Driving Innovation for Impact:
Palestine Technopark is dedicated to advancing innovation and commercialization by supporting the research community in translating discoveries into market-ready technologies. Our goal is to maximize the societal and economic impact of Palestinian research and help establish the country as a hub for science and technology in the region.
Research Support :
The Research Support Office provides a one-stop gateway for partners seeking expertise, infrastructure and linkages to scale their work. We offer executive guidance, technical project management, and administrative assistance to onsite R&D units. Through our programs and facilities, partners gain access to mentorship from industry veterans, networking events, and a collaborative community of scientists and entrepreneurs.
Objectives and Activities:
To achieve our mission, we focus on:
- Facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships between academia, industry and investors through forums, workshops and networking platforms
- Identifying commercially promising research through a stringent evaluation process and advising on go-to-market strategies
- Running accelerator programs to help translate ideas into minimally viable products and seed-funded startups
- Attracting high-impact local and foreign investment in ventures with innovative solutions and scalable business models
- Monitoring performance indicators and societal reach of commercialized research
Rising Research Quality:
Palestinian research has considerably strengthened in quality, rigour and impact in recent years. By supporting applied R&D and enterprises around ideas with market-fit, we help transition groundbreaking scientific work into tangible benefit for communities and job opportunities.
Fostering Spinouts and Entrepreneurship :
We consider spinouts a key path for realizing economic returns on national R&D spending. Our programs actively promote and mentor spinouts from partner institutions with commercially oriented research. The goal is to maximize innovation through new ventures tackling important issues.
Innovation Infrastructure:
To provide an ecosystem for ideas to thrive, we operate state-of-the-art labs, testing facilities and fabrication centers. This includes a 5G testing arena, IoT experimentation zones, biotechnology labs and more. Strong industry linkages also foster collaborative applied research and product development.
With strategic long-term support, we strive to maximize the wide-ranging prosperity unlocked by Palestinian scientific progress and problem-solving spirit.
