The Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Committee of Science) announces the launch of a competition for grant funding for scientific and/or scientific-technical projects for the 2025-2027 period in priority areas of scientific development and specialized scientific directions according to the competition documentation.:

• Ecology, environment, and rational natural resource use
• Energy, advanced materials, and transport
• Advanced manufacturing, digital, and space technologies
• Intellectual potential of the country
• Life and health sciences
• Sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex
• National security and defense, biological safety

For registration and obtaining an IRN, applicants can contact the call center of the information system of JSC NCSTE (is.ncste.kz) at 8-727-222-11-02 (int. 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228). Working hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, lunch break from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.

For clarification of the competition documentation and assistance with application submission, please call: 8 (7172) 74-19-18, 74-25-88, 74-19-04, 74-20-29; For financial questions, contact 8 (7172) 74-16-53. Working hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM, lunch break from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM.

Competition applications must be submitted to the Committee of Science electronically, signed with the digital signature of the scientific supervisor and applicant, through the JSC NCSTE information system via the link: https://is.ncste.kz.

Start of application submission: 16 September 2024.

Final submission deadline: 17 October 2024 (inclusive).

Competition Documentation