INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
IRNA reported on Thursday.The cooperation program with Iranian specialists and entrepreneurs abroad is one of the plans designed and
implemented by the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology to cooperate with Iranian elites abroad.A program is being implemented with
programs has been the creation of suitable conditions for the attraction of Iranians abroad, including specialists, elites, investors, and
entrepreneurs in various businesses, but the scope is in accordance with the requirements of the time and necessities has become more
widespread.This program is being implemented with the aim of using the scientific and professional capacity of Iranian researchers and
specialists and establishing relations with selected scientific, technological, and industrial centers of the country.So far, more than 2400
Iranian expatriates have cooperated with scientific and industrial centers in the country on the path of scientific and technological
development.According to the latest statistics of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, some 8,410 requests for cooperation, 693
requests for the establishment of a knowledge-based company, 3,567 requests for lectures and workshops, 2,500 postdoctoral requests, and 400
requests for visiting professors are registered in the system."Employment in knowledge-based companies", "Housing loan", "Housing deposit",
"Recruitment of academic staff", "Educational workshops and lectures", "Educational and research activities", "Technological activities",
are among the most important support services defined under this program for Iranian experts residing abroad who wish to cooperate with
educational and industrial centers of the country.Iran has also implemented a plan to return elites from the top 100 universities in the
Through a national model, the facilities are provided for their return by creating technology parks, innovation centers, and factories.The
plan was able to bring back 2,000 Iranian students from around the world over a three-year period.About 500 Iranian researchers have
returned home over the past four years to transfer their knowledge and expertise to the country's universities, according to the vice
presidency for science and technology.FB/MG
