New companies in the area of convergent technologies will be recognized by the support of the knowledge-based economy and culture development headquarter and with the help of strategic center for convergent technologies.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the call for new companies in the area of convergent technologies will be made by the efforts of the strategic center for convergent technologies and with the support of the knowledge-based economy and culture development headquarter. This is a great opportunity for startups of this field.

In this call, the startups will have the chance to have their activities supported by registering and introducing their ideas and after passing the evaluation stages. These companies are often accelerators and centers that can increase the pace of your business by investing in your projects, thereby introducing your product to the market in a shorter period.

The acceptable scientific topics of startups in this call include health (diagnosis, screening, recovery and treatment), medication and pharmacy (smart and targeted medication production), environment and water (pollutants, wastewater treatment), biotechnology, nano-absorbents, optics and lasers, cognitive sciences (relationship between brain and computer, virtual reality devices) and sensors (nano and nan-bio sensors).

Enthusiasts of this field can register for the call by referring to http://www.nbic.ir/nopa. The sent projects will be evaluated by a judging panel and the selected projects will be invited for in-person meetings.

Registration deadline for the event is August 22^nd 2018. Those projects that are sent sooner have a higher attraction chance and late admission may be faced with completed capacity.