Agency for Innovative Development
Varies substantially by project track (social sciences and humanities, or natural and exact sciences) and competition type (general or targeted fundamental research). Available data indicates up to 300 million soʻm per project. Note: according to several sources, the 2025 social sciences and humanities call funded some projects up to 12,000 times the base calculation value — a separate, considerably higher ceiling; 300 million soʻm is retained as the general indicative figure.
Uzbekistan research institutions, higher education institutions and their research teams (PhD, DSc, professors/lecturers). The average age of the project team is recommended not to exceed 45; involving young scientists and talented students/master's students is encouraged. Only research institutions registered in Uzbekistan may apply — not intended for individual foreign applicants (except for separately announced joint international competitions, e.g. "Uzbekistan-Belarus").
Uzbekistan citizens only
Submit your application and project documents via loyiha.ilmiy.uz — the unified intellectual electronic platform for state scientific programmes (electronic submission only). Requires approval from the institution's head and academic council. Technical support: +998-71-203-32-32 (ext. 242).
Annual
Several separate calls are announced each year across different tracks (social sciences and humanities, natural and exact sciences, targeted fundamental research, etc.) — all via the loyiha.ilmiy.uz platform. 2026 examples: the general fundamental research call closed on 15 June; the "Targeted Fundamental Research" call was open from late June to late July (exact dates vary by source). There is no single overall deadline.
World Bank + Ministry of HESI
The MUNIS project has allocated a total of $50 million (2 components, 5 sub-programs). The main dollar-denominated grant programs are: the Innovation Capabilities Program (ICP) — up to $50,000 for small and medium businesses (SMEs); the Research Commercialization Program (RCP) — a $4 million total fund, up to $150,000 per sub-project; and the Business Investments in R&D Program (BIRD) — a $10 million total fund, up to $600,000 per sub-project (a matching grant). The project also includes the REP and PRIM programs, aimed at strengthening research-institution capacity (their sub-project amounts are announced separately).
IRA + Iran Ministry of Science and Technology
Bilateral co-funding (each country covers the costs of its own participants); no single officially announced amount was found.
Agency for Innovative Development under MHESI
Varies by project type (applied/innovative) and round — curated data suggests up to 500 million UZS per project; officially verified sources show figures ranging up to 1 billion UZS for some one-year innovative-project tracks and a combined 150 million UZS for some applied-project tracks — there is no single official figure; it depends on the specific round ("ScienceUP", "InnoPro", and others). Project duration is up to 3 years for the Science4State programme (some tracks run 1–2 years).