Applied Research Consortia – Applied Research Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
This incentive program provides grants for applied research collaboration as part of a consortium (a group of industrial companies and research institutions developing technologies together).
The different consortiums in this program enable a long-term engagement in R&D and create a...
Applied Research in Academia & Industry in Collaboration with DDR&D (MAFAT) – Applied Research Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The purpose of this program is to promote military/defense and commercial R&D of dual use technologies, which on the one hand constitute a contribution to national security, and on the other hand possess financial potential and as a result strengthen the long-term technological advantage of...
Applied Research in Academia – Applied Research Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
This program incentivizes applied research with innovative technological feasibility originating in academia that is advanced to the stage at which an Israeli industrial company will adopt it to develop a commercial product.
Applied Research in Industry – Applied Research Fund
This program is open to submissions subject to an open relevant Call for Proposals
Program's Description
This program provides investment support to industrial corporations for conducting applied research, with the aim of incentivizing and strengthening long-term activity in the pre-product research stages.
In addition, the program supports Technology Transfer Organizations (TTOs) and industrial...
Assistive Technological Solutions for the Disabled – “Ezer-Tech”
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
This incentive program is the result of collaboration between the Innovation Authority and the National Insurance Institute funds. The program aims to encourage R&D of assistive technologies for the disabled in order to allow them equal opportunity and full integration in society and the labor...
Bilateral Funds Incentive Program
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The incentive program provides support for Israeli companies collaborating with foreign companies in the US, India, Singapore, and Korea on R&D projects of new technology products or the significant upgrade of an existing technology. The program’s financial
incentive, financed by the...
Bilateral Programs with European Countries
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Industrial R&D Cooperation with European Countries
As Israel’s number one trading partner, Europe is a continent rich in opportunities for Israeli industry. European countries, the EU and Israel have a long history of successful and groundbreaking technological and scientific cooperation in a...
Bilateral R&D Incentive Program – R&D Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The incentive program provides support to Israeli companies working with foreign companies on commercialization-directed programs to develop new technological products or to significantly upgrade an existing technology.
The program provides financial incentive funded by the Innovation Authority...
C4IR Israel
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The world is in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution – a period during which technological breakthroughs and industrial disruptive technologies are blurring geographical borders and challenging existing regulatory frameworks. Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and...
China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park (CIP) Initiative
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Paving the Way for Israeli Firms Entering the Chinese Market Providing Professional Services and Facilities.
What is the CIP Initiative?
The China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park (CIP) is a bi-national governmental initiative that provides a unique platform for Israeli industrial companies...
Company Catalogs for Japan-Israel Partnerships
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Are you a Japanese Company looking for an Israeli Partner?
Are you an Israeli company interested in doing business with Japan?
Check out the new Israeli and Japanese Company Catalogs to find your partner!
As the world’s third largest economy, fourth-largest exporter and importer, and a leader in...
Establishment of Commercialization Accelerators – Innovation Accelerators Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
This incentive program is intended to develop groundbreaking products via commercializing knowledge from research institutes to an industrial corporation.
The program includes three sub-programs:
MAGNETON – encouraging the transfer and commercialization of technologies from a research institute to...
Establishment of Pilot Sites for the Tech Industry – R&D Infrastructures Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
Under this incentive program, support will be provided to internationally recognized pilot corporations operating in Israel, to establish and make pilot sites in various fields accessible for the benefit of industrial corporations (such as technology companies) wishing to demonstrate prototypes in...
Establishment of R&D labs and databases accessible to the entire industry – R&D Infrastructures Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
This incentive program enables the establishment and joint operation of R&D infrastructure for the industry via a single corporate or an association of users (a group of corporations operating in similar fields) designed to establish an R&D lab or subsidize R&D equipment, providing...
Human Capital for High-Tech Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The R&D employees in Israel’s high-tech industry are one of the most important resources preserving the State of Israel’s leading position and competitiveness, thereby contributing greatly to its economy.
The Societal Challenges Division of the Innovation Authority has designed a new incentive...
Ideation (Tnufa) Incentive Program – Startup Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The Ideation (Tnufa) Incentive Program is designed for fledgling entrepreneurs to develop and validate innovative technological concepts.
Incentive Program for Adapting Products for Emerging Markets
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The Product Adaptation Incentive Program for emerging markets was developed as part of the bi-national incentive programs out of an understanding of the importance of economic activity with emerging markets.
Increasing Participation in EU Framework Program
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Program 37 – Program for Increasing Participation of Israeli Companies in the European Framework Program – Horizon Europe
Innovation Labs Program
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The program is aimed at assisting entrepreneurs in the preliminary stages of a project, who need unique infrastructures and expertise to prove the feasibility of a technological idea. The assistance is provided through innovation labs operated by the industry’s leading corporations via a model of...
Innovation Visa for a Foreign Technology Entrepreneur
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The procedure for obtaining an Innovation Visa for a Foreign Technology Entrepreneur was approved in 2024 in cooperation with the Population and Immigration Authority, for the benefit of startups and Israeli companies seeking to recruit technology entrepreneurs who are neither residents nor...
Institutional Program – Yozma Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
The Institutional Program under the Yozma Fund is a new initiative designed to encourage investments by institutional entities in Israeli venture capital funds that support local Israeli companies. The fund targets institutional investors such as insurance companies, pension funds, and provident...
