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About ICRS | |||||
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Introduction
The Israeli chapter of the Controlled Release Society (ICRS) (registered as The Israeli Society for Controlled Delivery of Bioactive Materials) is a not-for-profit national organization, with offices in Jerusalem and Karmiel. Background ICRS was conceived in 1996 as the Israeli local chapter of Controlled Release Society (CRS), a multinational organization that is devoted to the advancement of the science and technology of controlled release. ICRS is a multi-disciplinary society dedicated to the science and technology of controlled release and delivery of drugs, biological and agrochemical agents and food, and promoting education by releasing science to deliver a better future. The science of controlled release represents the research discipline based on the understanding the interactions between the active molecule, the delivery system and the biological or environmental barriers. ICRS serves 250 members from Israel, half of the membership representing industry and the other half, academia. Volunteers from academia and industry perform the various executive and administrative functions and tasks. |
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Mission
The mission of ICRS is to advance the science and technology of controlled release systems for the temporal delivery of substances for agricultural, veterinary, cosmetic, medicinal and household applications Activities
ICRS has established two awards: -Best Student Poster Award. This award is dedicated for graduate students and recognizes outstanding research in the controlled release area. The best works are selected at the Annual Society Meetings. The winner is awarded with travel grant to the following CRS meeting and two other awardees (2nd and 3rd place) receive cash prize. -ICRS Award for Achievements in Drug Delivery. This new Award (from 2007) recognizes Israeli scientists who made outstanding contributions in to the drug delivery field. | ||