Medium and large knowledge-based companies will receive facilities in the third round of support allocated to businesses damaged by corona. The national innovation foundation announced the maximum facilities to be 100 billion Rials.

The third round of the symposium of “application of imaging in pre-clinical research” will be held. The event will be held by the preclinical lab of Tehran University of Medical Sciences virtually and free of charge during August 5th-6th, 2020.

The marine industry is one of the most important assets of Iran. It is a large industry with high added value and jobs. This applicable and strategic industry has had considerable growth in Iran with the help of knowledge-based companies and startups.

Iman Eftekhari, the head of the Iran national science foundation, and Mohammad Zabihi, the head of the SAMT publications, signed a memorandum of understanding.

The fourth round of serious games prize will be held with a special focus on targeted entertainment. This round has three key sections of “serious games festival 2020”, “hackathon of serious games 2020”, and “symposium of serious games 2020”.

“Naghde Sinama” has started a new season. This program is broadcasted on channel 5 and hosted Parviz Karami, the advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs, on its sixth episode to talk about the knowledge-based economy and “creative cinema”.

The existence of a significant number of researchers in neighboring countries is a good platform for the development of exports of laboratory services in Iran. This has helped us prioritize the provision of lab services to neighboring countries by the strategic technologies laboratory network.

The ninth round of international INOTEX 2020 has created an opportunity for technological companies and startups to directly interact with large companies. According to the secretary of the event, more than 200 companies and startups have already registered for the gathering.

A new call has been made for the “top creative” festival in order to recognize and select the best creative companies. According to the call, the first three companies selected will receive 100 million Tomans. In addition, the selected startups will be introduced as creative teams in addition to receiving cash prizes.

Cooperation has been initiated to improve road transport in the country by implementing 10 projects. The national space and advanced transportation administration and Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization will cooperate to implement projects that will lead to the automation and emergence of technological enhancements in the field.