Iran's National Elites Foundation
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| Formation | June 1, 2004 |
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| Headquarters | Tehran |
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Membership
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13,025 (2014) |
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Official language
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Persian |
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President
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Sorena Sattari |
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Key people
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Saeed Sohrabpour (Vice President) |
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Budget
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43 trillion Iranian Rial (1,361,363 US Dollar) |
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Staff
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50 |
| Website | www.bmn.ir |
Iran's National Elites Foundation (INEF) (Persian: بنياد ملي نخبگان) is an Iranian governmental organization founded on May 31, 2005 by approval of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council of Iran. The main purpose of the foundation is to recognize, organize and support Iran's elite national talents. The current head of the foundation is a Vice President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.
Members of the foundation include all who show exceptionally high intellectual capacity, academic aptitude, creative ability and artistic talents, specially contributors in promotion of global science and highly cited scientists and researchers. Iran National Elites Foundation (INEF) is a statewide organization and composed of members with significant scientific and executive background. The INEF members are considered as the most promising researches, inventors and artists of Islamic Republic of Iran, and the young members of the INEF are regarded as those whom will lead the Iran's future science, culture and art. To reach the INEF goals the organization supports its members in scientific, financial/material and pastoral ways, such as granting low-interest or gratuitous loans, supply of any rare sources or laboratory facilities, involving the members with in-demand/priority national projects (in case of young male members, in lieu of the compulsory military service obligations, and exiting the county, as necessary, without assurance for those who have not completed their military service), assisting the members to commercialize their innovations, or move it to policy level, as well as other similar support services and networking opportunities.
Based on 2014 Fars News Agency's interview with Soorena Sattari -the INEF president- among more than 77 millions population of Iran only 13000 people have the membership of INEF. However among these 13000 people only 72 of them are considered as "elite" and the rest are considered as "highly talented"or "brilliant talent" people whom can be considered as those people with Intellectual Giftedness, which refers to the other members that are not an actual elite but he or she is a potential elite. According to INEF a Brilliant Talent or a Intellectual Giftedness person is those who have the potential to be an actual elite but needs special supports, guidance and empowerment to become one in the future. The elite members of INEF are selected based on another regulation called ; and then will granted the Allameh Tabatabaei award of INEF. Based on Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) only 72 person had been granted this award
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