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The Research and Development Authority Weekly 13.03.2017 
For additional funding opportunities and more calls for proposals
go to "Approaching deadlines" table. 

 

Passover Vacation: The RDA offices, along with the entire University, will be closed during the Passover holiday Between April 10 to April 17, 2017
Calls For Proposals
 
Please note that there will be a change in date of submission of LOI. The new deadline will be publicized in the near future.

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.
 
RDA Contact: Galia Chelets   Tel: 64 72436  

 

 
Research Answers to National Cancer Institute’s Provocative Questions
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to support research projects designed to  solve 12 specific problems and paradoxes in cancer research identified by the  National Cancer Institute Provocative Questions initiative.
R01 Cycle
R21 Cycle
 
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 the  RDA assistance -  on era  commons  
 
RDA Deadline: Two cycles every June and October until 2018
 
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport Tel: 64 77748  

 

 
The Spencer Foundation - Small Research Grants
 
The Small Research Grants program is intended to support education research projects with budgets of $50,000 or less. In keeping with the Spencer Foundation’s mission, this program aims to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
 
 
RDA Deadline: April 25, 2017
 
Research-Practice Partnership Program
This program accepts proposals with budgets up to $400,000 seeking to strengthen existing research-practice partnerships (RPPs). RPPs are a novel model for conducting relevant and useful research and facilitating the long-term accumulation of knowledge about education policy and practice.
 
 
RDA Deadline: May 24, 2017 
 
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport Tel: 64 77748

 

 
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation - Discovery Research (LOI)
 
Discovery  research includes the search for understanding the causes of disease,
unraveling pathways involved in disease, identifying novel drug targets, and  testing new strategies to treat disease. The goal for discovery research is to  form a solid foundation which informs and accelerates all subsequent drug  development. Available tracks:
  • Research Grants
  • Development Grants
 
RDA Deadline for Letter of Intent: June 11, 2017
 
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport Tel: 64 77748  

 

Other Funding Opportunities
 
Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS)-  Call for Pre- Proposals for Research Groups at the IIAS
 
Each Collaborative Research Group (RGs) hosts a group  of scholars from Israel and abroad who convene in residency at the IIAS in  Jerusalem.
The goal of the RG selection is to bring together a  diverse group of scholars who are engaged in a research question, one that is  expected to benefit from integrative thinking and rich dialogue among scholars.  RGs are expected to expand the research of individual fellows.  Interdisciplinary and cross-fertilization, with genuine complementary of scholarship, is considered.
 

 

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Horizon 2020 Spotlight
  
 
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - From Association to Participation
 
Israeli companies and institutions can collaborate with academic and research bodies to upgrade their research capabilities and  innovation,  receive access to existing equipment within Academia and integrate skilled  academic researchers into company research projects. 
In  addition, the program allows outstanding researchers to gain international  experience and training, and promotes successful integration  into academia, industry and other bodies involved in research and innovation. 
 
Researchers,  companies and Israeli organizations are invited to the seminar to hear a  variety of different tracks to receive funding for this program.
 
When: April 3, 2017
Where: Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel-Aviv (Galil Conference Room) 
 
  
For further information, please contact: Arnie Schlissel Tel: 64 77756  or Lori Liss Tel: 64 72435 

 

Events
 
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)
 
RSVP: Lori Liss

 

Water Innovation Europe- “The value of water: The case for innovation and investment in water''
 
This year's edition of Water Innovation Europe conference will showcase water challenges, and pro-actively addressing them can create strong investment and market opportunities within and outside Europe. Water Innovation Europe 2017 will unlock the great potential for investing and innovating in water and you are invited to take stock of it
 
When: June 14-15, 2017
Where: Bluepoint Centre, Brussels
 
Registration opens within the next few weeks
 

 

RDA Awards
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (Earth Sciences, and the Sea)
Prof. Yosef Ashkenazy - Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics
 
Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Prof. Isaac Gilead- Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near East  

 
Departmental email & Feedback: [email protected]
 
RDA website: www.bgu.ac.il/research

 

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