Jiangsu-Israel R&D Program – 16th Call for Proposals

Summary:

Participating Agencies

Israel Innovation Authority

Jiangsu Science and Technology Department

Program Description

Funding

In Israel

The program financial support will not exceed 50% of the eligible and approved R&D costs, in the form of a conditional grant and in accordance with Israel Innovation Authority national laws and regulations.

In Jiangsu

The support is in the form of grant without repayment, in accordance with the Jiangsu Sciencw & Technology Department (JSTD) laws and regulations. The total funding will not exceed 1 million RMB per project. For further details, please click here.

Criteria

• At least two science and technology companies from the respective countries should express a desire to cooperate in the research and development of a new product or a new process.
• The project may involve more than one company from each side;
  Please note: academic/research entities are eligible to join only as sub-contractors.
• The product should be highly innovative with significant commercial potential. The joint industrial R&D project should aim at the development of products/processes leading to commercialization in the global market.
• The project partners should agree in advance on the IP rights and on the commercialization strategy of the product or process.
  Please note: For the submission phase, only an LOI (Letter of Intent), a preliminary agreement or draft MoU is required (the final agreement has to be presented to the funding authorities).
• The project should demonstrate the contribution of the participants from both countries.
• The project must be balanced between participants and significant to both partners.

Application Process