Israel’s Membership in CERN
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Technological Infrastructure Division
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the largest particle accelerator in the world. In 2012, Israel was upgraded from associate member to full member in CERN, with an annual membership fee of 15 million Swiss Francs, 17% of which is contributed...
Knowledge Commercialization Franchisees – Innovation Accelerators Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
Given the lack of synchronization between research conducted in academia and the needs of companies, we are witnessing a global phenomenon in which only a portion of academic knowledge is commercialized. In addition, researchers in academia are only allowed to work with their institution’s...
Manufacturing Industry’s R&D Accelerators – Innovation Accelerators Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
Israel Innovation Authority is launching a new program designed to create R&D in the manufacturing industry (“MOFET”) accelerators to foster innovation and boost companies’ growth. The program supports the development of technology products with high economic potential and aims to...
National Drone Delivery Network Program
The program is open to submission until:
01/01/2028
Program's Description
Pilot Programs with Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The incentive program supports Israeli companies’ technology pilot programs in different fields that will be conducted at foreign companies or that will be based on their capabilities, data, or information. The program grants Israeli companies an opportunity to work with selected corporations and a...
Pilot Programs with Prominent International Beta Sites
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The incentive program supports Israeli companies’ technological pilot programs in different fields, that will be conducted at selected foreign entities’ Beta sites or that will be based on their capabilities, data, or information. This incentive is made possible by a financial grant funded by...
Pilots Fund
Program is open subject to the opening of relevant calls for proposals
Program's Description
The collaboration between the Innovation Authority and the various government departments enables to focus state effort on selected fields including funding support for high-risk projects, supplementary support of regulatory entities as part of the pilot programs’ regulatory requirements, access to...
Pre-Product Innovative Technology in the Industry
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Program for Boosting Participation of Israeli Companies in the European Frameworks Program- Horizon
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
As part of the efforts to assist and encourage Israeli entities in submitting requests to the Framework Program and to programs that offer joint funding by the European Frameworks Program, the Innovation Authority has initiated the establishment of a program to support companies in seeking partners...
R&D Collaboration with Multinational Corporations Program (MNC)
This program is open subject to an open Call for Proposals
Program's Description
Connecting foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) and innovative Israeli companies.
Israel has been frequently referred to as the “Startup Nation” with hundreds of net new startups established annually. While startups are in many cases the ones to make the technological...
R&D Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
The incentive program supports commercial companies currently developing new products or upgrading an existing technology. The program offers the largest financial incentive awarded by the State of Israel for Israeli corporations’ R&D activity and is offered to all sectors with the aim of...
R&D Preparatory Incentive Program for Companies in the Manufacturing Industry
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The preparatory incentive program is a complementary tool operated by the Innovation Authority for the manufacturing industry sectors. This tool is intended to assist companies without prior R&D experience in leading innovation processes, or for companies that require focus and guidance with...
R&D in the Manufacturing Industry – MOFET Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
The manufacturing industry struggles to cope with increasing global competition. The Innovation Authority provides a variety of incentives designed especially to meet these sectors’ needs and to encourage innovation in them.
Regulatory Pilot Program – Pilots Fund
Closed for submission now.
Program's Description
Supporting industrial corporations in conducting R&D and real-world pilots in areas facing regulatory barriers and uncertainty.
Sector-Level Pilots Program – Pilot Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Supporting industrial corporations in conducting R&D and real-world pilots in order to address public challenges identified by government entities that can be solved through technological innovation.
Startup Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Israel is widely regarded as a haven for entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors. With over 500 multinational companies actively present in the ecosystem, Israel is ranked third in the world in the number of active high-tech companies. The Israeli tech hub owes much of its success to a supportive...
Technological Innovation Incubators Program – 2020 – Incubators Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
The Incubators Program is intended for entrepreneurs interested in founding a startup company based on an innovative technological idea via a technological incubator that constitutes an entrepreneurial center.
The incubator’s role is to invest in companies in their early stages and to provide a...
Transition from Development to Production Program
Open per valid Call for Proposals
Program's Description
The Transition from Development to Production Program (MOFET Fund) supports technology-oriented industrial companies that have completed the development of an innovative technological product at a world-class level and are transitioning toward manufacturing.
The program provides grants to promote...
Transition from Development to Production Program – R&D in Industry (MOFET) Fund
This program is open to submissions subject to a valid Call for Proposals
Program's Description
The Transition from Development to Production Program (MOFET Fund) supports technology-oriented industrial companies that have completed the development of an innovative technological product at a world-class level and are transitioning toward manufacturing.
The program provides grants to promote...
Venture Incubators Funding Program – Incubators Fund
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
Venture Creation and Early-Stage Capital Investments in Technological Startups – The incubator’s role is to invest in companies in their early stages and to provide a framework that supports the establishment of the company and the development of the idea into a commercial product. The...
Visas for Foreign High-Tech Experts Incentive Program
The program is open yearlong
Program's Description
As part of the efforts to contend with the shortage of skilled high-tech personnel in Israel, starting 2018 the Innovation Authority together with the State Population and Immigration Authority launched a specially designated visa program for foreign high-tech experts.