The Research and Development Authority Newsletter- July 2, 2019

R&D Website

 

Approaching Deadlines

 

Budgeting Personnel

 

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

 

Call for Proposals
 
 
JSPS-ISF Joint Academic Research Program-
Life Sciences and Medicine  
 
The program promotes research collaboration among Israeli and Japanese scientists, with support provided by an agreement between the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). 
 
Two proposals are to be submitted:
  • The Japanese collaborator will submit an application to the JSPS (in Japanese). 
  • The Israeli researcher will submit an administrative application.
Areas of research: cooperation in the fields of Life Sciences and Medicine.  
 
 
Prior registration at ISF Online is mandatory by August 06, 2019   (13:00 pm)
RDA Deadline: an administrative application for the Israeli PI must be submitted by August 07, 2019. 

RDA Contact: Tal Rafaely , Tel: 64 77709 

 

I'm Interested!

 
     
 
DFG Middle East Collaborations - Open Call
 
The DFG supports research projects carried out by German researchers in partnership with Israeli researchers, with the aim to strengthen cooperation between researchers in the two countries. 
 
This is a highly competitive funding source with a high success rate.   Over the past five years, BGU has participated in over 40 submissions with a ~37% success rate, with grants being awarded to researchers in all fields and from all faculties.
 
Note: Submission is by the  German scientist only.


The deadline is open throughout the year and funding supports research activities in all fields of basic science

If you have a German Collaborator and you are planning to submit a proposal,  please contact Danna Rapaport , Tel: 64 77748

 

I'm Interested!

 
     
 
CDMRP - Open Calls
 
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has launched several calls for proposals in several mechanisms.
 
Please note, early consultation with RDA staff is essential.
If you consider yourself a candidate or if you have collaborators, please update the RDA staff
 

RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 

 
 
CEFIC-LRI European Chemical Industry Council - Long Range Initiative Calls
 

The Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) programme of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) funds scientific studies related to the safety of chemicals and to the improvement of our understanding of their potential health and environmental risks.
LRI is now accepting grant applications to carry out research in the specific research areas listed in the link below.
 
Research areas 2019
 
Researchers from BGU are eligible applicants and collaborations between research institutions are encouraged.
 
RDA Deadline: August 22, 2019 (due to university vacation)
Foundation deadline: September 1, 2019
RDA Contact: Lori Liss,  Tel: 64 72435

 

I'm Interested!

 
     
 
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention -
Grants Cycle 2019-2020
 
AFSP Suicide Research Grants support studies aimed at increasing our understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or that test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. At least one suicide outcome measure must be included in all grant projects. AFSP also considers studies of treatment feasibility, and studies that add a suicide component (e.g., population or treatment) to an existing grant in another area.
  
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 
     
 
NEW-Velux Foundation
 
The Foundation aims to contribute to sustainable improvement and have an impact to the benefit of society. This is achieved by supporting the creation of new knowledge through cutting-edge research and the fostering of its application and dissemination
 
Funding Areas:
Daylight Research: Daylight & Human, Daylight & Nature, Daylight Technology
Healthy Aging Research: fields of biology, medicine, psychology and neurosciences
 
Application instructions
 
RDA Deadline: September 24, 2019
RDA Contact: Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

 
 
The Frick Foundation for ALS Research
Research Grants (early-career scientists)

The aim of the Foundation is to encourage basic biomedical research related to understanding the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
 
Who can apply: Researchers of any nationality with 5 years of experience since completion of their PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.
 
 
RDA Deadline: September 25, 2019
RDA Contact: Lori Liss , Tel: 64 72435

 

Horizon 2020 Spotlight

 
  
Have a Radical New Future Technology? This Scheme is for You
 
Visionary thinking can open up promising avenues towards powerful new technologies.
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) aims to path-find Europe’s technological future by presenting radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerating the development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology.
FET-Open is a bottom-up scheme that applies to all research and innovation topics and disciplines.
 
Main Topics for the 2020 calls:
  • Challenging Current Thinking
  • Future technologies for social experience
  • Measuring the unmeasurable –– Sub-nanoscale science for Nanometrology
  • Digital twins for the life-sciences
  • Environmental Intelligence
  • Neuromorphic computing technologies
  • High Performance Computing
  • Complementary call on Quantum Computing
  • International Cooperation on Quantum Technologies
  • Training and Education on Quantum Technologies
For more information please contact Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435.  

 

Other Activities
 
 
BARD - US-Israel Binational Agricultural R&D Fund
Call for Workshop
 
 The objective of the BARD workshop is to identify research needs in areas of new
development, to define directions and opportunities regarding contemporary
agricultural needs and provide information needed to address policy issues .
 
The   workshop is intended to promote increased contact between Israeli and US
scientists , and other scientists throughout the world who work in academic and
industrial communities in areas related to the binational agricultural interests of
BARD.
 
Workshops cannot be scheduled prior to September 1 of the award year.
 
 
Submission Deadline:  January 9, 2020
For Submissions or for more information please contact Foundations Section at BGU

 

Grant Awards
 
Ministry of Science and Technology in Cooperative Scientific Research with the Czech Republic
 
Of the six proposals that were awarded funding by the Ministry, two were from BGU.

  • Prof. Ofer Hadar,  Department of Communications Systems Engineering
  • Prof. Meir Kalech, Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering

 

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