Israel – India (I4F) Strategic Call for Proposals 2026
Open Date:
05/01/2026Deadline for Submission:
01/06/2026Time zone:
Israel
Summary:
This year, the India-Israel Foundation for Research and Development (I4F) promotes and supports technological cooperation projects between Israeli companies and Indian companies. The fund has four programs: a feasibility test, R&D, Pilot, and the Strategic programs.
Unlike the other programs of I4F, the Strategic Program is the only one whose topic is jointly chosen every year by the board of directors of the fund, based on the national strategy of the countries.
Program Description
For the year 2026, under the chosen topic “Smart Mobility”, you can find the following examples of potential scopes relevant (but not limited) to this call such as:
Relevant technologies under the call scope:
- Autonomous Mobility
- Maritime Mobility
- Railroad Technology
- Smart Aviation
- Public Transit Technology & Traffic Management
- Electric Vehicles & Battery Tech
As part of this Strategic Program, I4F would like to receive proposals for groundbreaking projects in the chosen field when the project partners are a company and a research institution from each side (minimum of 4 participants). The support for this route can reach a total of about 5M$.
The goal for the Strategic Program projects is to start the project from a relatively low TRL (3-4) up to the pilot phase (TRL 7-8) while creating an impact in the field, by combining forces – Industry and Academia – in joint R&D to achieve a significant technological breakthrough.
Funding
Fund up to US$ 5,000,000 per project or 66% of the total qualified project cost, whichever is lower.
Criteria
Evaluation Criteria:
- High level of Innovation/Novelty
- Potential for Commercialization Success
- Technical and Financial Capabilities
- Commercialization/Marketing Capability
- Complementarity to each country/Company
- Synergy Between Companies, relevant background
- Reliability of the work and budget plan
A precondition for this program:
- The consortiums must involve at least one company and one research institution (university or institute) from each country (2 or 3) x (2 or 3), no more than 6 entities in total
- Academia as a subcontractor in the consortium can get up to 30% of the budget (each side)
- Commercial product/technology.
- Companies must be able to fund the supplementary part of their project budget after a grant.
- Duration of the project up to 3 years (maximum).
Participants’ Eligibility: Indian & Israeli companies + Indian & Israeli Academic partner as subcontractor up to 30% of total budget (mandatory)
The full preconditions and criteria for evaluation are detailed in the Authority’s India Fund (I4F) website -Israel page.
Application Process
Deadline for submission is June 1st, 2026, at 12:00 (Israel standard time).
The Israeli partner is required to submit I4F application forms in accordance with the Israel Innovation Authority regulations, through the official Israel Innovation Authority’s Hebrew website.
The Indian partner is required to submit I4F application forms to DST/TDB websites through an online system.
Please note:
- The Israeli company needs to register to the Israel Innovation Authority system (companies that applied for the Israel Innovation Authority’s support before, using the same user) and upload the proposal.
- It is recommended to submit the proposal ASAP. Please do not wait until the last minute. I4F will accept only proposals that were submitted on time. I4F won’t be able to accept proposals submitted later than the deadline as above
- Please make sure that both partners successfully submitted the proposal on both platforms! I4F won’t be able to accept proposals that were submitted only on one platform.
If you already have a project idea, and are looking for partners, or you are interested in participating in a project proposal, given your expertise in the field, but haven’t yet formed a project idea or proposal, then please visit the I4F website.