTI's FY 2026 budget proposal describes COARE's upkeep under its InNOVATE programme.
In a budget estimate: DOST-NAIRA’s ₱69.1 million 2025 trust-receipt budget, January 2025 to December 2025. Printed as “69,149,828.02”. About $1M at the reference rate of 28 Jan 2026. Proj 1. DOST-Nexus for Artificial Intelligence Research & Application (DOST-NAIRA) 07-308601 69,149,828.02 - 69,149,828.02 - 868,408.89 4,227,116.66 54,370,961.94 59,466,487.49 - 214,285.54 4,559,565.08 5,376,516.09 10,150,366.71 9,683,340.53 281,012.78 49,035,108.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Central Office, row 'Proj 1. DOST-NAIRA', column 3 (Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts); the approval date is not printed, so the budget is dated to the statement's signature; columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Paid out: ₱10.2 million by 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “10,150,366.71”. 12 of the budget’s 12 months had passed. About $172K at the reference rate of 31 Dec 2025. Proj 1. DOST-Nexus for Artificial Intelligence Research & Application (DOST-NAIRA) 07-308601 69,149,828.02 - 69,149,828.02 - 868,408.89 4,227,116.66 54,370,961.94 59,466,487.49 - 214,285.54 4,559,565.08 5,376,516.09 10,150,366.71 9,683,340.53 281,012.78 49,035,108.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'Proj 1. DOST-NAIRA', column 15 (Disbursements, Total): Q2 214,285.54, Q3 4,559,565.08, Q4 5,376,516.09; columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Obligated: ₱59.5 million, 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “59,466,487.49”. Utilizations (obligations) in 2025, column 10; of the approved budget, 9,683,340.53 was unutilized at year end. Proj 1. DOST-Nexus for Artificial Intelligence Research & Application (DOST-NAIRA) 07-308601 69,149,828.02 - 69,149,828.02 - 868,408.89 4,227,116.66 54,370,961.94 59,466,487.49 - 214,285.54 4,559,565.08 5,376,516.09 10,150,366.71 9,683,340.53 281,012.78 49,035,108.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'Proj 1. DOST-NAIRA', column 10 (Utilizations, Total); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI4RP), PAGASA locally-funded project in the General Appropriations Act FY 2026
A part of the programme. NAICRI's launch page lists AI4RP (Project Gabay; DOST-PAGASA, DOST-ASTI and Atmo Inc.) among its featured R&D programmes. It is an AI forecasting application, not compute infrastructure, and the only AI-named line in the GAA FY 2026 DOST volume. PAGASA's FAR No. 1 at 30 June 2026 shows the whole PHP 80,000,000.00 as unreleased appropriation: no allotment, obligation or disbursement.
Voted by parliament: AI4RP’s ₱80 million FY 2026 appropriation, January 2026 to December 2026. Printed as “80,000,000”. About $1M at the reference rate of 5 Jan 2026. AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI4RP) 80,000,000 80,000,000
Department of Budget and Management (Official Gazette, 5 January 2026), General Appropriations Act, FY 2026, Volume I-B, XXIII. Department of Science and Technology (Official Gazette Vol. 122, No. 1), PDF page 32 (Official Gazette p. 193), I. PAGASA, New Appropriations by Programs/Activities/Projects, Locally-Funded Project(s); MOOE and Total columns
Paid out: ₱0 by 30 Jun 2026. Printed as “0.00”. 6 of the budget’s 12 months had passed. AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI4RP) 310300200016000 80,000,000.00 0.00 80,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 80,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), FAR No. 1: Statement of Appropriations, Allotments, Obligations, Disbursements and Balances, as at the Quarter Ending June 30, 2026 — PAGASA, Fund Cluster 01 Regular Agency Fund, Current Year Appropriations, PDF page 3 (report page 2 of 4), row UACS 310300200016000, columns 3 to 24; column 20 'Current Year Disbursements, Total' 0.00 and column 21 'Unreleased Appropriations' 80,000,000.00. The PDF is a scan with no text layer: the quote is transcribed from the page image (crops in ph/excerpts/pagasa-far1-q2-2026-pdfp3-*.png). Page footer: generated by the Unified Reporting System, status submitted, final submission 15 July 2026.
