The Directorate General for Scientific Research and Technology Development (DGRSDT) is one of the bureaus in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) and responsible for the scientific research of entire Algeria, in particular programming and evaluating the scientific research, developing the human resources, supporting scientific cooperation, financing university research, etc. It also directly operates 11 national laboratories including those for sustainable energy and biotechnology.
Based on the new MOU, DGRSDT will be coordinating the collaboration between NIMS and the many universities and national laboratories in Algeria, and a more active future cooperation can be envisaged between NIMS and academic institutions in Algeria.