The Olam
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VATAT / Planning and Budgeting Committee

The Council for Higher Education's six-year planning and budgeting committee. Decides multi-year funding for all public Israeli universities.

Why it matters\n\nVATAT's priority earmarks (AI, semiconductors, life sciences in current cycle) are how state research policy actually steers academic output. The current six-year plan is the most consequential research-policy document in Israel.