International Scientific-Technical Center financed 9 projects from
Armenia during 2007 to total sum of $4.2 mln
2008-01-15 19:14:00
ArmInfo. The International Scientific-Technical Center financed 9
projects from Armenia during 2007 to the total sum of $4.2 mln, Head of
the ISTC Yerevan Office Hamlet Navasardyan told ArmInfo.
To recall, the ISTC financed 10 projects from Armenia during 2006 to
the total sum of $2.8 mln. As H. Navasardyan said, 22% of the whole
volume of financing falls on the area of physics, 20% – biology and 15%
– new materials, followed by the sphere of information and nuclear
technologies. By the number of the submitted and financed projects,
from the viewpoint of activity, the leaders are the Yerevan Physical
Institute (72 projects were submitted over the years of ISTC activity
in RA, 31 of which have been financed), the Yerevan State University
(29 projects submitted, 16 financed) and the Institute of Physical
Researches (14 projects submitted, 7 financed). H. Navasardyan said
that the main financing of the projects is carried out by EU (42%) and
the USA (36%).
Talking of the year results, H. Navasardyan said that a modern
equipment (spectrometers, laser diods, laboratory furnaces, etc.) was
acquired in 2007 to the sum of about $300,000 to carry out the project
work. This allowed to renew the technical park of RA Institutes and
gave an additional stimulus for the research work. He also said that 9
scientists from Armenia received grants in 2007 under assistance of
ISTC for business trips to the foreign scientific centers for meetings
and consultations with collaborators, as well as for participation in
conferences and seminars abroad. Moreover, an international conference
"New Polymers and Radioprotectors for Biology and Medicine" was held in
Armenia in 2007, organized by the Center of Radiation Medicine and
Burns and the Yerevan Institute "Plastomer", within the frames of ISTC
programme on assistance in holding scientific seminars and conferences.