The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Ltd. (NIBN) is a unique research institute located in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) campus, Israel. The NIBN fosters biotechnology and science and attracts scientific excellence.

The NIBN aims to encourage BGU researchers to cross the academic barriers and engage in creative and ground-breaking innovative biotechnological research with a strong commercialization potential.

The NIBN serves as an accelerator for the identification, acceleration and commercialization of ground-breaking novel technologies of researchers at BGU. The NIBN funds these projects as well as provides an umbrella of functions that enable the timely and efficient progression of the projects to commercialization