Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Travel Grants for Young Scientists

BSF / Binational Science Foundation
RGP / Research Grants and Projects Office

WEBSITE: Access the BSF Website

AWARD MECHANISM: The Travel Grants Program focuses on PhD students and Post-Doc fellows doing research that requires facilities or expertise not available in their home countries. There are 2 calls per year each supports 10 trips with a budget of $4,000 each. The support is only for travel to a higher education or research facility in the U.S.A. (for Israelis) or Israel (for Americans) for a maximum length of 2 months.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Applicants must be U.S. or Israeli citizens, 35 years old or younger.
• Israeli students/post-doc fellows already doing research in the USA or alternatively US students/post-doc fellows already doing research in Israel, are NOT eligible to apply.

SUBMISSION DATE(S):

• 8 April 2012 to the FGS for pre-selection (full proposal to be submitted to the BSF by 2 May 2012 - for those invited to submit).
22 November 2011 to the FGS for pre-selection (full proposal to be submitted to the BSF by 8 December 2011 - for those invited to submit).

MODE OF APPLICATION: Guidelines and forms are available on the BSF website. Please submit your proposal by email to Dalia.Greenberg@weizmann.ac.il at the Feinberg Graduate School. From among the proposals submitted to the FGS, up to 5 will be selected by an internal review committee for submission to the BSF.

OTHER TYPES of AWARDS OFFERED by the BSF: BSF-Workshop grants and BSF Regular Research and Transformative Science Grants are available.