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The Medical Cadet Program is a special designated program for outstanding youth.

The program is led by Galilium in partnership with the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, with the collaboration and funding of the Ministry of Education and Atidim.

This three-year program is designed for high-achieving students in grades 10–12. It combines studies in the fields of biomedical science and scientific writing, culminating in a research project that earns graduates five academic units toward their matriculation certificate. Faculty researchers mentor the students throughout the program:

• Year One: Students are introduced to three areas of medicine and medical research, including field trips: anatomy, the immune system, and genetics and molecular biology. Each course lasts seven weeks.
• Years Two and Three: Students conduct an individual research project under the guidance of a researcher, with results summarized in a final thesis. They also attend lectures in the field of medicine and participate in field trips.

The program selects students from communities in the Upper Galilee, including Jewish, Arab, and Druze youth, based on their academic excellence and aspiration to advance in the medical sciences.

To view the final research presentations from the most recent Galilium Medical Cadet Conference, held on March 10, 2022, click here.

בתמונה מעלה, 33 תלמידים בכנס (10 מרץ, 2022) שהגישו עבודות מחקר.

The Galilium Final Projects Program is a regional initiative designed for 11th-grade students from the Eastern Galilee region who are interested in conducting a final research project in the sciences. Throughout the program, students carry out scientific research under the guidance of a scientist, alongside a writing mentor who supports their academic writing.

The projects are submitted to the Ministry of Education and earn students five academic units toward their matriculation certificate.

The research topics are highly diverse, spanning the fields of expertise of local research institutions, including medicine, agriculture, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, and more.

Schools from across the Eastern Galilee cluster participate in the program. The research is conducted at various regional research institutions, such as the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, MIGAL Galilee Research Institute, Shamir Research Institute, the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, and hospitals including Emek, Poriya, Ziv, as well as Tel-Hai College.

The program has been operating as a regional initiative since 2015. Its highlight is the annual Galilium Final Projects Conference, held every March, where students present their research findings.

Examples of research conducted through the program include:

• "Identification of regions on viral proteins that suppress or enhance immune response."
• "The effect of the digestive bacteria of different ruminants on the germination rate of Ziziphus spina-christi seeds."
• "Characterization of the structure of an electrical conductor based on measuring the drift velocity of electrons within it."