r/europe • u/MacronLeNecromancer • 2d ago

Data Non-EU countries receive more funding from European Innovation Fund than 2/3 of EU countries combined

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u/eloyend Żubrza 🌲🦬🌳 Knieja 2d ago

I understand Norway and UK - what Israel is even doing here, though?

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u/nikfra 2d ago edited 2d ago

Because since 1995 2000 they are an associate in the horizon program. Signed in 1995.

They contribute financially like any other member to the program. You can find the agreement text with a simple Google search.

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u/eloyend Żubrza 🌲🦬🌳 Knieja 2d ago

They contribute financially like any other member to the program. You can find the agreement text with a simple Google search.

What are the contribution and receiving values?

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u/iesterdai Switzerland 1d ago

A quick search would give you the data: https://dashboard.tech.ec.europa.eu/qs_digit_dashboard_mt/public/extensions/RTD_BI_public_HE_Country_Profile/RTD_BI_public_HE_Country_Profile.html?Country=IL

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u/eloyend Żubrza 🌲🦬🌳 Knieja 1d ago

Thanks, it's interesting to browse, especially view all metrics: https://dashboard.tech.ec.europa.eu/qs_digit_dashboard_mt/public/sense/app/1213b8cd-3ebe-4730-b0f5-fa4e326df2e2/sheet/d23bba31-e385-4cc0-975e-a67059972142/state/analysis/select/Programme/HORIZON%20EUROPE/select/Country-Territory/Israel

Biggest participant seems to be Weizmann institute which has been reported as hit during Iran attacks earlier: https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/weizmann-institute-missile-strikes-hits-eu-funded-research-projects

As the article mentions - sadly it'll set back some joint research.

And as a proof what of what i was talking about /u/mirrownis - Weizmann Institute does research for the military. https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1n3unvz/noneu_countries_receive_more_funding_from/nbh9rpj/

Last year, Weizmann struck a deal with the Israeli military contractor Elbit Systems to develop “groundbreaking bio-inspired materials for defence applications.”

Some Weizmann researchers do work on things like protecting drones from eavesdropping attacks, for example. But much of its focus is on health, medicine and biology.