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). It is one of the named state scholarships (alongside Beruni, Ibn Sino, Ulugʻbek, Imam al-Bukhari, Islam Karimov, and others).
Open only to citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan — students in the last two years of bachelor's programs at state, private, and foreign-affiliated HEIs in Uzbekistan (including joint programs) with a straight "excellent" record. Requires the state language, one foreign language, and knowledge of Uzbekistan's history.
Uzbekistan citizens only
The candidate submits documents (transcript, dean's recommendation, list of achievements/publications, results of language and history tests) to the university's student research office; the academic council selects the winner through open discussion.
Annual
Applications are accepted annually August 1–15, with final selection by the university's academic council September 10–25.
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).