the countries needs and priorities. The source for defining research priorities is the book about research priorities which is published by the national Scientific Research Council. Principal policies, work strategies and priorities INSF's board of trustees act on December 10, 2003 According to the article 3, paragraph 4 of the constitution, and based on article 16 of the act "The Positions, Objectives and Responsibilities of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution", Iran National Science Foundation was founded with a primary asset of 20 billion Rials, which had been supplied by governmental aids. Manifest of INSF's mission "Iran National Science Foundation works to prepare the executive grounds for the generation of science and technology and the presentation of material and spiritual supportive aids and services for true or legal researchers, in order for research affairs to flourish and to direct the proceeds of research and technology towards people." To back this cause the foundation is committed to: pave the route for the country to pioneer modern technologies, prepare special supports for national projects, or the projects which have strategic and international importance for the country, set spiritual supports for researchers and enhancement of their position in society as its main priorities, supply welfare and comfort for researchers, identify research requirements and priorities of the country and support their fulfillment, direct the proceeds of research projects towards people, prepare grounds for country's permanent development in technology. Work Strategies According to article 3 of the foundation's statute "activities of this foundation include comprehensive spiritual and financial support for Iranian researchers (both academic and nonacademic) both domestic and overseas, for the purpose of quantitative and qualitative enhancement of science and technology production, preparing the grounds for application of research results and generation of science at national and international levels." In this regard the following strategies are considered: the turnover of the foundation and the way it presents facilities must be simple and transparent, for effective orientation of its activities, the foundation must announce the lists of its subjects and titles of its projects with priority, for priority assessment of the projects, proper methods must be applied. To improve supportive role of the foundation, it is necessary that instead of direct financial aids, the given facilities be in the form of services, applicant researchers (true or legal persons) must necessarily have authentic successful scientific research backgrounds relevant to their requested subject, the foundation must be