Israel Taxonomy Initiative (ITI)

ITI / Israel Taxonomy Initiative
RGP / Research Grants and Projects Office

WEBSITE: Access the ITI website.

AWARD MECHANISM:

1. Visiting Scientists in Taxonomy: ITI is inviting foreign scientists specializing in taxonomic groups for a visit to Israel of up to 3 weeks:
• The visiting scientist will be asked to teach a course of about one week in his/her area of expertise to be held at an Israeli academic institute.
• The visiting scientist will be invited to conduct survey/fieldwork and use the National Collections of Natural History at Tel-Aviv University and the Hebrew University for research.
• The visiting scientist will prepare a key of the fauna/flora of Israel in his/her area of expertise, one to two years following this visit.
2. Postdoctoral Fellowships: Awarded to Israeli candidates for postdoctoral programs abroad, in the fields of Taxonomy and Systematics. Postdoctoral grants are for $12,500 for 1 year with an option to extend for a further year, preference will be given to candidates that have matching funds.

SUBMISSION DATE(S): 1 May 2013 - to ITI.

1. Guidelines for the Visiting Scientists in Taxonomy program can be found here.
2. Guidelines for the Postdoctoral Program can be found here. Submissions are by email to iti@post.tau.ac.il (with a CC to the RGP Office).

• From the Feinberg Graduate School: Confirmation that if and when the fellowship is approved, the candidate will be eligible to be a post-doc at the Weizmann Institute for the entire duration of the proposed fellowship.
• From the candidate's supervisor (a Weizmann Institute researcher of rank Senior Scientist or higher): Confirmation that the supervisor agrees to host the post-doc for the entire period of the fellowship.

Please note that according to Weizmann Institute procedures, fellowships are paid as stipends at a fixed rate. Consequently, if the amount provided by the funding source is lower than this rate, the difference will have to be supplemented (with an a priori written commitment to this effect to the RGP) by the host researcher at the Institute.

If the fellowship on offer is higher than the Weizmann Institute standard rate, the Institute will be able to receive a stipend only up to its standard rate. Alternatively, if allowable by the funding agency, the fellowship can be paid by the agency directly to the bank account of the recipient. In such a case, the host researcher should apply for post-doctoral status for the fellow at the Institute, either with or without the additional standard Weizmann Institute post-doctoral stipend (as allowable by the external funding source, and according to the resources available to the prospective Weizmann Institute host). For further information and/or clarifications, please contact the Feinberg Graduate School or the RGP.