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).
Open only to research institutions and higher education organisations registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan; the project lead and team must be registered in the ScienceID system (id.ilmiy.uz). Not intended for international/foreign participants — this is a purely domestic (national) state programme.
Uzbekistan citizens only
First obtain a ScienceID via id.ilmiy.uz, then submit the project electronically through loyiha.ilmiy.uz (the unified intellectual electronic platform for state scientific programmes); applications are accepted only in Uzbek (Latin script). A recommendation letter from the head of the implementing institution and a copy of the scientific-technical council's decision are required.
Annual
The Agency for Innovative Development announces applied/innovative project competitions several times a year under different names (e.g. "Science4State", "ScienceUP", "InnoPro"), each with its own "round" number. Confirmed examples: the "Science4State – 2026" call closed 9 February 2026 at 23:55; the "ScienceUP: 2026 Applied Research Projects Competition" closed 14 March 2026 at 23:55; the "InnoPro" call ran through 15 June 2026. As of 12 July 2026 (today), all of these are already closed — the date of the next round has not been officially announced; new rounds are typically announced between February and August.
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.
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).
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."