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The Academy The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution sanctioned the establishment of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1987. In the following year, the Joint Commissions of the Council approved the constitution of the Academy. Finally, the Academy began its activities with the following aims and duties in 1990. Aims Attainment of scientific and cultural independence. Promotion of science and technology. Encouragement of the spirit of research. Access to the latest scientific findings and innovations through teamwork, and absorbing, encouraging and supporting eminent researchers and scholars.
Duties Development of science and research in the country. Survey and analysis of the status of science, technology, education and research at the national scale, as well as giving advice to relevant authorities for improvement of the existing condition. Academic counseling, researching on basic affairs and on areas requested by the government, Council of Scientific Researches, and academic centers; and submitting the research findings to them. Studies on experiences of other countries on the development of science, technology and its application with respect to the available facilities and potential of the country. Material and spiritual support of scholars to create scientific, literary and artistic works. Facilitation of the exchange of views, information and research findings with researchers of other nations, and awarding sabbatical leaves and scholarships to scholars to establish links with academies of the Islamic and the Third World Countries in particular, and other countries in general. Evaluation of seminars, congresses and conferences at the international level, and proposal of standards for their qualitative promotion at the national level. Organization of seminars, congresses and conferences on the latest scientific, cultural and technological findings. Dissemination of scientific information by publishing journals and books on the latest national and international scientific achievements. Awarding prizes, rewards and medals to distinguished scholars and researchers. Proposal of the allocation of credits and provision of facilities for prominent researchers. Approval of the membership of the Academy in international organizations and societies having similar aims and duties. |
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