Proposals Acceptance
All Member Research Centers of
IMMN are annually requested to submit the proposals of their interested
applicants for revision. An approval letter of the director or vice president
of the related research center, partially or entirely sponsoring the project,
should be affixed to the proposals. Centers without budget for running the
project are exceptional.
Rationale for project
acceptance
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Strengthening research capability in our country
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Aiming
to solve one of our national problems
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Providing a solid scientific base for future research
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Making
a suitable groundwork for other activities related to the research subject
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Enhancement of Iran’s scientific level in international level
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Improvement of effective cooperation between outside researchers and Member
Research Centers of IMMN
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Bringing sprit of cooperation among Member Research Centers
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Advancement of innovations dynamics in the research
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Embedded ness and exploration of novel technologies
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Promote
scientific cooperation with Iranian scientists abroad
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Potential capability of the Member Research Center and the executives on
carrying out the project in a timely manner (short period of time)
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Financial sources from other local or foreigner scientific institute
Procedure for Proposal Revision
The IMMN assures that all
proposals will be kept confidential.
Each proposal should be
approved by director or vice-president of the related research center
Maximum 50% of the total
expenses of the projects should be paid by universities or research centers
which do not have independent budget. However, it should be totally paid by
centers with independent budget
Research and
Education Council of Molecular Medicine Network intends to
address the following objectives:
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Strengthening research
capability in our country
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Providing a solid
scientific base for future researches
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To address one of the
health crisis issues in the country
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Making a suitable
groundwork for other activities related to the research subject
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Enhancement of Iran’s
scientific level in international scale
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Improvement of effective
cooperation between outside researchers and Member Research Centers of IMMN
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Bringing sprit of
cooperation among Member Research Centers
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Having innovations and
novel technologies
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Promote scientific
cooperation with Iranian scientists abroad
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Efficient time management
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Feasibility study
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Facilities of the research
center and scientific potential of the executives
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Recruiting other domestic
and international financial recourses
The executive
should comply with the following criteria for writing and submission of research
proposals:
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Each proposal should be having only one executive.
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The CV of the executive should be affixed.
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Name, family name and title of the executive, name and
complete address of the university and /or associated institute, date of the
proposal submission and location as well as length of time needed for
carrying out the research project should be mentioned.
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Budget request for all personnel and non-personnel expenses
including the cost of consumable materials, services, laboratory equipments
and etc should be identified.
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Maximum 25% of the budget for carrying out the research
project should be allotted for the personnel expenses.
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Introduction, summary of the methods, main objectives of the
proposals and references of the proposal should be drafted.
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The tile of the proposal should be typed both in Farsi and
English.
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Types of research: basic, applied or basic-applied research
should be identified.
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Academic degrees and educational backgrounds of the
supervisor and all collaborators should be clearly noted.
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All research proposals, which are being performed or have
been completely carried out by the same executive, should be briefly stated.
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Proposal hypothesis, main and minor objectives, and
application of the research should be identified.
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Performance procedures should be clearly and completely
categorized.
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Methods of data collection, analyses of the information and
procedures time table should be specified.
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Ethical standards for research should be considered and also
problems and the limitation of the proposal (if any) should
be stated.
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Divide the proposal based on the yearly basis for performing
the procedures
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Any suggestion and/or probable notice to the sponsor of the
budget should be documented and submitted to the MMN and in case the
proposal can be financially supported by another source, the name of the
alternative sponsor and the amount of new fund should be mentioned.
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The signatures of the executive, the chief or deputy of the
research centre are required for final approval of the proposal.
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The proposal should be aiming to solve one of our national
health problems.
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Unnecessary details and complexity should be edited out.
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