Research Excellence Program

№

Proposal title

Technology area

1

Perovskite solar cells with optimized performance and stability

Renewable energy

2

Resourcing low-carbon technologies for green economy of Uzbekistan

Development of low-carbon technologies

3

Energy efficiency monitoring system of operated irrigation pumping stations in Uzbekistan

Water management

4

Ion Channels VRAC and CRAC as novel pharmacological targets in ischemia/reperfusion injury and pathological hypertrophy of the heart

Biology

5

UzUDT: Universal Dependencies Treebank and parser for natural language processing on the Uzbek Language

Artificial intelligence, natural language processing

6

Development of a child wellbeing index in Uzbekistan (CWIU)

Economics, development

7

Creation of cotton varieties with an enriched genetic base with a high potential for productivity and technological properties of fiber, based on the use of adaptive breeding.

Agriculture and environmental protection

8

Development of hydraulic technologies for managing of soil moisture during furrow irrigation of agricultural crops

Agriculture and water management

9

Uncovering the chemical сomposition of food for better understanding their health implications in Uzbekistan

Food science, analytical chemistry

10

Improving the quality characteristics of agricultural products during storage and distribution by developing Optimized Smart Packaging(OSP) containing antibacterial functional agents

Advanced new material science & engineering, nanotechnology

11

Development of the renewable geothermal energy in Uzbekistan

Renewable energy

12

Automated drip irrigation system for agricultural crops using renewable energy sources

Water and energy-saving technologies

13

Ethno-geographic features of the incidence of tuberculosis in the region of the South Aral Sea

Public health (health policy, epidemiology)

14

Spell checker for Uzbek language

Natural language processing, machine learning

15

Metal oxides based inverse opal structure for highly efficient energy conversion

Renewable energy

16

Development of antimicrobial nonwoven products from silk waste for medical applications

Textile and waste recycling technologies

17

Tunable optical harmonic generation and soliton transport in optoelectronic networks

Optics, laser physics

18

Enhancement of an integrated monitoring network of seismic processes on the territory of Uzbekistan

Earth sciences

19

Ultrafast phenomena and vacuum effects in relativistic artificial atoms created in graphene

Condensed matter physics

20

Implementation of molecular genetics technology in diagnostics of severe hereditary diseases in children

Medicine

21

Advanced pregnancy loss study in Uzbekistan – “ALSU”

Biotechnology, molecular genetics

22

Development of a haploid-inducer mediated genome editing system for accelerating cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) breeding

Agriculture and food, biotechnology

23

Development of personalized innovative technology for the diagnosis and stratification of patients with cardiovascular disease using artificial intelligence

Medicine

24

Frontiers in legume cropping systems in Uzbekistan: Exploiting beneficial microbes for stable and resource-efficient production (FLegUZB)

Development of eco-friendly biofertilizers

25

Polymeric-nanoparticle hybrid microneedles for drug delivery and diagnosis.

Biotechnology, nanotechnology, medicine