AI4RP Year 2: DOST Grants-in-Aid funds implemented by DOST-ASTI, held as trust receipts
A part of the programme. AI4RP as a DOST-GIA project implemented by ASTI (1 Apr 2024 to 30 Mar 2026 per ASTI's FY 2025 project list), separate from PAGASA's FY 2026 GAA line. Budget is the adjusted 2025 budget (approved 81,705,643.26 plus adjustments 583,111.74). Most of it was obligated in the fourth quarter (MOOE 79,534,060.00) but little disbursed by year end.
In a budget estimate: AI4RP Year 2’s ₱82.3 million 2025 trust-receipt budget, January 2025 to December 2025. Printed as “82,288,755.00”. About $1M at the reference rate of 28 Jan 2026. AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI-4RP) Y2 81,705,643.26 583,111.74 82,288,755.00 - - 239,571.91 79,855,647.39 80,095,219.30 - - 139,571.91 421,587.39 561,159.30 2,193,535.70 2,500.00 79,531,560.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, DOST Central Office, row 'AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI-4RP) Y2', column 5 (Adjusted Budgeted Revenue); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Paid out: ₱561,159 by 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “561,159.30”. 12 of the budget’s 12 months had passed. About $10K at the reference rate of 31 Dec 2025. AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI-4RP) Y2 81,705,643.26 583,111.74 82,288,755.00 - - 239,571.91 79,855,647.39 80,095,219.30 - - 139,571.91 421,587.39 561,159.30 2,193,535.70 2,500.00 79,531,560.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'AI-4RP Y2', column 15 (Disbursements, Total); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Obligated: ₱80.1 million, 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “80,095,219.30”. Utilizations (obligations) in 2025, column 10. AI-Powered Weather Forecasting for a Resilient Philippines (AI-4RP) Y2 81,705,643.26 583,111.74 82,288,755.00 - - 239,571.91 79,855,647.39 80,095,219.30 - - 139,571.91 421,587.39 561,159.30 2,193,535.70 2,500.00 79,531,560.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'AI-4RP Y2', column 10 (Utilizations, Total); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Building the Lakehouse: DOST Data Lakehouse and GATE (project of the GATES Program), DOST Grants-in-Aid at DOST-ASTI, held as trust receipts
A part of the programme. NAICRI's launch page lists the GATES Program among its featured programmes and says GATES 'builds the DOST Data Lakehouse infrastructure'; ASTI's FY 2025 project list describes a Data Lakehouse 'that can be hosted in' ASTI's COARE facility (DOST-GIA; 1 Dec 2024 to 30 Nov 2027). Its 86,858,888.00 capital outlay was obligated in the fourth quarter with nothing disbursed; the statement does not say what it buys.
