Transcript Science and Technology transfer in Israel Israel France

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER IN ISRAEL
ISRAEL FRANCE INTRODUCTION MEETING
EREZ ETZION
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
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Background
• Population 7.4 M
(France 61 M)
TECHNION(HEP, TH&EXP)
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Haifa Univ (no HEP
• Land 22,145 km ,
(France 552,000 km2)
• Population density 334
Tel-Aviv University (HEP TH&EXP
people/km2
Bar-Ilan University (no HEP)
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Open University
• (France 110 people/km )
Inst., Rehovot
• GDP (PPP)/capita=28.4K$ Weizmann
(HEP TH&EXP)
(France 35.8K$).
• Unemployment ~6.5%
Univ. of Ber-Sheva
(HEP TH&EXP)
(France 10.1%)
• R&D 8.8 B$
(France 43 B$)
• % of R&D/GDP for Civilian:
4.7%(highest in the world)
(France 2.%)
• Average monthly wage:1.9K$
(France 3300 euro).
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Hebrew Uni. Jerusalem
(HEP TH)
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General Comments on Israeli Education and Research
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Education - a priority in Israel. First two Universities
established 24 years before the existence of the State.
29% of labor force have 16+ years of schooling (50% of
the young population goes through tertiary education)
(2ed in the world <Norway, =US)
In the early period, research was mainly driven by
Agricultural Research, out of the need of transforming
the dessert and swamps.
Serious Industrial Research started in the late 70’s early
80’s (mainly electronics and communication).
In 85 Law to Encourage Industrial R&D was approved.
Fund was established, that reached 400M$ in 2000-1
Physics Research started in Jerusalem, and at the
Technion. This, together with some new immigrants
formed most of the Theorists, while Experimentalists
were formed by sending them abroad in the 50’s and
60‘s.
4.7% of GDP in 2007
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel
Civilian R&D as % of GDP
– Funding for Basic Science is mainly done through the
National Science Foundation ( depending on the Academy
of Science and Humanities)
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Higher Education in Israel
• Growth of number of academic institutions in Israel in the
17 years.
Higher Education in Israel
A Quick Glance: Facts & Figures
1990
INSTITUTIONS
21
• Universities
7
• Open University
1
• Art Academies
2
• Comprehensive Colleges
0
• Engineering Colleges
2
• Teacher Training Colleges
7
• Non-Budgeted Comprehensive Colleges 2
STUDENTS
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89,000
2007
62
7
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9
7
27
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2010:
8 Universities (7 with large
Research Programs) & 60
Academies/Colleges.
TECHNION created in 1924 &
HU Jerusalem in 1925,
Weizmann in 1935,
(in 1948: 1,600 students, in
2007: 254,000)
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Tel Aviv University
• Young .. Established in 1956 (formally 63)
• The largest university in Israel comprising:
• Nine faculties: Engineering, Exact Sciences, Life
Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences,
Arts and Management.
• 106 departments, 90 research institutes.
• 26,000 students
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The Raymond and Beverly Sackler
School of Physics and Astronomy
• Founded in 1963
• Three departments — Astronomy and Astrophysics
(+wise observatory), Condensed Matter Physics,
and Particle Physics.
• Research groups in applied physics, in
bioinformatics, and in quantum information.
• Employ an academic staff of 37 faculty members,
teaching more than 600 undergraduate and
graduate students.
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Physics Students in Israel
Total
1600
1400
1200
1000
Male
Female
1999
2004
2007
2008
800
600
400
200
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Undergrad.
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Graduate
• General drop of
Physics Students
in the late 90‘s.
• Trend changed,
mainly due to the
immigration from
Science minded
Students from
Russia as well as
the High-Tech
boom.
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Manpower overview in HEP
120
100
80
PhD St.
60
Post-Docs
Scientists
40
20
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Run. Exp. Fture. Facil. Acc. Phys.
Theory
Total internal yearly budget for HEP,
excluding staff salaries: ~5MCHF
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Although Total # of HEP Physicists/habitants, as well as student proportion is
close to the European average, this is strongly dominated by TH.
There is a problem in advancing/hiring staff in Experimental HEP, mainly due to
the opposition of physicists in other fields.
This is a general problem in many small countries.
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Scientific Education leads to a high
level of publications
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Including in Physics
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But not only in Physics
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Overview of Technology Transfer in Israeli
Academia
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Technology Transfer firms (e.g. RAMOT @TAU) shield the
researcher from legal issues, taking care of Intellectual
Property, finding commercial partners, setting up the licensing
arrangements and transfer of royalties.
The Israeli Government, via the Office of the Chief Scientist of the
Ministry of Industry, Labor and Trade, financing a series of
initiatives that emphasize common projects between Industry and
Academia. The main programs are:
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MAGNET - Long term programs with a total envelope per project of up to 36M$
over a 5 year period (80% of the budget by the gov.).
MAGNETON: Mainly for feasibility proof. Its overall envelope is 800K$ per
project over a period of up to 2 years, 66% financed by Government funding.
NOFAR: Assistance to Academic Research supported by Industry on feasibility
studies to pass from basic to applied research. Typical Government funds are
between 10 to 30K$ per project.
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Series of 20-25 “Industrial Incubators”, which range from Projects
in the phase of applicability to new enterprises and Start-Ups,
supported up to 85% by Government funds.
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Strong Tech Transfer effort impact on patents #
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As well as in the importance of High-Tech in
the Industrial Production
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• Sales of High-Tech products have reached 21B$
in 2008, with a yearly
growth of 10%.
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CONCLUSION
• Israel grew up very fast in the last few decades
both in academia and industry.
• Some of the numbers per capita are high
• However it’s a small country and therefore
judging in absolute numbers there is still a lot of
phase space to grow
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