The program initiated in 2010 provides travel grants to foreign scholars for visiting Iran, through which the latest science and technology findings would be shared first hand with Iranian universities, within and off the capital.

The program, initiated in 2010, aims to attract overseas outstanding scientists and experts in various fields of science and technology deliver talk at an academic event in Iran through which the latest science and technology findings would be shared first hand with Iranian universities, within and off the capital. The purpose of the so-called Simorgh program is to provide opportunities for the faculty members and students at Iranian universities to enhance their research and training through establishing ties with foreign scholars. The distinctive feature of the program is the requirement for organizing academic events in one or more universities outside Tehran, preferably in the less developed cities across the country.