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Science in Israel Explained in Palermo by Danni Mandler
(ANSAmed) - PALERMO, MAY 15 - Funding for scientists based exclusively on their scientific merit evaluated by a national foundation of science, and 5% of the salary of university professors and researchers destined to travel and exchange of knowledge.
These are the two secrets that have led Israel to the top of the world scientific progress with an export made 75% of hi-tech products.
Professor Daniel Mandler from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem revealed the secrets yesterday in a 'lectio magistralis' on the functioning of scientific research in Israel (Science in Israel. A personal viewpoint of an insider) at the National Research Council (CNR) in Palermo.
Danni Mandler's research range from nanotechnology to forensic science, from environmental chemistry to metal corrosion. "This is an opportunity to confront one of the most advanced research management systems," said Mario Pagliaro, whose research group at the CNR collaborates with Mandler. "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of the world's biggest universities and the growth of the collaboration between the research centres of Sicily and Israel is very important."
"The Israeli professors receive no funding from the universities since the late 1970s," Mandler said. "They must present their research projects at the national and international agencies, including the European Commission, and hope they will be approved for funding." "This is a very selective system, but I can assure you that its scientific values are absolute," Mandler said. "Even if we loose a large number of very good students due to the limited number of available positions, those who return to Israel from their post-graduate studies are of world class."
A detailed report on Professor Mandler's speech is on the ISEM's website (www.i-sem.net).
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