In a budget estimate: the Data Lakehouse project’s ₱119 million 2025 trust-receipt budget, January 2025 to December 2025. Printed as “118,721,895.00”. About $2M at the reference rate of 28 Jan 2026. Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse: Establishing the DOST Data Lakehouse & GATE using AI Powered Machine Learning Business Intelligence, & Predictive Analysis for Data driven Decision Making 07-308601 118,721,895.00 - 118,721,895.00 - 1,807,245.34 2,997,754.02 90,473,762.33 95,278,761.69 - 1,783,172.84 2,780,152.61 3,084,102.24 7,647,427.69 23,443,133.31 487,200.00 87,144,134.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, DOST Central Office, row 'Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse ...', column 3 (Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Paid out: ₱7.65 million by 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “7,647,427.69”. 12 of the budget’s 12 months had passed. About $130K at the reference rate of 31 Dec 2025. Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse: Establishing the DOST Data Lakehouse & GATE using AI Powered Machine Learning Business Intelligence, & Predictive Analysis for Data driven Decision Making 07-308601 118,721,895.00 - 118,721,895.00 - 1,807,245.34 2,997,754.02 90,473,762.33 95,278,761.69 - 1,783,172.84 2,780,152.61 3,084,102.24 7,647,427.69 23,443,133.31 487,200.00 87,144,134.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse ...', column 15 (Disbursements, Total); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
Obligated: ₱95.3 million, 31 Dec 2025. Printed as “95,278,761.69”. Utilizations (obligations) in 2025, column 10. Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse: Establishing the DOST Data Lakehouse & GATE using AI Powered Machine Learning Business Intelligence, & Predictive Analysis for Data driven Decision Making 07-308601 118,721,895.00 - 118,721,895.00 - 1,807,245.34 2,997,754.02 90,473,762.33 95,278,761.69 - 1,783,172.84 2,780,152.61 3,084,102.24 7,647,427.69 23,443,133.31 487,200.00 87,144,134.00
Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), FAR No. 6: Statement of Approved Budget, Utilization, Disbursements and Balances for Trust Receipts (for Implementing Agency use only), as of the Quarter Ending December 31, 2025 — DOST-ASTI, Fund Cluster 07 Trust Receipts, Inter Agency Fund Transfer, Page 1 of 3, row 'Proj 2. Building the Lakehouse ...', column 10 (Utilizations, Total); columns: Approved Budgeted Revenue/Receipts | Adjustments | Adjusted Budgeted Revenue | Utilizations Q1-Q4 | Total | Disbursements Q1-Q4 | Total | Unutilized Budget | Unpaid Utilizations (due and demandable; not yet due). Approved by the ASTI Director, digitally signed 2026-01-28.
DOST investment in AI-related projects, as announced by the Secretary of Science and Technology
A budget covering more than the AI programme. A government release stating an intention ('looking to invest over 9.9 Billion Pesos') across health, agriculture, industry, workforce, environment, disaster risk reduction, data centres and emerging technology platforms; no act or appropriation stands behind it, and it gives no period. It is far broader than NAICRI and COARE.
Announced by the government: DOST’s announced more than ₱9.9 billion for AI-related projects. Printed as “over 9.9 Billion Pesos”. About $168M at the reference rate of 3 Dec 2025. Secretary Solidum shared that the DOST is looking to invest over 9.9 Billion Pesos for AI-related projects spanning healthcare, agriculture, industry, workforce development, environment, disaster risk reduction, data centers, and emerging technology platforms.
Department of Science and Technology, DOST Secretary Solidum receives UNESCO's Philippines' AI Readiness Assessment Report, article body, paragraph on DOST's AI investments, 3 Dec 2025
