The virtual training workshop of the call for “multidisciplinary research clusters” will be held in February this year under the auspices of the National Science Foundation of Iran.
According to RCO News Agency, In order to support ierdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and to solve problems and respond to the coury’s needs, the National Science Foundation of Iran supports the formation of multispecialty research clusters ceered on promine professors of the coury under the third call for “Multispecialty Research Clusters”.
The support of the National Science Foundation of Iran to multi-specialty research clusters with the aim of dealing with transformative and opportunity-creating research is carried out under the following conditions:
* In the final selection of the clusters, addressing the needs and topics of curre and transformative research and the quality of the scieific activity of the applicas for the last 5 years are taken io consideration.
* After judging the received proposals, it is expected that 5 to 7 clusters will be supported in this period. The deadline for sending the application is uil the end of 30th of Bahman 1403.
* For each cluster, credit is allocated for a period of 3 years. Annual renewal will be based on annual assessme. Extension is possible after the third year, up to the fifth year in special circumstances and after evaluating the achievemes.
According to the Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF), the amou of support for each cluster in the first year will be 66.16 billion Rials and in the following years with some adjustmes based on inflation conditions.
In order to familiarize the researchers with the goals and the proposed method of preparation of this call, a virtual workshop will be held on the second day of February from 15:00 to 17:00.
Those ierested can participate through the address of this workshop.
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