In order to develop and continue scientific and research collaborations with Switzerland and as a new method to support joint projects, the Swiss Desk together with the ZHAW - the Swiss Leading House of South Asia and Iran, has proposed a call of supporting joint projects between Iran and Switzerland in form of a program called Bridging Grants for 2019.
The Life science Zurich Graduate School is a joint initiative of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. Twice a year, they recruit young scientists from across the world to their 17 life science programs. Each program offers research and education opportunities for students who wish to work towards a Ph.D degree in any of the life sciences.
The application deadlines are December 1 and July 1.
Geneva University runs a 10-month program called “MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE”.
In order to expand the university's international scientific interactions with overseas academic institutions, the IUT International is planning to prepare an international relations electronic Newsletter in line with the IUT mission towards a Green University.
For the purpose of broadening international interactions and research collaborations between Switzerland and more than 180 countries of the world, the Swiss Confederation grants the Government Excellence Scholarships to the applicants who are qualified to the conditions specified by the executive institution "Federal Commission for Scholarship for Foreign Students – FCS." An acceptance letter from a full-time professor of the university or institution in which they are going to pass their program is necessary for every applicant.
By having a joint plan with the vice-presidency of the state presidency, MSRT provides financial supports for the patents conducted by the students and faculty members worldwide.
Accordingly, it is anticipated that the relevant expenses will be paid up to 90% from the allocated resources through Iranian Patent Office.
The 1st Organization of Islamic Cooperation Robotics Challenge (ORC) takes place in the UZEXPOCENTRE exhibition center, Tashkent, from 27 to 31 of October, 2019 and is restricted to participants from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States with ages between 17 and 23 years, in two categories.
1- Robo-Sumo (where an autonomous robot should push another robot out of the ring)
2- Robo-Football (distance controlled two robots play football on the field)
The ICGEB-DIC-MOST International Fellowship Program (IFP) offers competitive Short-term Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists from the eligible ICGEB Member States wishing to pursue postgraduate research in China. The Program supports the mobility of researchers to prestigious Chinese laboratories for a period of 6 or 12 months, to benefit from the expertise and technologies available in the receiving laboratories.
The purpose of the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation is to afford recognition to outstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals, institutes or organizations who have contributed to environmental and natural resources research, environmental education and training, creation of environmental awareness through the preparation of environmental information materials and activities aimed at establishing and managing protected areas including in relation to sustainable tourism, such as Biosphere Reserves, natural World Heritage sites and UNESCO Global Geopa
