Each NITSAN project brings together a local partner with a strong field presence and community engagement in the destination country and one or more Israeli technologies identified by NITSAN based on local needs. NITSAN faculty and students then lead a scientifically rigorous process that involves the development, piloting and adapting of the solution in real field conditions. The culmination of the process is an integrated solution that combines the technology and an appropriate business model, is proven to be effective with local end-users and ripe for large-scale implementation.

A crucial element of the NITSAN model is the involvement of Israeli fellows (graduate students from the engineering, agricultural, social, computer, management, economics and policy sciences) through deep and prolonged immersion in local field conditions. Guided by experienced faculty and technical experts, the NITSAN fellows form a bridge between the Israeli innovation ecosystem and the complex realities of developing countries.