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The Research and Development Authority Weekly 15.08.2017 
For additional funding opportunities and more calls for proposals
go to "Approaching deadlines" table. 

 

Please note the RDA offices will be closed from August 20-24
in line with the official university closure. 
Have a pleasant holiday!
 
NSF – BSF Physics Call for Proposals

The deadlines and sub-Disciplines of the NSF-BSF Physics call are:

October 20, 2017  
  • Basic Plasma Sciences and Engineering 
October 25, 2017
  • Physics of Living Systems 
  • Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics – Experiment and Theory 
  • Elementary Particle Physics – Experiment 
  • Gravitational Physics – Experiment and Theory 
  • Integrative Activities in Physics; and Particle Astrophysics – Experiment 
  • Nuclear Physics – Experiment and Theory 
November 10, 2017
  • Elementary Particle Physics – Theory 
  • Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology – Theory 
  • Computational Physics 
  • Quantum Information Science
February 7, 2018  
  • Accelerator Science 
Researchers who have an active BSF can submit a proposal on a different topic.
Researchers who already have an NSF-BSF, or an application pending, cannot submit.
 
For further information please see the BSF call for the joint program .

RDA Contact: Galia Chelets, Tel: 64 72437

 

 
 
BARD (US Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund) - Programs Announcement
 
For additional information concerning the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Graduate Fellowship Student Program, please contact The Kreitman School. 
 
RDA Contact: Galia Chelets, Tel: 64 72437

 

 
 
NEW - ESCMID European Society in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Young Investigator Grant helps young outstanding investigators pursue ground-breaking research in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Call covers only projects dealing with Bacterial Infections & Diseases (incl. diagnostics, pathogenesis, antibacterial susceptibility & resistance, antibacterial stewardship, vaccines).
Candidates must be born after 1 January 1978.
Must have a valid Full or Young Scientist ESCMID membership – Researcher responsibility.
 
Budget: €20,000 per project, 13 – 15 are usually funded annually
 

RDA Deadline: September 28, 2017  (actual deadline during Sukot vacation)
RDA Contact: Ephrat Messing, Tel: 64 72435

 


 
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Ben Gurion University Joint Research Grant

The objective of this joint fund is to bring scientists and physicians together from both institutions in collaborative research that applies advanced technology to improve healthcare

Deadline Extended to: August 31, 2017
BGU Contact: Shai Kaplan

 

For more information regarding financial guidelines and points of contact, click the following link:  

 

                                                         
 
Horizon 2020 Draft 2018-2020 Work Programmes

Confidential drafts of the next cycle of Horizon 2020 Work Programmes (calls for proposals) in the following areas have been received by the RDA:
  • Climate and Environment
  • Energy
  • Europe in a Changing (geo-political-economic) World 
  • Food, Agriculture and Marine Biology/Economics
  • Health
  • Nano/Materials/Production/Biotechnology
  • Space
  • Transport
As the European Commission has been taking action against national agencies that have violated its confidentially procedures ISERD (Israel’s national agency) and BGU have refrained from posting the drafts on the internet. 
For more information on the draft call topics please contact Ephrat Messing or Arnie Schlissel.

 

 
 
BSF, and BSF-NSF Information Day 
 
Date: September 5, 2017 from 10:00-12:30
Location: Rotem Hall, Student Building, 2nd floor

Dr. Yair Rotstein, Executive Director of the BSF, will present information on the BSF regular programs for the upcoming submission cycle  2017.
Dr. Theresa Good, Division of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience (MCB) and Dr. Matthew D. Kane, Division of Environmental Biology (BIO/DEB) will present their Divisions upcoming calls, but will also address general issues related to writing a successful BSF-NSF application.
 
 
Please register for the event via email to Galia Chelets, Tel: 64 72436 

 

 
 
SciPub Seminar - Writing a Successful Research Grant Proposal

The editors of the Scientific Publications team are pleased to present a seminar on grant writing.
The seminar will focus on writing proposals – mainly for ISF, and, in brief, for BSF and GIF – and will be held on the following dates (Please check the RDA’s Weekly for updates):

Thursday, September 7, 2017 (In English)

The seminar will be held from 10:00–13:00 in the Dekel Room, 2nd floor of the Zlotowski Student Center building (near the RDA offices).
Participation is open to BGU faculty members only and requires advance registration with Reesa Stone.

For further information contact [email protected]

 

 

NSF-BSF Materials
  • Prof. Moshe Gottlieb - Department of Chemical Engineering and Prof. Moshe Herzberg - Department of Desalination and Water Treatment
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) with University of California, Berkeley
  • Dr. Shimon-Lior Rokach - Department of Information Systems Engineering
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space: Applied Engineering
  • Dr. Robert Moskovich - Department of Information Systems Engineering

 

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

 

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