Iran national science fund issued the call for support of research projects in technical, engineering, environment, climate change and health fields.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the third call for support of research projects is published by Iran National Science Fund. The new round of activities of the fund will be received to create a competitive space and lay the proper foundation for support.

To date, two calls have been published in the current year, and this is the third call to receive projects in the technical, engineering, environment, climate change and health fields. According to the call, researchers can send their projects to the fund until September 23^rd, 2019. The call is published with the goal of supporting the research and helping the production of knowledge and technology.

This round includes research and post-doctoral projects and PhD dissertations, which can be registered on the website of rtms.insf.org based on the regulations of the fund.

According to the report, researchers have sent their projects from across the country to the related working groups of the fund. Each month, the projects are evaluated in the working groups and delivered to the specialized committee of the fund for final approval. This year, the process is changed. Each working group issues three calls in a year, based on which researchers can send their projects.

To date, more than 21 thousand research projects have been delivered to the fund by researchers of the country, more than seven thousand of which are supported.