The Israel-France 2014 call, Launch: March 19th, 2014, Deadline for submission: May 28th, 2014
The France-Israel Industrial R&D Cooperation Framework (FIRAD) promotes R&D collaboration between French and Israeli companies interested in jointly developing and commercializing new, innovative products, applications or services. FIRAD’s mission is to foster collaborative R&D links between French and Israeli science and technology organizations and to assist in the establishment of long term French-Israeli alliances based on technological cooperation.
Joint R&D or Technological cooperation projects, the objectives of which are to develop and commercialize new, innovative, market driven products, processes, or services, and which are found to be eligible by the authorities, can benefit from the following assistance:
- Access to public funding, provided by OCS (Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy, Israel) or by Bpifrance respectively.
- Powerful networks and partner search tools in Israel and in France.
ISRAEL-FRANCE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS
FIRAD implements the following agreements:
- Bi-lateral R&D Agreement between Israel and France signed 26.11.1992
- MOU between funding agencies signed 2.12. 2003
Funding Agencies
Israel : ISERD, on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Economy
France : Bpifrance (previously OSEO)
Preferred technologies/sectors
The program is open for joint industrial R&D projects between Israeli and French companies in all technological fields.
Program Administration
The program maintains offices in both France and Israel; French and Israeli entities should contact their respective offices at any time (See contact details of program managers below).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
ISERD
Mr. Ran Arad – Program Manager – Western and Northern Europe
Bpifrance
Ms. Odile Henin – Program Manager – International Innovation
French bilateral innovation expert in Israel
Ms. Anne Baer
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