Israel – Pennsylvania Collaborative Industry R&D Program

This RFP is designed to promote opportunities for conducting joint industrial R&D projects between entities from Israel and from Pennsylvania. Joint projects awarded through this program will be funded through existing funding mechanisms accessible to Israel Innovation Authority and DCED, respectively, and may be leveraged by other investments consistent with the policies and procedures of each state.

Israel Innovation Authority and DCED expect companies to seek collaboration partners independently, but will assist companies in identifying relevant partners. The Israel Innovation Authority holds a database of Israeli technology companies and provides “on-demand” partner matching services. DCED has direct access to a state-wide database of established companies in the technology domains that are the focus of this RFP.

The main objective for this RFP is to stimulate generation and development of new or significantly improved products or processes for commercialization in global markets. The focus of this RFP will be on Life Sciences related projects.