R&D Newsletter - Funding Opportunities, Other Activities and Grant Awards

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

NEW - RDA Online Forms

The Research and Development Authority and the Department of Organization and Methods are pleased to announce that, as part of streamlining and service improvement, the following online forms ("TISANIM") are available for use:

1. RDA Research Proposal Online Form

2. Hebrew Declaration - Online non Conflict of Interests

3. Research Supplement Online Declaration Form

These forms will also be available for mobile phones.

We hope that those processes will be more accesible and easy to handle.

RDA Online Forms (Research and Development Authority's website).

BGU Online Forms (Department of Organization and Methods - Under Research and Development Section)

As of January 2020, the use of paper forms will cease.

Any feedback or suggestions for further improvements to this service is appreciated.

NEW- ISF - MidCareer Equipment Grant
INTERNAL APPLICATION

The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) has a new program that offers mid-career university faculty members (Associate Professors or Full Professors only) funds to purchase scientific equipment.

A mid-career faculty member will be defined as someone who first joined the academic system in Israel, as a full-time faculty member, over the past 10-22 years. Eligibility is calculated from the date when the researcher officially entered academia (not necessarily the date the researcher joined the BGU faculty) and until the date of the deadline to submit this grant (December 2019, not the date on which the grant will be activated).

Amount of funding: ISF funding will be up to 910,000 NIS (i.e., up to 75% of the total cost) and contingent on a commitment from the host institution to match at least 25% of the ISF contribution. Number of grants available to each institution: up to 4 grants.

Note: The equipment cannot have already been ordered/purchased.

Mid Creer Equipment Grant - Details

Internal applications:

The applications for this program are handled by an internal committee chaired by Prof. Raz Jelinek.

Internal Application Format (Internal application should not exceed 1 page).

Internal Application Deadline: October 7, 2019 by 13:00

Internal Application Submission: Tal Rafaeli

To those who will be selected to submit the application, please note:
Intention to submit must be registered on ISFonline by November 24, 2019 at 13:00.

RDA Deadline: December 2, 2019

RDA Contact: Tal Rafaeli, Tel: 64 77709

The Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection and The European Union's BiodivERsA Project
Climate Change and Biodiversity

The Ministry of Environmental Protection, together with BiodivERsA (a European Union's funded project) , have issued a call for proposals for researchers in the field of climate change and biodiversity.

Priorities of the call:

Consequences of climate change on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people
Climate-biodiversity feedback processes
Potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change
Synergies and trade-offs between policies on biodiversity, climate and other relevant sectors, and the role of agents of change.

The project must be transnational project involving eligible partners from at least three different countries participating in the call.

Call Details (Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection)

Call Documents

Pre-Proposal Application Form

Submission of pre-proposals to this call will be to both BiodivERsA Project online and to the Ministry of Environmental Protection tenders.

The details of the contract are still being validated. Please make sure to notify RDA if you intend to submit a proposal for this call.

RDA Deadline: October 28, 2019

RDA Contact: Eti Hecht-Vazana, Tel: 64 72437 and Lori Liss , Tel: 64 72435

I'm Interested!

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Simons Foundation

The Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Simons Foundation have issued a joint call for proposals for the Moore–Simons Project on the Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell.

Under this call, the foundations invite proposals for novel research on the origin of the eukaryotic cell, including the processes that may have led to the emergence of the first eukaryotic common ancestor (FECA) and how FECA evolved into the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA).

Disciplines and approaches that are encouraged to apply include, but are not limited to cell biology, evolution, ecology, earth and aquatic sciences, paleontology, genomics, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, biophysics and chemistry.

Call Details

RDA Deadline: September 23, 2019 (Due to High Holidays Break)

RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport , Tel: 64 77748

Horizon 2020 Security and Cybersecurity

Secure Societies Call 2020

Protecting the Freedom and Security of Europe and Its Citizens

The EU has officially launched the Horizon calls for 2020. See below for main topics under the Horizon 2020 Security Work Program.

Please see the open calls for this deadline:

Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe
Artificial Intelligence and security: providing a balanced assessment of opportunities and challenges for Law Enforcement in Europe
Disaster-Resilient Societies:
1. Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects
2. Technologies for first responders
3. Pre-normative research and demonstration for disaster-resilient societies
4. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) cluster
Fight against crime and terrorism:
1. Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects
2. Technologies to enhance the fight against crime and terrorism
3. Information and data stream management to fight against (cyber)crime and terrorism
4. Chemicals: intelligence, detection, forensics
Border and external security:
1. Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects
2. Technologies to enhance border and external security
3. Demonstration of applied solutions to enhance border and external security
Digital security – Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy and data protection

The Next Deadline is on August 27, 2020

For Horizon 2020 guidance and for the full call text, please contact Ephrat Messing

If you are part of a Horizon consortium-in-the-making, please contact Lori Liss

BSF and NSF-BSF Visit to BGU TOMORROW - Final Reminder!

Prof. Keith Dienes - NSF Program Director, Division of Physics, will discuss NSF grant programs and the submission process.

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 19, 2019 - 10:00-11:00 (NSF), 11:00-12:00 (BSF)

Location: Dekel Hall, Student Building (2nd floor)

For more details please contact Galia Chelets, Tel: 64 72436

Registration

Israel-Italy Scientific Workshop
Particle Accelerator

The Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of Italy in Israel are honored to invite researchers to a Scientific Workshop - "Particle Accelerator - Development and Uses in Medical Applications, Industry, Science and the Environment".

Free Registration!

Date: November 5, 2019, 9:00-16:45

Location: Crowne Plaza Beach Hotel, 145 Hayarkon Street,Tel Aviv

Workshop Details

Registration Email

Note: Registration no later than October 23, 2019, please include the following details: Name, Title, Institute, Email, Mobile No, Lunch Participation Yes/No

ISF-CIHR-IDRC Joint Scientific Research Program

Dr. Neta Sal-Man - The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics

BSF-NSF Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
Prof. Mordechai Herskowitz and Prof. Miron Landau – Department of Chemical Engineering

Horizon 2020- Infrastructures: Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

Prof. Arnon Kanieli - Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics (received 2 grants).

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Prof. Esti Yeger-Lotem and Prof. Assaf Rudich - The Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology in collaboration with Hebrew University (Israel) Leipzig University (Germany) and University of Auckland (New Zealand).

Project title - “Mapping the human adipose tissue cells and inter-cellular communication (Seed Networks)” was awarded to characterize the single nucleus transcriptomes and inter-cellular communication networks of human adipose tissue cells (adipocytes and stroma-vascular cells) across fat depots, sex, and ethnicity.

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Recognized by Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC - "VATAT")

The Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) is responsible for funding the Israeli system of higher education.
The PBC defines the regular budget allocated for the academic institutions as well as their development budgets, while considering social and national needs and priorities.

Competitive Funding Agencies - VATAT

"Our goal is to provide infrastructure for research and encourage scientific-academic excellence in order to make Israel a knowledge powerhouse - BIG DATA" (PBC Chair, Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats)

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