Science Promoters in Iran and The World

Document Type : Promotion Article

Author

Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

According to many experts, 21st century is the century of advancement of sciences. At this time, scientific achievements and using expert scientists can be considered as an important aspect of one country prominence over the others. Hence, it is clear that countries make policies for improving this aspect. On the other hand, developed countries now meet the requirement for involving people in scientific policies of the society and enhancing the common understanding of scientific projects. There are organizations or systems in these countries, devoting at least part of their activities for this issue under the name of “science promoters”. In this paper some of the most important science promoters and their organizations are introduced. 

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