comment and/or to correct factual data. A Certificate of Validation shall be necessary before publication. Section 9. Benefits. The community shall be entitled to material benefits as royalty, user fees and other benefits as herein below provided: a. Final research output. The researcher shall furnish the community a copy of the final and approved version of the research output. b. Royalty. This fee is the share of the community from the income derived from the use of the research output in an amount as provided in the MOA. Royalty must be paid to the ICCs/IPs from any income derived from the use of the research output. c. User Fees. This fee is due from commercial users of various IKSPs or unprotected materials that are not subject to copyright or any derivative thereof. d. Other benefits that redound to the benefit of the entire community. Nonmonetary forms that are acceptable to all parties should be explored. Section 10. Exception to the Process. Sections 8.1 to 8.17 and the above requirement on benefits shall not apply to researches undertaken by pupils and high school students to complete requirements for subject courses or in finishing basic education. Section 11. Researches and Documentations by the NCIP. For researches and documentations necessary to implement the mandates of the NCIP, the following procedure shall apply: Section 11.1. Transmittal. The letter of intent, together with the project proposal containing the purpose, methodology, the process or procedure of the research, shall be submitted to the IP community concerned. Section 11.2. Conference and Disclosure. Within five (5) days from the transmittal of the project proposal, a conference between and among the community members and NCIP representative/s shall be called in order to allow the latter to present the following: 12

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