Iran's National Elites Foundation

Iran's National Elites Foundation
Formation1 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-01)
HeadquartersTehran
Location
Membership
13,025 (2014, including both normal fellows and student members)[1]
Official language
Persian
President
Hossein Afshin
Key people
Seyyed Salman Seyyed Afghahi[2] (Deputy)
Budget
43 billion Iranian Rial (US$1.36 million)[3]
Staff
50
Websitewww.bmn.ir

Iran's National Elites Foundation (INEF;[4] Persian: بنياد ملي نخبگان, Bonyad-e Melli-e Nokhebegan) is an Iranian governmental organization.[5] The main purpose of the foundation is to recognize, organize and support Iran's elite national talents.

Members of the foundation include all those who show exceptionally high intellectual capacity, academic aptitude, creative ability and artistic talents, especially contributors in promotion of global science and highly cited scientists and researchers. Iran National Elites Foundation (INEF) is a statewide organization and composed of members with significant scientific and executive background.[6][7] The INEF members are considered as the most promising researches, inventors and artists of Islamic Republic of Iran, and the young members of the INEF are regarded as those whom will lead the Iran's future science, culture and art. To reach the INEF goals the organization supports its members in scientific, financial/material and pastoral ways, such as granting low-interest or gratuitous loans, supply of any rare sources or laboratory facilities, involving the members with in-demand/priority national projects (in case of young male members, in lieu of the compulsory military service obligations, and exiting the country, as necessary, without assurance for those who have not completed their military service), assisting the members to commercialize their innovations, or move it to policy level, as well as other similar support services and networking opportunities.

  1. ^ افزایش ۲۰ برابری بودجه بنیاد ملی نخبگان
  2. ^ "خبرگزاری فارس - قائم‌مقام جدید بنیادملی نخبگان منصوب شد". 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ پیشنهاد افزایش پنج برابری بودجه سال آینده بنیاد ملی نخبگان
  4. ^ "Iran's National Elites Foundation Official Website"
  5. ^ "for the Advancement of Science and Technology in Iran" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Session of members of the National Elites Foundation of Iran"
  7. ^ "Iran Book News Agency: Facilities of Iran's National Elites Foundation will include top writers"