According to the Mehr news agency, citing the National Science Foundation of Iran (INSF), the farewell ceremony of Ali Mohammad Soltani and the induction of Mohammad Reza Hormozinejad as the preside of the National Science Foundation of Iran was held in the presence of a represeative of the vice preside for science, technology and knowledge-based economy.
In this ceremony, Soltani, while welcoming and congratulating the appoime of the new head of the National Science Foundation of Iran, said: We wish the National Science Foundation of Iran to be a poi of hope for science, research and technology in the coury.
Soltani, who has been the head of the National Science Foundation of Iran since June 1401, poiing out that in this institution, we followed the path of the coury’s research with the slogan of an effective and agile foundation, said: Effectiveness in research is like a walnut tree sapling that is plaed and years later this sapling bears fruit. Also, with agility, we were looking for speed in optimal decisions.
He added: Among the achievemes of this period, it is possible to meion the reduction of the approval period of projects, which has decreased by 20% compared to the previous year. Currely, this process takes 90 days.
According to Soltani, the National Science Foundation of Iran has made significa progress in terms of supporting credit paymes, and now more than 1,000 paymes are made every week.
In the coinuation of this ceremony, the represeative of the vice preside for science, technology and economy of the knowledge base of the presidency, while appreciating the efforts of Soltani, said: he worked as the preside of the National Science Foundation of Iran during the period of activity of the three vice presides of science and technology, Dr. Sattari, Dr. Dehqani Firouzabadi, and Dr. Afshin, and they were able to attract the positive opinion of all three vice presides. Dr. Soltani is considered one of the successful managers of the coury and it was a good fortune to be in his service.
In the end, he noted: I hope the upcoming changes and developmes will be a source of good for the coury’s scieific community and we will witness the progress of this institution.
In this ceremony, the efforts of Ali Mohammad Soltani were appreciated and Mohammad Reza Hormozinejad was iroduced as the preside of the National Science Foundation of Iran.
Mohammad Reza Hormozinjad is a full professor of the Faculty of Chemistry of Sharif University of Technology. During his service, he has held many executive and managerial responsibilities, among which the following can be meioned:
Deputy stude of the Faculty of Chemistry of Sharif University of Technology
Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Chemistry of Sharif University of Technology
Director of Public Relations of Sharif University of Technology
Director General of Research Affairs of Sharif University of Technology
Member of the recruitme committee of the faculty of chemistry
Member of the audit committee of Sharif University of Technology
Secretary of the National Elite Foundation Basic Science Recruitme Working Group
Dr. Hormozinejad was also selected as a selected researcher of Sharif University of Technology in 1396 and 1402. Among his other honors, we can poi out that he was on the list of selected researchers of Iran’s Scieific Leaders Program for the selection of the Presideial Vice Preside for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy in five terms.
