Meeting of the General Director of the Rustaveli Foundation with Natural Sciences Research Institutes

On November 1, Zviad Gabisonia, Director General of Greater Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, met with representatives of 17 research institutes in the field of natural sciences.

During the representative meeting, the Director General of the Foundation, Zviad Gabisonia, spoke about the significance of Georgia's membership in the pan-European science and innovation organization - EURAXESS - as well as the new broad opportunities and services available for Georgian science. He focused on the challenges facing Georgian science, the innovations planned by the Rustaveli Science Foundation, reform steps, plans and scientific priorities for the coming year, the principles of the Foundation's budget allocation, the commercialization of scientific research, the new European model for research evaluation, and the importance of transitioning to the ERC (European Research Council) science classification standard.

At the end of the meeting, Zviad Gabisonia answered numerous questions from the attending audience and scientists regarding the complex processes ongoing in science and the ways to address them. Davit Nadareishvili, Director of the Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, thanked the Director General of the Foundation, evaluating Georgia's accession to EURAXESS as a major breakthrough and a significant step forward for Georgian science.