Clout: Real-World Impact
TAU Aim:
To ensure that R&D conducted on campus continues to be translated into real-world products and services benefiting Israel and the world.
Benefits:
- Simply: Will secure the future of our children
- Will transform lab discoveries into cures, diagnostics, anti-pollution devices, renewable fuels, defense technologies, electronics and more.
- Will support vital Israeli national priorities and help maintain the country’s global edge.
- Will increase TAU and Israel’s practical contribution to universal crises such as disease, natural disasters, sustainability and security.
- Will spin off companies and create jobs, thereby strengthening the national economy.
Current Statistics
- In 2022-2023, TAU’s Business Development arm, Ramot, signed 195 industry-sponsored research and services agreements and 64 commercialization agreements
- TAU ranked among the top 10 schools globally for producing successful, VC-backed founders of companies (Pitchbook 2023)
- The City of Tel Aviv ranks 5th globally for its startup ecosystem out of 150 cities (2023 Startup Genome)
Latest Developments
- Responding to the nation’s urgent need for mental-health treatment following Oct. 7, TAU campaigned for emergency funding and opened a national PTSD clinic with a team of highly experienced trauma therapists.
- TAU, in collaboration with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), published its annual Antisemitism Worldwide Report, with this timely, widely cited issue reporting a steep increase in the number of antisemitic incidents in the year 2023, particularly following Oct. 7.
- TAU partnered with the Sourasky Medical Center to launch the Alrov Center for Digital Medicine, combining both institutions’ experience to promote collaborative research, computational innovation, and practical health applications.
- TAU’s new Helmsley Medical Simulation Center will provide thousands of students hands-on experience in critical care situations, challenging procedures, respectful communication with patients and their families, and many other critical skills.
- SoLED – a sustainable and cost-effective water disinfection technology for providing clean and accessible water to people living in rural and disadvantaged communities, was founded by a TAU professor and PhD candidate, and was successfully piloted in India and Uganda.
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