Bio-Convergence, Foodtech, Renewable Energies, Space & Bluetech recommended as Israel’s top R&D priorities
The priority R&D areas will ensure Israel's scientific and technological leadership in decades to come" said Israeli Minister of Innovation and Science
Cybertech
| 08/09/2022
Photographing space. Photo credit: Yael Ne’eman
The National Council for Civilian Research and Development (NCCRD) has submitted to Israel's Minister of Innovation and Science, Orit Farkash Hacohen its recommendations for Israel's top five R&D priorities: Bio-convergence, foodtech, renewable energies and energy storage, civilian space industry and bluetech (the sea as a national resource).
Over the course of its work, the committee was presented with 14 R&D areas, which were then ranked according to ten criteria – including areas expected to be at the forefront of global innovation in the coming decade, areas in which Israel has a relative advantage and/or a strategic need, and topics that will contribute significantly to maintaining the Israel’s scientific and research leadership.
The Committee has also recommended continuing government support for two areas previously identified as national priorities: Quantum AI and data science. The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology will promote national programs in the selected areas, addressing such aspects as infrastructure, regulation, research investment, etc.
The Ministry's research grants fund, which distributes NIS 180 million a year, will place significant emphasis on the national priority areas, with national programs to be established in these areas.
Orit Farkash Hacohen, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology: "I welcome and adopt the NCCRD’s recommendations, which follow a year of arduous work, to establish Israel's priority R&D areas. The priority R&D areas will ensure Israel's scientific and technological leadership in decades to come."
"The five fields recommended by the committee are significant in terms of global competition and the continued advancement of Israel's cutting-edge technologies, with a view to ensuring its economic future and maintaining its scientific excellence over the next five years,” said Prof. Peretz Lavie, NCCRD Chairman.
“The international survey conducted by the Committee showed that countries which invested in R&D enjoyed an excess return on investments; that R&D investments bolstered employment and quality of life and generated surplus growth in countries that had set national R&D priorities.”
In order to identify the specific topics worthy of support in each of the areas, the NCCRD also recommends establishing an independent expert committee to guide the financing entities.
The priority R&D areas will ensure Israel's scientific and technological leadership in decades to come" said Israeli Minister of Innovation and Science
Photographing space. Photo credit: Yael Ne’eman
The National Council for Civilian Research and Development (NCCRD) has submitted to Israel's Minister of Innovation and Science, Orit Farkash Hacohen its recommendations for Israel's top five R&D priorities: Bio-convergence, foodtech, renewable energies and energy storage, civilian space industry and bluetech (the sea as a national resource).
Over the course of its work, the committee was presented with 14 R&D areas, which were then ranked according to ten criteria – including areas expected to be at the forefront of global innovation in the coming decade, areas in which Israel has a relative advantage and/or a strategic need, and topics that will contribute significantly to maintaining the Israel’s scientific and research leadership.
The Committee has also recommended continuing government support for two areas previously identified as national priorities: Quantum AI and data science. The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology will promote national programs in the selected areas, addressing such aspects as infrastructure, regulation, research investment, etc.
The Ministry's research grants fund, which distributes NIS 180 million a year, will place significant emphasis on the national priority areas, with national programs to be established in these areas.
Orit Farkash Hacohen, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology: "I welcome and adopt the NCCRD’s recommendations, which follow a year of arduous work, to establish Israel's priority R&D areas. The priority R&D areas will ensure Israel's scientific and technological leadership in decades to come."
"The five fields recommended by the committee are significant in terms of global competition and the continued advancement of Israel's cutting-edge technologies, with a view to ensuring its economic future and maintaining its scientific excellence over the next five years,” said Prof. Peretz Lavie, NCCRD Chairman.
“The international survey conducted by the Committee showed that countries which invested in R&D enjoyed an excess return on investments; that R&D investments bolstered employment and quality of life and generated surplus growth in countries that had set national R&D priorities.”
In order to identify the specific topics worthy of support in each of the areas, the NCCRD also recommends establishing an independent expert committee to guide the financing entities.
