As one of the facilitating pillars in the area of knowledge, technology and innovation in the country, the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs has prioritized the support of science and technology in the country. In this regard, the head of the strategic technologies development center stated: the Vice-Presidency has sought to eliminate barriers to the path of knowledge-based businesses.

The experts of a knowledge-based company have been able to design and engineer a medical service robot in a short time. Known as “K1 Lifebot”, the robot reduces the interaction between the therapist and the patient during the outbreak of highly-contagious diseases owing to its special features. Today, the K1 Lifebot starts its activity as a staff member of Hashemi Nezhad Hospital and in Qatar and Russia simultaneously.

Different facilities have been considered for creative and knowledge-based companies damaged by corona with the support of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs. According to the calls, companies can receive facilities up to 500 million Tomans.

The silk road science fund (SRSF) is the title of a call made by Iran national science foundation in cooperation with the science academy of China, the fifth round of which is under implementation.

A memorandum of understanding is signed between Pardis technology park and two technology export brokers to export the products of Pardis Technology Park to three countries of Kyrgyzstan, Oman and Afghanistan.

The fourth call for the eighth round of NanoMatch is published to accelerate the pace of commercialization of innovative projects in the field of nanotechnology.

The third workshop of the second step of the innovation program entitled “new product design and development” was held.

With regard to the preparation of new opportunities in the field of data analysis with software, the programming and data analysis course will be held by the efforts of the national elites foundation.

Iran national science foundation has announced its first call to support post-doctoral technological projects in order to empower PhD graduates.

The secretary of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter pointed out the crises made by coronavirus in countries of the world and emphasized that the virus has created many opportunities, from attention to the country’s infrastructures to the discovery of extraordinary talents in biotechnology and artificial intelligence.