INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Science Foundation (INSF) and the Russian Science Foundation (RSF).The grant will be allocated on competitive basis for scientific and
technical programs and projects in the following fields: Chemistry and material sciences, like smart materials, biomaterials, rare earth
minerals, batteries, and superconductors, Biology and life sciences, such as biology, biotechnology, and microbiology, and Basic research
priority areas of scientific and technological development for the most important science-intensive technologies as well as the creation and
transfer to a technology of prototypes, product samples, creation of new or improvement of applied technologies, the possibility of further
development of project through other instruments of state or extra budgetary financing.Iranian universities are exploring the potential for
developing scientific and research collaborations with Russian institutions under the strategic partnership between the two countries.Based
on the comprehensive agreements between the top universities of Iran and Russia, the two sides are committed to furthering long-term and
constructive relations in higher education, technology, and innovation.The establishment of the secretariat for communication between the
universities of the two countries is one of the major measures taken
Of course, secretariats and inter-university collaborations should be more active than in the past in deepening scientific communication
to implement the previously made agreements and open up new opportunities for further cooperation
Hence Iran-Russia comprehensive agreements will pave the ground for enhancing scientific collaborations through conducting joint scientific
and technological projects, fostering interactions among educational institutions, and exchanging faculty, staff, and students.The
contracting parties will facilitate the share of experience and information on regulating activities in the field of scientific,
technological, and innovative activities, organizing and holding conferences, meetings, seminars, exhibitions, and other scientific
events.Moreover, according to the agreement, the two parties will promote and facilitate the learning of official languages, and the study
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
