Agency for Innovative Development under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Winning startup projects are financed from state funds up to 3,000 times the base calculation amount (in practice up to 1 billion soʻm); the exact amount is set based on the project budget, business plan, and commercialization prospects. Project implementation must not exceed 2 years.
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Winning startup projects are financed from state funds up to 3,000 times the base calculation amount (in practice up to 1 billion soʻm); the exact amount is set based on the project budget, business plan, and commercialization prospects. Project implementation must not exceed 2 years.
The competition is open to individuals who are citizens of Uzbekistan (including students and young scientists) and to legal entities registered in Uzbekistan. The startup project's initiator must be one of its founders. Each participant may submit only one project. No academic degree is required, but preference is given to projects with a genuine scientific/innovative result.
Uzbekistan citizens only
Periodic
The competition is announced several times a year in separate rounds; one recent round accepted documents from November 1–15. Exact dates are published separately for each round on innovation.gov.uz.
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).
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."