July 9, 2018

The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) is supporting scientific cooperation between the two countries by funding U.S. and Israeli researchers who wish to cooperate in cutting edge scientific research. BSF offers two grant programs:

  1. Regular Grant Program – Active since 1974. Receives applications from a variety of fields, submitted together by American and Israeli scientists who wish to cooperate. Selection is on purely scientific merit using a conventional procedure (ad-hock reviews from around the world, and panels of Israeli and U.S. experts), and is done by the BSF. The BSF supports both the Americans and Israelis whose applications are granted.
  2. NSF-BSF Programs – In recent years BSF and NSF have been cooperating in funding joint research programs of U.S. and Israeli PIs in twelve NSF divisions, and several inter-divisional programs. Submission of the joint application is by the American scientist to the NSF, which then carries out the selection process. The proposals are always part of the regular core programs of the relevant NSF division, and these are not “special programs” with special set aside budgets, or separate evaluations. If NSF decides to fund the U.S. scientist, they receive a standard NSF grant, and BSF is committed to fund their Israeli partner. These type of programs have been active since 2012, and the experience shows that the success rate of these joint applications is rarely lower and often higher than the overall success rate of the U.S.-only applications in the same competitions.

We would like to invite you to submit to any of the following BSF and NSF-BSF programs, and remind you of the following deadlines in the coming months.

BSF Programs and Deadlines:
  1. BSF, Regular Program. Deadline for applications is November 20, 2018. The website opens on September 1, 2018. Regulations can be found here.
  2. BSF, Rahamimoff Travel Grants for Young Scientists. Deadline for applications by U.S. or Israeli PhD students is November 28, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here. (22 grants were approved in 2018).
NSF-BSF Programs and Deadlines:
  1. NSF-BSF, Marine Oceanography. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is August 15, 2018 and by the Israeli Partner to the BSF is August 20, 2018. Call for proposals can be found here.
  2. NSF-BSF, Basic Plasma Sciences and Engineering. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is October 19, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is October 24, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  3. NSF-BSF, Materials. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 1, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is November 7, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  4. NSF-BSF, Computing and Communication Foundations. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner is expected to be approximately on November 15, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF about a week later. Please follow the announcements in the coming weeks. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  5. NSF-BSF, Computer and Network Systems. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner is expected to be approximately on November 15, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF about a week later. Please follow the announcements in the coming weeks. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  6. NSF-BSF, Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS). Deadline for application by the U.S. partner is expected to be approximately on November 15, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF about a week later. Please follow the announcements in the coming weeks. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  7. NSF-BSF, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 21, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is November 27, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  8. NSF-BSF, Computational Neuroscience. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 27, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 3, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  9. NSF-BSF, Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics – Experiment and Theory; Gravitational Physics – Experiment and Theory; Integrative Activities in Physics; LIGO Research Support. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 28, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 4, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  10. NSF-BSF, Nuclear Physics – Experiment and Theory; Elementary Particle Physics – Experiment; Particle Astrophysics – Experiment. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 4, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 9, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  11. NSF-BSF, Elementary Particle Physics – Theory; Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology – Theory; Physics of Living Systems; Quantum Information Science. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 11, 2018 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 16, 2018. Call for Proposals can be found here.
The Following Programs have no Deadlines and are Open For Submission throughout the year:
  1. NSF-BSF, Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  2. NSF-BSF, Ceramics and Condensed Matter and Materials Theory in the Materials Division. More information can be found here.
  3. NSF-BSF, Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  4. NSF-BSF, Earth Sciences. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  5. NSF-BSF, Cyber Security will be open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  6. NSF-BSF, Marine Geology and Geophysics. Call for Proposals can be found here.
  7. NSF-BSF, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences is planned to be with no deadline, starting in late 2018.
  8. NSF-BSF, Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) is going to be with no deadline, starting in late 2018.
  9. NSF-BSF, Environmental Biology (DEB) are going to be with no deadline, starting in late 2018.