Iran, Germany to Expand Academic Cooperation

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of Germany have reached an agreement to conduct a host of joint academic and research projects.

News ID: 74618

Date: 28 December 2018 - 18:09

According to the Public Relations of the Ministry of Science, the two sides will exchange researchers, expand research consortiums, compile comprehensive research projects and work for their application, make necessary coordination for Iranian and German partners' cooperation, manage and run joint events like conferences, workshops and field plans, reads the announcement by the Public Relations of Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.

They will obtain financial support of such bodies as European Union, Europe vision, German DFGs while cooperating in other related programs.

Volunteers to run the bid can send their proposals by April 15, 2019.

Iran and Germany are enjoying close relations and have agreed to run many joint projects since the removal of anti-Iran sanctions due to the Iran nuclear deal of July 14, 2015.

Earlier on September, Iran's Deputy Science Minister Hossein Salar Amoli announced that Tehran and Berlin are planning to implement 24 academic projects financed by a German research funding organization.

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