Strategic Roles & Tasks

Strategic Roles

In pursuit of its goals, the Academy will perform the following roles:

Represent the nation of Nigeria in relevant science and technology international and regional forums and networks
Advise government, the National Assembly and other stakeholders on science, technology and innovation issues and contribute to the development of national and sectoral plans.
Stimulate and support synergies and collaborative linkages between various actors of the STI ecosystem.
Contribute to the development of national research clusters and R&D centers and optimize the utilization of available resources
Coordinate national efforts towards the establishment of bilateral and multilateral collaborative agreements with other countries in priority areas of interest
Assist in the formation of specialized scientific societies and committees in various fields of knowledge, in accordance with international standards and best practices in the field.
Contribute to the establishment of specialized development and scientific research centers, technological parks and smart villages.
Establish national databases and networks that adopt information systems and technology, to meet the needs and requirements of scholars and specialists in different sectors.
Periodically monitor the status of scientific research, technology and innovation via the Science, Technology and Innovation Observatory (STIO), and employ the generated data to derive rationalization and planning for the relevant sectors.
Develop policy tools intended to stimulate effective and sustainable partnerships between academic institutions and research centers and relevant public and private sector institutions
Promote and rationalize the use of external funding opportunities for research projects, and support intellectual property protection

Strategic Tasks

The Academy of Innovative Research, Science & Technological Development (AcIRSTD) in accordance with its main tasks:

1. INTERACTION

AcIRSTD interacts with the Federal, State and Local Governments in Nigeria and other governmental agencies by means of propositions of new programmes and actions, in identifying research priorities in several issues of national interest, focused on the economic development and the well being of the Nigerian population

2. TECHNICAL COOPERATION

The Academy carries out international scientific and scientific-technical cooperation, develops mutually beneficial relations with the academies of sciences and other scientific organizations of foreign countries, carries out interstate scientific and scientific-technical programs and projects, participates in the activities of international scientific and scientific-technical organizations and associations. Scientific support of the economic, social and state-legal development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, its culture, rational use and environmental protection

3. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

AcIRSTD organizes and coordinates fundamental and applied scientific research activity, conducts basic and applied scientific research, develops major areas of the natural, technical, humanitarian, social sciences and arts in order to obtain new knowledge about man, society, nature and artificially created objects, increasing the scientific, technical, intellectual and spiritual potential of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

4. MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL POTENTIAL

The Academy takes measures to develop its own scientific and technical potential, strengthens the material and technical base of the Academy, organize pilot production of high-tech and high-tech scientific and technical products, create and disseminate new methods and means of researching patterns, phenomena and processes

5. TRAINING

AcIRSTD creates conditions for the development of scientific schools, the training of highly qualified scientific workers, the advanced training of scientists and specialists, including in foreign scientific centres; participates in the training of specialists with higher education and enhances the qualifications of the teaching staff of institutions providing higher education. This is also includes scientific and training of highly qualified scientific personnel, educational institutions with the status of a university, as well as foundations.

6. DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGIES

The Academy ensures the introduction of domestic technologies in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, biotechnology, new materials and other high-tech sectors of the economy. AcIRSTD participates in the development of recommendations on the use of the achievements of domestic and world science in practice.

7. SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT

AcIRSTD implements scientific and methodological support for Nigeria and other developing countries through science, technology and innovation as well as for supplying the scientific rationale necessary for the formulation of public policies and decision makings

AcIRSTD Tasks

Contributes to the Improvement of the Scientific Level of the National Education System - participates in the training of specialists with higher education and enhances the qualifications of the teaching staff of institutions providing higher education
Serves as a Founder of Commercial and Uncommercial Organizations - including scientific and training of highly qualified scientific personnel, educational institutions with the status of a university, as well as foundations
Identification of Fundamentally New Ways of Scientific and Technological Progress - participation in the development of recommendations on the use of the achievements of domestic and world science in practice
Development of STI in Nigeria: Ensuring the development of science and technology in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Events - holds scientific sessions, conferences, schools, seminars and meetings, and also participates in such events
Other Responsibilities - performs other functions in accordance with the legislation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.