Jakarta, Aug. 20 -- The National Alms Agency (Baznas), along with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), is striving to strengthen Indonesia's human resources in science and technology through the 2025 Research Scholarship.

Baznas Chairman Noor Achmad, in a press statement received in Jakarta on Wednesday, stated that alms (zakat) in Indonesia has great potential to support education and research.

"If there is substantial funding to finance major research, God willing, it will produce great scientists," he said.

The 2025 Baznas Research Scholarship Program was launched at the Baznas Building, Jakarta, on August 19.

The Research Scholarship is part of Baznas' Higher Education Scholarship program. The program is aimed at in...