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The Research and Development Authority Weekly 02.01.2018
 
Ministry of Science, Technology and Space - Research Collaboration with China 2018-2020 – Pre-proposals

The Ministry has published 2 Calls for Pre-proposals
Note: because of the different scope of the call, it is essential that the RDA contact be informed as soon as possible of the intention to submit
 
RDA Deadline for pre-proposals: February 5, 2018
RDA Contact: Eti Hecht-Vazana, Tel: 64 72437

 

 
Ministry of Science, Technology and Space - Gender-NET Plus - 2018 Joint Call
 
Ministry of Science, Technology & Space together with Gender-NET (part of Horizon 2020) has announced a joint call. Each consortium must comprise of at least 3 eligible European partners (see section 1.1), requiring financial support from funders from at least 3 European countries participating in this call.
The call invites interdisciplinary applications exploring gender effects and dimensions in research topics relating to one or more of the following:
  • Good health and well-being
  • Infrastructure
  • Industrialization and Innovation
  • Climate Action
 
RDA Deadline for Pre-Proposals: February 22, 2018
RDA Contact: Lori LissTel: 64 72435

 

 
 
NIH has published 6 calls, which are of possible interest to BGU researchers (and to which foreign institutions can apply) on Alzheimer's Disease. 
 
 
Note: Early consultation with RDA staff is essential. If you consider yourself a candidate or if you have a collaborator, please update us at least one month prior to the cycle's deadline.
 
RDA Deadline: March 11, 2018 
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 

 
 
The International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) - Small Grants Program
 
IFREE Promotes Human Betterment through Experimental Economics to Improve the Understanding of Exchange Systems. The foundation supports research and education in experimental economics.
 

RDA Deadline: January 28, 2018
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 

 
 
Thrasher Research Fund - Early Career Awards (Concept paper)

The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in children's health by awarding small grants to new researchers.

RDA Deadline: March 5, 2018
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 

 
Ministry of Health - ERA PerMed 2018 Joint Call - Pre-Announcement
 
ERA PerMed is a  new ERA-Net Cofund Action, co-funded by the European Commission. 
Proposals will be invited on the topic "Personalised Medicine (PM) - Smart Combination of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research with Data and ICT Solutions".
The overall aim of the call is to fund projects showing the clinical feasibility of PM in complex diseases.
Each project proposal needs to tackle the two major research areas:
  1. “Validation, pre-clinical and clinical biomedical research – Translating Basic to Clinical Research and Beyond”.
  2. “Data analysis, management and protection – Integrating Big Data and ICT Solutions”.
Only transnational projects will be funded. Each consortium submitting a proposal must involve at least 3 eligible partners for funding, from 3 different countries whose funding organisations participate in the call.
 
The call is planned to be launched in February 2018.

The Pre-proposal submission deadline is anticipated for April 2018.
RDA Contact: Lori Liss ,  Tel: 64 72435

 

 
For additional funding opportunities and more calls for proposals
go to "Approaching Deadlines" table.
 
For more information regarding financial guidelines and points of contact, click the following link:  

 

                                                         
 
    Horizon  2020 -  ICT - Information and Communication Technologies  
2018-2020 Topic Descriptions, Budget and Deadlines
 
Focus areas:
Technologies for Digitizing European Industry:
  • Computing technologies and engineering methods for cyber-physical systems of systems
  • Flexible and Wearable Electronics
  • Photonics
  • Unconventional Nanoelectronics
  • Robotics
Data Infrastructure: HPC, Big Data and Cloud technologies
5G
Next Generation Internet (NGI)
Cybersecurity
Joint Calls:
  • EU-Japan - Advanced technologies (Security/Cloud/IoT/BigData) for a hyper-connected society in the context of Smart City, 5G
  • EU-Korea – 5G, Cloud, IoT and AI technologies
ICT related topics in other work programs such as Energy, Health, Transport, Societies, Nanotechnology.
 
Please see the list of the 2018-2020 topics.
 
For Horizon 2020 guidance and for more information, please contact Ephrat Messing
If you are part of a Horizon consortium-in-the-making, please contact Lori Liss

 

 
ORCID Account Workshop: Establishing an academic profile on the internet

The workshop will take place in Building 70 on the second floor (Student House)
Sunday, January 7, from 14:00-15:00 in the Eshel Hall
Tuesday, January 9, from 10:00-11:00 in the Dekel Hall
Please bring your Personal computers

Objective: To lay the building blocks for establishing a professional academic profile on the Internet.

Workshop Topics:
  • ORCID - How to set up a universally recognized ID account and automatically upload publications
  • How to get recognition for your research on social research networks
  • How to receive more quotes, financing, and more
  • Intelligent use of social media
The workshop is designed for:
- Academic or clinical staff members
- Doctoral students

The workshop is an initiative of the Academic Development & Teaching Advancement Unit.
For further details and registration, please contact: [email protected] 

 

 

Gerda Henkel Foundation

Prof. Edward Fram - Department of Jewish History 
 
Fish Breeders Association
  • Prof. Dina Zilberg and Prof. Inna Khozin – Goldberg - The Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies
  • Prof. Amir Sagi – Department of Life Sciences
Migdalor Programs for Ultra-Orthodox Academics sponsored by the Joint

Prof. Orna Braun-Lewensohn - Conflict Resolution Program
 
 
Corrections to last week's announcements  
 
DIP Program – German Israeli Project Cooperation 

Prof. Haim Permuter and Prof. Moshe Schwartz - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 
Helmsley - Charitable Trust 
 
Prof. Shmuel Odes - Soroka University Medical Center, Prof. Orly Sarid and Prof. Vered Slonim-Nevo - Department of Social Work, Prof. Alon Monsonego - The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Prof. Dan Greenberg - Health Systems Management, Prof. Michael Friger - Department of Public Health and Dr. Doron Schwartz - Soroka University Medical Center. 

 

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

 

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