National ‘Strategic Research’ Project in Biotechnological Fields

Strategic project portfolio selection for national research institutes

a r t i c l e i n f o As global competition intensifies, many national research institutes (NRIs) are investing substantial resources in research and development (R&D) to gain competitive advantage and develop the national economy. However, R&D investment involves a high degree of market and technological uncertainty. The literature on project portfolio selection focuses on either quantitative ...

Development of a National Mega Research Project on the Integrated Watershed Management for Iran

Strategic Directions of National and International Research Funding

Just as in other areas of hi-tech R&D, progress in language technology could not have been achieved without a sustained level of goal-oriented public funding. Especially in the area of language resources and language technology evaluation, much of the existing infrastructure can be attributed to dedicated funding efforts. On this panel representatives of national and international funding agenc...

Biotechnological significance of Actinobacterial research in India

Actinobacteria are of special biotechnological interest since they are known to produce chemically diverse compounds with a wide range of biological activity. This distinct clade of Gram-positve bacteria include some of the key antibiotic producers and are also sources of several bioactive compounds, established commercially. The class Actinobacteria holds some of the resilient species, capable...

Iranian national diabetes research network project: background, mission, and outcomes.

Introduction iabetes is a noncommunicable disease with worldwide distribution. It meets all the three criteria for a public health disorder: • A high disease burden; • Changing burden suggesting preventability; and • Fear that things are unknown and out of control. On the other hand, it is one of the major causes of death and disability, so it leads to the important area of research on preventi...