The Technion program for excellence was founded by Prof. Nimrod Moiseyev of the Faculty of Chemistry. It is a personalized academic program designed to foster curiosity and creativity and to strengthen students with leadership potential. Since the inception of the program, more than 300 graduates have completed it; many of them are currently serving as leaders in academia and industry. Twelve Technion faculty members are graduates of the program and other program graduates are researchers and faculty members at other universities in Israel and abroad. The program’s purpose is to raise and train the next scientists and researchers of the State of Israel, and to this end it encourages and enables students to study an interdisciplinary curriculum. The students who participate in the program, all of whom are of course academically excellent, receive the tools and the opportunity to integrate into the various research laboratories at the Technion and carry out research from the early stages of their bachelor’s degree studies.