ABSTRACT
Research is a key factor in developing a country. Its performance is due to the degree of solving problems and dem and s of a society. Evaluation of research problems and obstacles has its importance in any scientific fields. It explains defects of that field and it can develop it. According to the importance of above mentioned subjects, we designed a survey to evaluate problems to research policies and services from the viewpoint of managers, scientific staffs and experts of Isfahan Medical University. We performed a cross-sectional study in 2001 with a 38-item questionnaire. Our samples were all of managers and research experts of Isfahan Medical University and r and om samples of scientific staffs of colleges. The data of the survey were analyzed by SPSS ver10 with t-test, Mann Whitney, Kruskall Wallis, ANOVA and alpha- korenbach The most important research problems from the viewpoints of managers were: 1] Low relation between researchers 2] Insufficient time of scientific staffs for performing research due to educational duties 3] Lack of aims and programs of research policies. The most important research problems from the viewpoints of scientific staffs were the same.These problems from the viewpoints of research expert were: 4] Lack of aims and programs of research policies 5] Insufficiency of research budget. 6] Lack of team work culture According to the results, it seems that the most useful actions to take are amending informational services, defining research position against educational systems and explaining aims and plans in research policies