Israel and Britain may soon set up a $50 million joint research fund for scientific research.
Sir David Phillips, chairman of the advisory board of the British Research Councils, the British government’s foremost science adviser, said here that he would “warmly recommend” increasing Britain’s scientific cooperation with Israel. He told Israel’s Minister of Science and Development, Gideon Patt, that his government’s reply to the proposed joint research fund could be expected “within a week.” Until now, Anglo-Israeli scientific cooperation has been limited to exchange visits by several scientists each year.
The proposed joint fund would be financed mostly by private sources. The Israeli government supports local scientific research in the amount of $3 million annually. The British Research Councils disburse $600 million a year.
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