President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke with representatives of the Academy of Sciences and research institutes, academicians, scientists, young researchers at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, the presidential press service reported.
He criticized the low degree of integration between science and production processes and insufficient support for scientific research.
"It is vital that R&D to be considered as a product, with the guaranteed buyer," he said.
He added that US$ 100 million in grants will be provided to support esearch and development, with the pay of employees of research institutes to be increased by several times.
