Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology

In the name of God The principled goals and responsibilities of the scientific and technological department of presidential office Goals: - Promotion of the national power, production of wealth and improvement the quality of people's life through increasing technological capabilities and innovation in the country - Promotion of "national innovation system" and completing the components and its chains - Development of "knowledge-based economy" through intersectional and intersystem coordination and synergy - Promotion of relations among "knowledge", "industry" and "society" and facilitating the exchanges between the technological and innovation supply and demand sectors - Commercialization of the technological and innovative achievements and the development of the knowledge-based companies - Development of the strategic and nationally-prioritized technologies stresses in the country's comprehensive scientific plan - Advancing the international scientific, technological and innovative relations and the development of scientific and technological diplomacy Main responsibilities: 1) Planning, intersectional cooperation and synergy in the "national innovation system" to materialize the knowledge-based economy 2) Coordination and synergy among the plans for developing the country and the macro policies for the development of the country's science and technology 3) Policy-making and planning for providing financial resources in the scientific, technological and innovative system of the country 4) Targeting, guidance and development of the applied, demand-oriented and mission-oriented researches and helping their commercialization 5) Development of technology, strengthening commercialization process and supporting the knowledge-based institutions and companies and the design engineering companies 6) Supporting the expansion of research and development activities in the country and promoting the "technological management" power in the knowledge-based