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The Research and Development Authority Weekly 14.08.2018
Due to the Jewish holidays the RDA offices will be closed on the following dates:
September 10-11 (Rosh Hashana)
September 18-19 (Yom Kippur)
September 23 - October 1 (Sukkot)

 

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

 

 
 
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Space: Research on Space - 2019
 
The Ministry invites applicative proposals for research with a strong potential to lead to the development of new space products.
For more detailed information concerning potential research topics, please see page 1 in the Call Details.

Please note: Because submission must be done electronically, it is imperative to be in contact with the RDA Coordinator, and follow the timetables.

RDA Deadline: October 29, 2018
RDA Contact: Eti Hecht-Vazana, Tel: 64 72437

 

 
 
The Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources – Energy & Earth and Sea Sciences
 
The Ministry has issued a call for proposals in the field of energy and earth and sea sciences. For more specific topics, please see page 4 of the Call Details.

The Ministry uses an electronic submission system, and therefore, researchers interested in submitting should anticipate electronic and/or connectivity problems. Since the submission deadline is right after the Sukkot break, interested researchers are asked to please inform the RDA immediately of their intention to submit.

Proposals must be submitted to the RDA for review by September 13, 2018
Due to the Jewish holiday break, final proposals (including copies) must reach the RDA no later than September 17, 2018 by 10 am  
The proposals will be sent to the Ministry on October 3, 2018  
RDA Contact: Eti Hecht-Vazana, Tel: 64 72437

 

   
 
The Shalem Fund - Call for proposals - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
 
The goal of the Fund is to support research proposals that offer innovation, creativity, excellence, and scientific and applied contributions to the various fields related to the subject of developmental disabilities.

Preference will be given to research proposals that meet the following criteria:
- Professional and up-to-date perceptions
- Innovation
- Cooperation between academic institutions inside and outside Israel
- A connection between theory and field work  
- A Model for intervention and / or pilot program

Please note: The Shalem Fund enables researchers to submit a short, optional pre-proposal to check whether their idea is relevant to the Fund. This step is not mandatory and has no bearing on full proposal submission.
 
 
Pre-proposal (optional) Deadline: September 1, 2018
RDA Deadline for full proposals: November 25, 2018
RDA Contact:  Tal Rafaely, Tel: 64 77709

 

  
 
NEW - The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR) - “Secure Tolerance” - Call for Initial Applications
 
ECTR Research Grants will be awarded for original thinking and research on how the theory and practice of tolerance should be re-imagined to meet the new challenges of a globalized world and the highly diverse and sometimes fragmented societies it contains.
 
RDA Deadline: October 9, 2018
RDA Contact: Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

 

  
 
The Cogito Foundation – Research Grants
 
The foundation funds cross-disciplinary research projects both to study and to bridge the gap between the Sciences and the Humanities.

RDA Deadline: September 12, 2018 (Due to the Jewish holiday break)
Foundation Deadline: October 1, 2018
RDA Contact: Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

 

  
 
The Michael J. Fox Foundation – Pre-Proposals
 
The Michael J. Fox Foundation works to accelerate promising research toward breakthroughs for Parkinson’s patients. With a strong emphasis on funding translational and clinical research, the foundation also supports high-risk/high-reward discovery work.
 

RDA Deadline: September 16, 2018 (Due to the Jewish holiday break)
Foundation Deadline: September 26, 2018
RDA Contact: Danna Rapaport, Tel: 64 77748

 

  
 
Promobilia Foundation
 
The Foundation mainly gives support for development of tools for mobility handicapped but also supports research about the comprehension of reading and writing difficulties.
 

RDA Deadline: October 7, 2018
RDA Contact: Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

 

  
 
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - Research Grants
 
ESRC funds research mainly on economic and social issues. For more specific topics, please see ESRC's Research Priorities.
 
Note: For the Research Grants Program, the PI must be from a UK institution and may include international collaborators. 
 
Available funding tracks:
RDA Deadline: October 10, 2018
RDA Deadline: Open for submission at anytime
 
 
RDA Contact: Lori Liss, Tel: 64 72435

 

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

 

Horizon 2020 – Collaboration Opportunity through COST Actions
 
COST Actions (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) provide fertile grounds for creating a Horizon 2020 Consortium. COST Actions supports networking across a wide range of disciplines (though not research). Previous and current collaborations may lead to new joint projects in the future.

39 new Cost Actions have already been approved.
List of new COST Actions.

If you would like to become a member of one of the COST Actions, please contact us.
 
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

 

 
BSF Visit to BGU  
 
Dr. Heni Haring - Assistant Director at the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation - will speak to  researchers who wish to  submit a proposal in the upcoming cycle of submissions.

Date: September 3, 2018 from 10:00-12:00
Location:  Rotem Hall, Student Building, 2nd floor

For more details and advance registration, please contact Galia Chelets, Tel: 64 72436
Researchers interested in participating in one-on-one meetings are requested to contact Galia.

 

 
 
SciPub Seminar -  Writing a Winning 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 Wednesday, September 5, 2018 (In Hebrew).

The seminar will be held from 10:00–14:00 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 the Scientific Publications Team.
The seminar's presentation is available for download on the RDA's website (Research and Development Authority > Internal Website > Information for New Researchers).

For further information contact [email protected]

 

 
 
Internal BGU funding opportunities - Summary   
 
 
A message from Prof. Dan Blumberg, Vice President and Dean for R&D

 

Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development – Nitzan
Dr. Vered Tzin - French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnologies of Drylands and Dr. Muhammad Bashouti - The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental Research 
 
The goal of the Nitzan program is to promote R&D of agricultural technologies and knowledge with commercial potential in the Israeli and international industrial markets. 
 
Office of Naval Research
  • Dr. Boris Barmashenko and Prof. Salman (Zamik) Rosenwaks – Department of Physics
  • Prof. Ron Folman – Department of Physics
  • Dr. Ilan Shalish – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Volkswagen Foundation - Research Cooperation Lower Saxony – Israel (in Collaboration with Leuphana University Lueneburg and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Dr. Simone Moran - Department of Management

 

 

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

 

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