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).
Companies/SMEs registered in Uzbekistan (for the ICP program — in agro-industry, mining and metallurgy, machine-building and automotive, medicine and medical technology, new materials and chemical technology, or pharmaceuticals and biotechnology), and commercialization projects run in partnership with research institutions (RCP/BIRD). The program is oriented more toward commercialization/business than a purely academic individual grant — it is intended for legal entities/institutions registered in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan citizens only
Register via OneID on the app.wbgrants.uz portal and submit your application and project documents for the open call of the relevant grant program (ICP/RCP/BIRD).
Periodic
There is no continuously open call — grant programs are announced through periodic "calls for proposals." Previous rounds: ICP at various times (e.g., a September call), and a joint RCP/BIRD call that ran December 2023 – April 2024. A new call date for 2026 has not been confirmed.
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).
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The scholarship is paid at 1,607,130 soʻm per month (raised 10% from the 2025/2026 academic year). Recipients are awarded a certificate as "Holder of the Islam Karimov State Scholarship."