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ISF - India call for proposals
The program promotes research collaboration among Israeli and Indian scientists, with support provided by an agreement between the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) and the India University Grants Commission (UGC).
Topics for this year are Environmental Sciences and Earth Sciences.
Registration Deadline: April 26, 2017 at 12:00 (noon)
RDA Deadline: May 3, 2017 at 12:00 (noon)
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NSF-BSF Program EDGE (Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools)
(within Integrative Organismal System Division)
EDGE will support projects
that aim to develop functional genomic tools and infrastructure for
manipulating genes in diverse organisms.
A Letter of intent by the American PI
is due by
April 28, 2017.
By the same date, The Israeli Scientist needs open a proposal file, registering on the BSF system.
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REMINDER- HFSP - Human Frontiers Science Program- LOI
HFSP, the premier funding agency for supporting innovative, cutting edge research on the frontiers of the life sciences, has opened the 2018 cycle, which begins with the submission of a Letter of Intent.
1. Young Investigator Grants- for teams where all members are within 5 years of starting
their first independent position (and within 10 years of receiving a PhD).
2. Program Grants- for teams of scientists at any stage of their careers.
Note:An Israeli can be a member of a team but cannot be the official leader/submitter.
Deadline for registration for submitting a Letter of
Intent: March 20,
2017.
RDA deadline for LOI:
March 26, 2017.
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Centers for Disease Control - Identify, Characterize and Evaluate Potential Environmental Risk Factors on the Incidence and Progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) is soliciting investigator initiated research which will
identify and characterize environmental toxicants in human biological samples
that may be potential environmental risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS).
Applications are also sought that will evaluate the impact of
environmental toxicants on the development and progression of ALS, including
gene-environment interactions.
Early consultation with RDA staff is
essential
- If you consider yourself a candidate or if you have collaborators,
please update us at least one month prior to the cycle's deadline.
Interested parties must register – with
RDA assistance - on
era
commons
.
RDA Deadline: April 4, 2017 (Actual deadline
after the Passover holiday vacation)
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National Geographic Society: Research Grants in Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences
National Geographic welcomes applications from around the world, and specifically encourages applicants from outside the United States to apply. Applicants planning to work outside of their home country should include at least one local collaborator on their team. The Committee will not usually consider applications that support strictly laboratory or collection of work.
Three tracks are available:
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Early Career
Grant
- Standard Grant
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Expedited Grant
Project Focus Definitions: Research, Conservation, Education, Storytelling and
Technology.
RDA Deadline: March 27, 2017
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NEW: PUB Overseas Seed Fund for Water Technologies Fact Sheet
The Public
Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore’s National Water Agency, has published a call
for proposals from international parties for disruptive water technologies.
Grants of up to $400,000 are available for projects of up to 2 years.
RDA Deadline: April 4, 2017 (the actual deadline is April 18 after the Passover holiday).
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James McDonnell Foundation Program- Understanding Teacher Change and
Teachers as Learners in K-12 Classrooms- LOI
The James S McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) is now funding research
on the science of teaching to expand our understanding of teachers as learners
and as agents of change. The Teachers as Learners (TAL) program emphasizes a
cognitive science perspective on teachers as learners, focusing on the
cognitive constraints that guide teacher thinking and change in attitudes,
knowledge, skills and behaviors.
RDA Deadline for Letter of Intent: April 20, 2017
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NEW:
Global Polio
Eradication Initiative (GPEI): call for proposals
The current priority of the Polio Research Committee is to generate data supporting on the below key research priorities
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Detection and interruption of all polio-virus transmission
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Strengthening of immunization systems and withdrawal of oral polio vaccine
RDA deadline:
March 20, 2017.
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For more information regarding financial guidelines and points of contact, click the following link:
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Europe in a Changing World
A confidential draft of the next work programme
(collection of calls for proposals) has been received.
The main topic categories are:
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migration and the refugee crisis
- socioeconomic and cultural transformations of the fourth industrial revolution
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governance for the future
Due to the “rules of the game”, institutions are not allowed to post the draft on their public websites.
Hence it has been uploaded to RDA’s
password
protected site
. If you are requested to log in, note your user name is
bgu-users\__________
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship -International Award for Research in Germany
The Alexander von
Humboldt Professorship provides grants that allow non-German academics to
carry out ground-breaking research at universities and research institutions in
Germany.
You are invited to come
and learn more about this funding opportunity from Dr. Aaron Fait from The
Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies who received this
scholarship.
Date: March 22, 2017
Time: 10:00 a.m- 12:00
p.m.
Venue: Dekel Room (adjacent to RDA offices in Zlotowski Student Center
Building)
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National Information Day and preparation for a Postdoctoral abroad | | | |
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev invites you to be part of Career Day.
When: March 26, 2017 between 9:30-17:30
Where:
Joya Claire Sonnenfeld
Auditorium
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