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| Iranian Academy of Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Name | Iranian Academy of Sciences |
| Formation | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Leader title | President |
Iranian Academy of Sciences
The Iranian Academy of Sciences is a national learned society based in Tehran associated with eminent Iranian scientists and international scholars. It sits alongside institutions such as University of Tehran, Sharif University of Technology, Tarbiat Modares University, Amirkabir University of Technology and collaborates with organizations like UNESCO, International Council for Science, World Health Organization, European Space Agency and Royal Society (United Kingdom). The Academy interacts with research centers including Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Nanotechnology Initiative Council (Iran), Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology and international universities such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.
The Academy traces roots through predecessors exemplified by institutions like Dar ul-Funun, Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization and post-revolution establishments including Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. Early figures connected to the scientific milieu include Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, Gholam Hossein Sa'edi, Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, Kamaloddin Behzad, Houshang Ebtehaj and policy actors such as Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Khamenei, Mir-Hossein Mousavi in broader institutional reform. The Academy developed during the presidencies of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami and formalized statutes influenced by examples like French Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences and Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
The Academy advances high-level research priorities akin to mandates from UNESCO, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, International Atomic Energy Agency and regional bodies like Economic Cooperation Organization. Its objectives echo programs at European Research Council, Max Planck Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Academie des Sciences, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and include promoting scholars comparable to Ali Javan, Maryam Mirzakhani, Omid Kokabee, Lotfi Zadeh, Kazem Alishahi through fellowships and policy advice. The Academy issues recommendations paralleling reports from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Committee of the Red Cross and supports initiatives similar to Horizon 2020, Erasmus Mundus, Fulbright Program.
The body comprises divisions modelled after units in National Academy of Sciences (India), Polish Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea and structured into councils corresponding to sectors represented by Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Space Agency, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Iranian National Museum, Iranian Students' News Agency and think tanks such as Center for Strategic Research (Iran), Mandegar Institute. Leadership roles have analogues with offices in Royal Society (UK), National Academy of Sciences (US), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Committees coordinate with ministries exemplified by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran), Ministry of Health and Medical Education (Iran), Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (Iran), and liaise with agencies like Iranian National Standards Organization.
Fellows include senior figures similar to laureates of Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Turing Award, Lasker Award and recipients of national honors such as Order of Culture and Art (Iran), Medal of Merit (Iran). Membership criteria mirror those of Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (US), Académie des Sciences with elections resembling protocols at European Molecular Biology Organization and International Mathematical Union. Prominent associated scholars parallel names like Ali Javan, Omid Kokabee, Maryam Mirzakhani, Lotfi Zadeh, Cumrun Vafa, Reza Mansouri and links to institutions such as Sharif University of Technology, Isfahan University of Technology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
The Academy publishes proceedings and journals analogous to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Science (journal), Cell (journal), Physical Review Letters and produces monographs similar to outputs of Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, Oxford University Press. Research agendas address topics funded in programs run by European Research Council, Horizon Europe, National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust and cover fields represented at Tehran University, Isfahan University, University of Tabriz, Shiraz University and laboratories like Iranian National Observatory, Sina-Atash Research Center, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute. The Academy organizes conferences akin to International Congress of Mathematicians, World Science Forum, AAAS Annual Meeting and collaborates with publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis.
Outreach programs coordinate with universities including Alzahra University, Imam Khomeini International University, K.N.Toosi University of Technology and media outlets like IRIB, Tehran Times, Kayhan to promote science public engagement similar to Royal Institution, Science Museum (London). Educational partnerships mirror exchanges in Fulbright Program, Erasmus Mundus, Soros Foundation initiatives and workshops similar to International Summer School for Young Physicists, Summer Institutes of Mathematics.
Funding sources reflect combinations seen at National Science Foundation (United States), European Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation and domestic agencies such as Plan and Budget Organization (Iran), Vice Presidency for Science and Technology (Iran), Iran National Science Foundation. Governance follows statutes comparable to Royal Society Charter, US National Academies governance with oversight models paralleling Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran), Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and engages in memoranda with external partners like UNESCO, World Health Organization, European Space Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency.
Category:Scientific organisations based in Iran