R&D Newsletter - Opportunities for Funding and Grants

All research proposals must be reviewed and approved by the RDA before submission.

Israel Ministry of Defense - Mafat - Autonomy and Deep Learning

The Director of Research and Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure (MAFAT) at the Israel Ministry of Defense has issued a call for proposals on the development of technologies for autonomy and deep learning in academic research .

Focus areas on research topics

Call Details

Application should be submitted to Oren Gal

Deadline at the Ministry: October 15, 2019

RDA Contact: Galia Chelets , Tel: 64 72436

I'm Interested!

Internal Call - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

The Office of the Vice President and Dean of Research and Development is interested in encouraging and promoting research activities that will answer EU calls for proposals in the context of the current research program Horizon 2020, and will be followed by Horizon Europe.

The FET program aims to set the foundations for radically new future technologies, high risk and high-impact Interdisciplinary research:

Radical vision
Breakthrough technological target
Ambitious interdisciplinary research

Some of the calls are bottom-up and some subject oriented:

FET Open – Novel ideas for radically new technologies - Challenging Current Thinking
FET Proactive : emerging paradigms and communities
• Future technologies for social experience
• Measuring the unmeasurable –– Sub-nanoscale science for Nanometrology-
• Digital twins for the life-sciences-
FETPROACT-EIC -Environmental Intelligence
FETPROACT-Neuromorphic computing technologies

FET Proactive – High Performance Computing

Call Details

Applications must be submitted to the University's Call Center portal

Deadline at the RDA: September 1, 2019

For more information please contact Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

Open Calls for 2020 -Health, demographic and Well-being

The EU has officially launched the calls for 2020. See below main topics under the Work Program of -Health, demographic change and well-being.

The Health WP contains 37 topics with deadlines between September 2019 and April 2020. See main topics below:

Personalized medicine:

Innovative health and care industry
Infectious diseases and improving global health
Innovative health and care systems - Integration of care
Decoding the role of the environment, including climate change, for health and well-being
Supporting the digital transformation in health and care

Digital transformation in Health and Care

Trusted digital solutions and Cybersecurity in Health and Care:

Digitizing and transforming European industry and services

If you would like detailed information about any of the topics, please watch the web-cast presentations from the European Commission's recent Open Information Day in Brussels, which are available online

2018-2020 WP (please check only the 2020 calls)

For Horizon 2020 guidance and if you are part of a Horizon consortium-in-the-making, please contact Lori Liss, Tel:64 72435

BSF Visit to BGU - Save the date!!!

Dr. Heni Haring - Assistant Director at the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation - will speak to researchers who wish to submit a proposal in the upcoming cycle of submissions.

Date: September 4, 2019 from 10:00-12:00
Location: Rotem Hall, Student Building, 2nd floor

Split program Calls

Researchers interested in participating in one-on-one meetings are requested to contact Galia Chelets , Tel: 64 72436

Registration

Seminar: The End of the Antibiotic Age? Looking to the future

Save the date!!!

The Israel Ministry of Health, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Council for the Regulation of Research into Biological pathogens
invite you to participate in a seminar that will be an initial platform for collaborating and promoting medical research In this important area.
The seminar will present new research and developments in the field and the potential dangers to human health.

Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 ,between 9: 00-15: 30
Where: Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University

Participation in the seminar is free of charge, but registration is required in advance.

Registration

Webinar - Open Access at IEEE - Process for Authors and Institutions in Israel

You are invited to a Webinar to be given by Eszter Lukacs of IEEE.
IEEE Introduces a New OA Administration System. Now available to all IEEE Open Access institutional customers! RightsLink Author streamlines APC workflows, improves processing times, and enables better reporting.

The Webinar is suitable for researchers, librarians, and anyone interested in the subject.

The Webinar will take place on two dates:
Wednesday, July 17 2019, from 11: 00-12: 00, Join the Webinar
Wednesday, July 24 2019, from 14: 00-15: 00, Join the Webinar

Registration is not required. The links above provide connection details for each of the sessions.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – Noah's Ark Program

Prof. Osnat Gillor – Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology and Dr. Vered Caspi - The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev
Prof. Simon Barak - The Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies

NIHP-The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research

Dr. Moriah Esther Ellen - Department of Health Systems Management, Prof. Pesach Shvartzman - Division of Community Health

Project details: To treat or not to treat? Oncologists' perceptions and experiences regarding over-treatment in end stage cancer patients

The results of this study can be utilized to help the health system in Israel reduce the overuse of unnecessary services at the end-of-life for cancer and other terminal patients. This will not only help the system make more efficient use of funds but, more importantly, will help improve the quality of life for individuals in their last days.