Members of the Scientific Steering Group, representing leading scientific institutions of the Caucasus countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Turkey), signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt). SNC-mt is organised as an open network of researchers and other stakeholders interested in disciplinary, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research and collaboration to strengthen research capacity in the Caucasus region.