Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia

The organisation

The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG) is a Legal Entity of Public Law under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, which supports the development of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) system in Georgia. Activities of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia are directed to ensure rational spending of the state resources allocated to research funding in Georgia.

The Foundation aims to create a unified system of science funding and build society’s trust towards the system. SRNSFG maintains the monitoring of the state research grant beneficiaries (grant holders) and submits report to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia.

What is the R&I Hub?

SRNSFG has identified external key players of the regional and national innovation ecosystem, including academia and universities, industry players, ministries/government bodies and public sector and civil society organisations to engage them in the GEP process.

Engaging interested and key external stakeholders in the GEP processes can bring gender balance and gender sensitiveness in transfer to market of scientific research results, it motivates young girls to embrace STEM studies, and it promotes gender sensitive co-design of research and tech products.

SRNSFG works with the external players of the Hub, to implement the collaborative GEP actions.  These actions facilitate institutional change internally, but also initiate a conversation among the regional and national stakeholders, to adopt and implement gender policies in their organisations.

The R&I Hub members

The R&I Hub of SRNSFG consists of 39 organisations. Thirty of them belong to the academic community, one is an industry player, three are civil society organisations, while five are representatives from the government and the public sector.