The strategic technologies laboratory network has increased the subsidy to purchase lab equipment from exhibitions with regard to the welcoming of its members and with the goal of providing more support for these organizations.

The plan stipulates that subsidies for network member government agencies, which have been ranked one to one hundred this year, will be subject to a 15 percent increase in subsidies to purchase all level one or two equipment at the fair.

According to the plan, state-owned network member centers, ranked above 100, will benefit from a 10 percent higher subsidy for the purchase of all equipment offered in levels one and two, and private network member centers, which rank first in the laboratory network per year, will receive 20% more subsidies up to 600 million Rials in order to buy all the equipment of level one or two.

Pointing out the provision of these services to the private sector, Asadifard marked: private member centers of the network, which are ranked above 100, have also been built to purchase level one and two equipment from the Iran Exhibition of Laboratory Equipment and Materials Exhibition, subject to 20% more subsidies up to 300 million Rials.

According to Asadifard, this support plan will lead to the development of the market and can make significant changes in the market of student products without creating a new financial burden on the public budget.

A report by the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs