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.
Open to Uzbekistan research organisations that submit a joint application together with a partner research organisation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Projects submitted by only one side (without a partner), as well as projects rejected following review by one or both sides, are excluded from the competition.
Uzbekistan citizens only
Form a joint project in cooperation with a research organisation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and submit it via the loyiha.ilmiy.uz electronic platform within the next "Uzbekistan-Iran" call announced by the Agency for Innovative Development.
Periodic
Periodic — run by Uzbekistan's Agency for Innovative Development and Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology through separate announcements. On 31 May – 1 June 2026, the 15th meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation between the two countries was held in Tashkent — confirming the partnership remains active in 2026, though the exact date of the next 2026 grant round has not been officially 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).
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."