Funding Opportunities

Collaborative research

We facilitate collaborative research partnerships between business partners and RI researchers. Such partnerships may involve a single business partner or they may be a multi-party consortium. Each research partnership is tailored to the specific requirements of the inventor, the invention/technology, the partner, and RI.

In a collaborative research partnership, all the partners actively contribute to the research activity, the business partner/s cover the RI researcher research costs and the resulting IP is generally shared.

Office of the Chief Scientist grants – Kamin, Nofar

Nofar - This program supports applied academic research that has drawn business interest. The objective is to advance the research to a point where it is ready for a cooperative venture with a commercial partner. A minimal requirement of this program is for a company or incubator to invest 10% of the development costs, at this stage, complementing the 90% grant given by the government.
Kamin - This program supports early stage applied academic research. The program supports research with a potential to become in later stage an industrial product. The objective is to promote the research to a point where it is ready for a cooperative venture with a commercial partner. No company cooperation or incubator required in this program. The maximal financial support could be up to 400,000 NIS per year for up to 2 years.

Licensing

A research-based license combines a royalty- based license with a provision for the licensee to finance research carried out by the inventors at the Institute and together with other types of lump sum or performance-based cash payments.

We make every effort to accommodate the diverse needs and interests of the prospective licensees/investors, the researcher, and RI. Biorap works closely with researchers and inventors on the required agreements that outline the basic rules, expectations, and terms.