<div></div> <div>Chaired by Prof. Davari Ardakani, the 520th meeting of the Scientific Council of the Academy was held on Sunday, November 20th.</div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div>At first, Prof. Faraji Dana thanked the Department of Basic Sciences of the Academy for holding the Honoring Ceremony of Abu Reyhan Biruni Award for Distinguished Iranian Young Researchers in Basic Sciences. </div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div>Afterwards, the proposal of the Department of Engineering Sciences for the collaboration of three guest scholars for a two-year term was set forth and approved.</div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div> </div>