dimanche 5 juin 2011

ISRAEL: Ministry announces first sites for ‘excellence in research’

Program is part of plan to strengthen Israel's position as global leader in academic research, stem the brain drain of Israeli academics. ...

Education Minister ... said Tuesday that the selection of the four centers is “a landmark in the process of establishing Israel as a world center in advanced research.”

[He] vowed that in the coming year, the ministry will launch a further 10 research excellence centers, including ones focusing on liberal arts and social sciences.
One of the centers will deal with “The molecular basis of human diseases” ... the center will host at least four Israeli researchers currently working at research facilities at Harvard University and elsewhere in Boston, Massachusetts.

A research center dealing with “cognitive processes” ...

A computer science center ...

The location and make-up of the fourth research excellence center, which will deal with alternative energy, will be announced shortly, ...

The program calls for the establishment of an additional 30 research centers over the next five years, at an investment of some NIS 1.35 billion.

By BEN HARTMAN

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