MADATECH NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCETECHNOLOGY & SPACE TECHNION DANIELAND MATILDE RECANATI CENTER

Their core work

Madatech is Israel's National Museum of Science, Technology and Space, located on the Technion campus in Haifa. Their H2020 involvement centers entirely on organizing European Researchers' Night events in Israel — large-scale public engagement activities that bring researchers and the general public together. They serve as the Israeli hub for this EU-wide science communication initiative, coordinating local partners to deliver hands-on science experiences, exhibitions, and researcher-public interactions. Their role is science outreach and public engagement, not research itself.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their focus has remained remarkably consistent from 2014 to 2020: organizing European Researchers' Night in Israel. Early projects (2014-2016) emphasized the broader European framing — 'European Researchers' Night' — and general education and dissemination goals. Later projects (2018-2020) show stronger branding under the ERNI acronym and increased identification with Madatech as the institutional anchor, suggesting the museum consolidated its role as Israel's go-to organizer for this initiative.

Madatech has established itself as the permanent Israeli coordinator for Researchers' Night, likely to continue this role in Horizon Europe if the scheme persists.

How they like to work

Madatech always leads — all four projects have them as coordinator, never as participant. They work with relatively small consortia (14 unique partners across four projects), all within a single country (Israel). This suggests they act as a national hub, assembling local research institutions and organizations for each event cycle rather than engaging in cross-border consortium building.

Their network of 14 unique partners is entirely domestic (Israel only), likely comprising Israeli universities, research centers, and science communication organizations that participate in Researchers' Night events. No evidence of international consortium partnerships.

What sets them apart

Madatech is effectively the sole Israeli anchor for European Researchers' Night, having coordinated every cycle from 2014 to 2020 without interruption. As a major science museum on the Technion campus, they combine physical infrastructure (exhibition spaces, labs) with deep experience in public-facing science events. For anyone needing a reliable Israeli partner for public engagement or science communication activities, Madatech is a proven choice with an unbroken track record.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ERNI2018
  Largest budget (EUR 68,051) in their portfolio, representing peak investment in the Researchers' Night format in Israel.
• ERNI2014
  Their inaugural H2020 project, establishing Madatech as the go-to Israeli coordinator for European Researchers' Night from the very start of the programme.