New approvals of the National Science Foundation of Iran to support doctoral theses – | RCO News Agency

According to the Mehr news agency, citing the National Science Foundation of Iran (INSF), the 281st meeting of the Scientific Council of the National Science Foundation of Iran was held, and in this meeting, decisions were made about how to pay doctoral theses.

Therefore, it is informed that since 28th of January 1404, due to the adequacy of the supervision of the university and the presence of the supervisor in the process of the doctoral dissertation, the supervisor was removed from the supervision process in the foundation.

It was also approved that from now on doctoral dissertations will be paid in eight phases as follows:

First stage: payment of the first quarter (12%) after signing the memorandum;

Second stage: payment of the second quarter (25%) after three months of the agreement period and receiving the work progress of the first three months and the supervisor’s approval;

The third stage: payment of the third quarter (37%) after 6 months of the agreement period, receiving the work progress of the second quarter and the supervisor’s approval;

Fourth stage: payment of the fourth quarter (50%) after nine months of the agreement period, receiving the work progress of the third quarter and the supervisor’s approval;

The fifth stage: payment of the fifth quarter (62%) after twelve months have passed from the term of the memorandum, receiving the work progress of the fourth quarter and the supervisor’s approval;

The sixth stage: payment of the sixth quarter (75%) after fifteen months of the agreement period, receiving the work progress of the fifth quarter and the supervisor’s approval;

Seventh stage: payment of the seventh quarter (87%) after eighteen months of the agreement period, receiving the work progress of the sixth quarter and the supervisor’s approval;

Eighth stage: After defending the thesis and presenting the doctoral thesis, the commitments and the minutes of the defense meeting and the supervisor’s approval (100%).

Also, payment to the supervisor for project costs is made by the foundation in two stages. In the first stage, the amount of 50% is provided to the doctoral student along with the payment of the second stage of payment.

In the second stage of payment to the supervisor, the amount of 50% is paid together with the payment of the fifth stage of payment to the PhD student.

In the continuation of this meeting, paragraph 3 of article 4 of the guidelines for supporting theses and treatises was also amended.

Based on this, in the case of doctoral students who have not passed more than one academic year from the date of defense of the subject of the doctoral dissertation to the date of registration in the system. The term “educational” has been added to this sentence so that if he takes an academic leave after defending the subject, it will be counted in one year.

In addition, it was decided that the approvals related to the doctoral thesis will be implemented on the plans submitted before the approval that did not lead to the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding.

It should be noted that the approvals of the 281st meeting of the Scientific Council of the National Science Foundation of Iran are valid from 28 January 1404.