Advanced Manufacturing

Development of national policy for promoting advanced engineering in the Israeli industry, by several activities, like: A survey of the status of advanced manufacturing in the world and in Israel, study of the status of advanced manufacturing in Israeli companies and its improvement potential, Mapping & studying Israeli companies with solutions & technologies for advanced […]
Is there a Shortage of Academic Degree Holders in Science and Technology?

This research extends previous work by the authors, “The Role of Research Universities in the Israeli R&D System”, by investigating the possible shortage of graduates with academic degrees in S&T. Contrary to common views, we conclude that there currently is no overall shortage in the number of S&T degree recipients. Some 10,000 receive a first […]
Science , Technology and Innovation Indicators in Israel: An International Comparison (Fifth edition)

Neaman Institute is pleased to present the fifth edition of the ” Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Israel: An International Comparison.”. This publication contains many key figures for Israel regarding science and technology input and output, and covers more than a decade of international comparisons, as well as many other indices. This information can […]
R&D Outputs in Israel: International Comparison of Scientific Publications, 2000-2014

This is the third in a series of studies financed by the Samuel Neaman Institution and the National Council for R&D (NCRD). The study’s findings are as follows: International comparison indicates that Israel’s ranking continues a downward trend in various quantitative indices: number of publications, number of publications per capita, its share in global and […]
National Environmental Priorities, Position Paper X: Innovative agricultural technology industry in Israel, 2016

This National Priorities document, the tenth to be published, summarizes updated knowledge and brings the subject of Agricultural Technologies (Agrotech) to the public agenda. The world is currently facing complex environmental challenges, partly as a result of growing population along with the outcomes of climate change and include water and air pollution challenges, soil degradation […]
Towards evidence based policy in science communication in Israel
Modern society presents its citizens with many day-to-day needs that influence the quality of life and are linked to science and technology such as transportation, medical information and nutrition. Given that science is a major facet of modern life, and the mass media are its greatest form of dissemination, it is crucial to examine what […]
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 […]