"Inaugural Recipients of Crown/IIP-Seed Awards Announced"
March 19, 2025
Article source: Engineering News, McCormick
Date published: Feb 28, 2025
"The selected Crown/IIP-Seed projects will foster new research directions between the partner institutions across a variety of disciplines and applications, from additive manufacturing to soft robotics to quantum science. The short-term projects include four quarters of fellowship support from Northwestern PhD students, as well as three months of support for a visiting Israeli postdoc or graduate student to join Northwestern partner’s lab for in-person, joint research.
“IIP’s mission is to advance Northwestern’s technological and scientific partnerships with Israeli academic counterparts through collaborative research, global educational initiatives, innovative business ventures, and public engagement,” said Elie Rekhess, Crown Visiting Professor in Israel Studies in Weinberg and director of the Israel Innovation Project. “Northwestern has a long-standing tradition of joint projects with Israeli universities, particularly with Tel Aviv University, and the present seed-money collaborative venture enhances our efforts significantly.
“We received 21 applications from researchers in six different Israeli universities interested in collaborating with Northwestern scholars,” Rekhess added. “It’s an encouraging sign that Northwestern’s connection to Israel remains strong and mutually beneficial. In the future, we hope to be able to further expand such fruitful cooperative initiatives.”"
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