{"id":3140,"date":"2020-03-17T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?post_type=press_release&p=3140"},"modified":"2023-10-22T06:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T06:53:55","slug":"government-of-israel-wages-war-on-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/press_release\/government-of-israel-wages-war-on-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Israel wages war on Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Israel Innovation Authority, Ministry of Health and the Headquarter for the National Digital Israel Initiative will grant Israeli companies an initial amount of NIS 50 million (~$13 million) for the R&D and demos of systems, products or technological solutions designed to cope with the challenges of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, the Israel Innovation Authority, Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Manufacturers’ Association of Israel are calling manufacturing plants to submit R&D plans for the accelerations and application of industrial products that promote competitiveness and leadership in combating the virus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These programs will provide financial support of 50% or 75% of the expenditures for a program with the potential for an outstanding affect and advancement of public health and the health system in Israel and worldwide or that will create a technological breakthrough in its domain.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All activities are carried out in collaboration and in coordination with MAF’AT (Administration for the Research and Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure) at the Ministry of Defense and have their full support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eli Cohen, Minister of Economy and Industry<\/strong>: “The government of Israel allocated NIS 50 million for the immediate development and implementation of technologies to help fight against the coronavirus. The calls for proposals issued by the government today are immediately available for the high-tech industry: every company with a solution, whether it is in the proof of concept stage or a complete product that can be immediately installed at our health services \u2013 are invited to contact the Israel Innovation Authority as soon as today. At the same time we are calling manufacturing entities that can help develop or expedite production of technologies that may help the health and relevant general protection infrastructure to use our help.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gila Gamliel, Minister of Social Equality and In Charge of the Headquarters for the National Digital Israel Initiative: <\/strong>“The Ministry of Social Equality vie the Headquarters for Digital Israel is calling the industry and startup companies to collaborate in finding solutions to the coronavirus. Israel is the Startup Nation, and we must enlist the creativity of our local entrepreneurs in order to win the fight for our collective health.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israel Innovation Authority, Ministry of Health and the Headquarters of the Digital Israel Initiative at the Ministry of Social Equality issue today a joint call for proposals for Israeli high-tech companies to submit plans to develop, test and implement systems, products or technological solutions to combat the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic (Coronavirus), including technological ideas or implementations at their ideation stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneously, the Israel Innovation Authority together with the Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Manufacturers’ Association in Israel are issuing a joint call for proposal inviting factories manufacturing industrial products, designed to prevent, treat and contend with the Covid-19 virus \u2013 to submit request for assistance for their technologically innovative R&D plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manufacturing facilities will gain support for programs that include development of products, raw materials, innovative technologies and production processes, practical  demonstration, prototype development or the development of a process to transition from experimental production to mass production. These programs should be innovative in relation to the company’s abilities to create added value in contending with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requests will be submitted via a dedicated short form and will be evaluated in a fast-track process. Companies can submit their requests immediately and continuously in order to gain timely response and expedite development and implementation of the solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full details on submission and the 3 calls for proposals are attached hereunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Authority will support short term and long-term projects, in all stages: starting from ideation and all the way to development stages, piloting and testing, demos and integration (including integrating the product on a large scale at the Israeli health organizations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evaluation of the projects and ideas will be carried out by the Technologies and Market Sectors Division at the Israel Innovation Authority with the help of experts from the Ministry of Health and other governmental partners, including the Israeli Defense System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projects that will pass the qualification stage will be able to receive financing from the Israel Innovation Authority and support in the development and manufacturing process from the defense system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies that will gain a positive evaluation by the research committee of the Innovation Authority for the purpose of follow-on investment will be able to reach out to several leading investment banks for additional acceleration of development and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aforementioned calls for proposals are not limited to specific fields<\/u><\/strong> and may cover any relevant or overlapping disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n