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Department of Budget and Management (dbm.gov.ph): General Appropriations Acts and National Expenditure Program: GAA FY 2024 Volume I, DOST-ASTI section; GAA FY 2025 and FY 2026 Volume I-B, whole DOST volume; GAA FY 2025 and FY 2026 DTI volumes; NEP FY 2027 DOST agency volumes A to S. No line for NAICRI, COARE, Saliksik, NAIRA or ACABAI-PH in any of them. The only AI-named line is PAGASA's AI4RP, PHP 80,000,000 in FY 2026; the NEP FY 2027 PAGASA volume lists no AI4RP project. No AI line in the DTI volumes. ASTI's FY 2026 appropriation is by programme (R&D PHP 188,358,000; technology transfer PHP 148,033,000); NAIRA, AI4RP Year 2 and the Data Lakehouse are DOST grants-in-aid, which the GAA does not itemise. Department of Budget and Management (dbm.gov.ph): General Appropriations Acts and National Expenditure Program, 2 Nov 2026
DOST-ASTI transparency seal (asti.dost.gov.ph/transparency): FAR No. 6 (trust receipts) at 31 Dec 2025; FAR No. 1 at 31 Mar 2026 and the SAAODB at 30 Jun 2026 (regular agency fund); FAR No. 2 (business-related funds) at 30 Sep 2026; FY 2025 project list (PPAs-2025); ASTI's FY 2026 budget proposal (PHP 437,628,000; DOST endorsement to DBM dated 25 Apr 2025; 290 pp., posted under 'FY 2027'). The FAR No. 6 statements at 31 Mar, 30 Jun and 30 Sep 2026 are linked on the page but could not be downloaded.. FAR No. 6 for 2025 prints NAIRA, AI4RP Year 2 and the Data Lakehouse project by project. FAR No. 1, the SAAODB and FAR No. 2 have no AI, NAIRA or COARE line; the budget proposal mentions neither NAICRI nor NAIRA. The server refused all connections from about 20:40 UTC on 2 November 2026, so the 2026 FAR No. 6 statements were not read. DOST-ASTI transparency seal (asti.dost.gov.ph/transparency), 2 Nov 2026
PAGASA transparency seal (pagasa.dost.gov.ph/transparency): FAR No. 1 at 30 Jun 2026 (scanned, 8 pp.), the latest FAR No. 1 the page lists; Q3-2026_FAR_1.pdf at the same path (HTTP 404); BAR No. 1 at 30 Sep 2026 (physical accomplishments, 2 pp.). AI4RP's FY 2026 appropriation of PHP 80,000,000.00 wholly unreleased at 30 June 2026, with no allotment, obligation or disbursement. No Q3 2026 FAR No. 1 is posted, though the GAA special provision on PAGASA made it due by 30 October 2026; the Q3 BAR No. 1 has no AI4RP line. PAGASA transparency seal (pagasa.dost.gov.ph/transparency), 2 Nov 2026
NAICRI and DOST releases (asti.dost.gov.ph, dost.gov.ph): NAICRI launch event page (26 Feb 2026); ASTI article of 6 Apr 2026 on the first year of the ACABAI-PH programme (read, not saved); DOST release of 3 Dec 2025 on the UNESCO AI readiness assessment. No NAICRI budget and no peso figure in the launch page or the ACABAI-PH article. The launch page describes NAIRA as the platform joining COARE, DIMER and iTANONG and lists AI4RP and GATES among the featured programmes; the DOST release gives the announced 'over 9.9 Billion Pesos' for AI-related projects. NAICRI and DOST releases (asti.dost.gov.ph, dost.gov.ph), 2 Nov 2026
Commission on Audit, PCIEERD, Senate, House of Representatives and Philippine Information Agency sites: Intended: COA annual audit reports 2024-2025 on DOST-ASTI, PCIEERD and DOST-OSEC; Senate and House budget records; the PIA article on NAICRI cited in the programme record. coa.gov.ph, pcieerd.dost.gov.ph, senate.gov.ph (and legacy.senate.gov.ph), congress.gov.ph and pia.gov.ph all returned HTTP 403 from this machine; nothing read. Commission on Audit, PCIEERD, Senate, House of Representatives and Philippine Information Agency sites, 2 Nov 2026
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NAIRA's 2026 figures: ASTI's FAR No. 6 at 30 Sep 2026 (FAR-6-as-of-September-30-2026_MCC.pdf) is linked on the transparency page but the server refused connections; it would show NAIRA's 2026 budget and disbursements to that date.
Whether the 2025 approved budget of PHP 69,149,828.02 is NAIRA's first-year grant or its whole approved grant: the DOST grants-in-aid approval was not read.
COA's 2025 annual audit report on DOST-ASTI (coa.gov.ph returned 403), which may itemise NAIRA and COARE equipment.
Whether PAGASA's FY 2026 AI4RP appropriation was released after 30 June 2026: the Q3 FAR No. 1 is not posted, and the NEP FY 2027 carries no AI4RP line.
COARE/Saliksik operating spending is not separable in any statement read.
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