network must be established among them, preserving each one's rights. Supportive Priorities of the Foundation Considering the basic function of the foundation, "generation of science and technology, and benefiting the nation from its profits", (based on article 2 of the foundation's statute) the following basic priorities for allocation of finance and non-financial and financial facilities of the foundation are defined: according to article 3, amendment 4 of the foundation statute, "for using supports and aids domestic researchers have priority over others," the plans and requests must necessarily be in the field of modern and advanced sciences and technologies. The foundation's subjective priorities will annually be approved by the scientific committee, applicant's requested subjects must possess a kind of innovation, creativity and originality. Moreover, the plans should not be step by step repetition of experiences of the developed countries, or translation and duplication of research findings of other countries, the plans must have distinctive characteristics in comparison to similar domains. In other words, they must not be included in the responsibility domain or work field of other domestic institutes, responsible for supporting researches, the plans must prepare the ground for the creation of new and specialized job opportunities (especially for the elite), the plans must have economic and technical justifications, and as far as possible return of the investment, the plans must show a certain result, if possible, within a short span of time. The Charter for Presentation of Facilities by INSF To execute the act of session 522- 29 July 2003 of the Cultural Revolution Supreme Council, regarding the statute of Iran National Science Foundation (here in this charter referred to as "the foundation"), the following executive charter was ratified in the board of trustees' session 1 Dec, 2003. Objective Presentation of services and facilities to those who present research plans regarding the explanation of the proceeding should be in accordance with the objectives of the statute. Application Scope Under article 3 of the statute, supports of the foundation covers all Iranian researchers (both true and legal persons) whether academic or nonacademic, inside or outside the country. Moreover, according to article 3 amendment 4, researchers inside the country have priority over others. Concepts and Definitions Facilities: The foundation's direct material (financial) supports for the applicants Services: The foundation's indirect material supports for the applicants Types of Supports The foundation's supports are conducted in two different ways as follows: a) Material