Dual Use of Space technologies and satellites
The dictated space system development method and system characteristics results systems with high similarity between commercial (civilian) systems and military one, i.e. most of them are with a nature of Dual Use (DU). This report reviews the status of DU operational modes and their usage, in the world and specifically in Israel in the specific […]
R&D Activity, infrastructures and human resources in the civil space sector: Academy, Industry and education system in Israel
This work was commissioned by the National Space Committee, the National Council for R&D. The objective of this study is to provide data and information to all entities operating in the field of space R&D on their role and the status of personnel and infrastructure at their disposal, in order to help the NCRD formulate […]
Survey to examine difficulties of nano technology transfer from the academy to industry
SNI won a closed tender to perform a study for the Chief Scientist and INNI, designed to examine the difficulties of Nano technology transfer from the academy to implementation in the Israeli industry and to propose possible ways to overcome them. The study was based on structured interviews with stakeholders, survey distribution among researchers of […]
High school high-level Physics in the last 4 decades 1975-2014 in Israel: Changes and implications
This position paper presents and analyzes the changes that took place in high-level Physics matriculation exams during the last 40 years: 1975-2014. Section A reviews the changes in the scope and depth of the material included in the matriculation exam. Section B analyzes the changes in the contents on which the matriculation exam focuses and […]
Innovation 2012 An active industrial policy for leveraging science and technology and Israel’s unique culture of innovation
Survey and Database on Israel’s Scientific foreign Relations on a national and institutional level
Israel’s scientific and technological foreign relations are multiple and diverse. The list of Israeli bodies which have bilateral or multilateral agreements with foreign entities on scientific and technological topics includes universities, colleges, the National Academy of Sciences, government agencies, institutions and public authorities, research institutes and more. The Samuel Neaman Institute won a tender issued […]
Science & Technology Education in Israel: Selected Indicators for the Development of a Risk Management Strategy regarding Possible Future Shortages of S&T Teachers in Upper-Secondary Schools
The Forum for Science and Technology Education has been launched in 2013 in order to establish and encourage cooperation among different sectors in Israel to promote K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The importance attributed to STEM education and the need to increase the number of high-school students who choose to study STEM […]
Evaluating the Infrastructure Program of the Science and Technology Ministry
The Scientific Infrastructure Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology was launched in 1995 in an attempt to bridge the gap between basic and applied research. The program is targeted in stimulating the “maturity phase” of potential applied technologies. Moving basic research towards an applied research track may encourage more efficient utilization of the […]
Mapping of National Research Infrastructures in Israel: updated mapping of Israel research infrastructures and international research infrastructures, which are used by Israeli researchers
The following is a summary of additional research conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute following research conducted in 2010 “Mapping of Research Infrastructures in Israel” The purpose of the latter was to compile a database which would constitute the basis for a road map setting out the establishment of National Research Infrastructures in Israel. […]
Outputs in Israel: International Comparison of Scientific Publications, 1990-2011
The objective of this work is to analyze Israeli R&D output depicted in scientific publications with an international comparison. Using bibliometric indices research output was evaluated both quantitatively (number of publications) and qualitatively (average citations per publication) and according to field priority (rate of field publications out of total scientific publications). The number of Israeli […]
