Applied Research Consortiums

To assist in the development of generic technologies in important fields in the global market, in which Israeli industry has, or may have, a competitive advantage. Since this incentive program supports the funding of infrastructure technologies, it allows distribution of knowledge and cooperation between companies operating in the same field, which may be difficult to achieve otherwise. 

This incentive program includes three kinds of consortiums: 

1. Industrial consortium – this consortium includes several different fields of expertise with the participation of technology leaders from Israeli industry that have a significant presence in the global market and researchers from academia with broad knowledge in the fields relevant to the consortium.
   The consortium’s products must have a potentially large influence on the Israeli economy. 
2. Knowledge-Building Consortium – this consortium focuses on applied academic studies in fields in which the industry is not yet ready to play a significant part in the R&D process, but where there is significant potential to promote it via knowledge maturing. The industrial companies’ role in this consortium is mainly to guide, direct, and point to technological and market needs and specifications. 
3. Ma’agadon – this consortium is relevant for a limited number of companies cooperating with a few academic researchers, in a niche technology that may have a significant influence on the companies’ business activity. 

• Israeli companies developing competitive products that are interested in developing innovative technologies which can be used as a basis to develop a new and advanced generation of products. 
• Israeli academic research groups engaged in scientific or technological research, seeking to promote applied research as part of a consortium, to collaborate with the industry, and to study the market needs. 

• Israeli companies will receive a grant of 66% of the approved budget. 
• A research institution will receive 100% of the approved budget (80% as a grant, 20% from the consortium companies).
• The grant is exempted from royalties.

Foreign company’s participation: 

A non-Israeli company (or an Israeli company if it chooses to) can apply to participate in a Consortium as an observer or as a full member of the Consortium, with its own funding: 

• An observer can participate in a Consortium with its own funding. However, such observers may have direct access to the Consortium’s activity and members but will not have any rights in the Consortium IP. Its main objective as an observer may include market and technological guidance as well as promoting specific technological or business segments for its own interest.
• A full membership can be granted to a non-Israeli company (or an Israeli company if it chooses to) with the same privileges/obligations as Israeli members agree but with its own funding. In this case, such a company may have the right to use the Consortium IP subject to the consortium members’ agreement terms.

Israeli companies and researchers seeking further information on this program’s requirements and application process should refer to the Israel Innovation Authority’s Hebrew site: https://innovationisrael.org.il/program/2739.