Bilateral Cooperation

The bilaterial scientific and technical cooperation between Israel and Germany is focused on natural sciences and applied technological research and sponsored primarily by two collaborative programs.

The cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Germany and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Israel was launched in 1973 to fund projects between academic partners.

To augment collaborative research activities by intensifying cooperation in the industrial research fields and by bringing German and Israeli technology firms into contact with one another, the BMBF and the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of  the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour (MOITAL) signed in 2000 agreed minutes on coordinating and supporting the cooperation between industrial partners.

  • BMBF-MOST

    The BMBF-MOST cooperation started in 1973; the first fields of research cooperation were biotechnology, cancer research and water technology.
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  • BMBF-MOITAL

    The funding of German-Israeli industrial cooperation projects constitutes the latest pillar of German-Israeli scientific and technical cooperation.
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  • Further Programs

    Besides the BMBF-MOST and the BMBF-MOITAL-Cooperation, the programs of the Minerva Foundation, the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, the German-Israeli Project Cooperation and the Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities are the pillars of Germany's scientific cooperation with Israel.
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Contact

  • Dr. Birgit Ditgens

    • International Bureau of BMBF
      PT-DLR
    • Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
    • 53227 Bonn
    • Telephone: +49-228 3821-1459
    • Fax: +49-228 3821-1444
    • Email Address: birgit.ditgens@dlr.de

  • Sabrina Legies

    • International Bureau of BMBF
      PT-DLR
    • Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
    • 53227 Bonn
    • Telephone: +49 228 3821-1421
    • Fax: +49 228 3821-1444
    • Email Address: sabrina.legies@dlr.de

  • Ilana Gross

    • Program Manager R&D Cooperation Programs
      Europe MATIMOP
      Israeli Industry Center for R&D
    • Telephone: +972 3 5118184
    • Fax: +972 3 5177655
    • Email Address: ilana@matimop.org.il

  • Nurit Topaz

    • Director Scientific Relations with Germany and Working Programs
    • P.O. Box 49100
    • Jerusalem 91490, Israel
    • Telephone: +972 2 5411157
    • Fax: +972 2 5825725
    • Email Address: nurit@most.gov.il