The ERC-2026-PoC call opening has been postponed and is now expected in mid-January. While we await the official publication, here is key information for interested PIs.

The ERC PoC supports activities that verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC-funded projects. It provides €150,000 over 18 months for work not originally covered by your frontier research grant, helping to maximize the value and impact of ERC-funded research. PIs may apply if their main ERC grant (StG/CoG/AdG/SyG) is currently active or ended on or after 01/01/2025.

The 2026 call will have two cut-off dates: 17/03/2026 and 17/09/2026. Please note that eligible PIs may submit a proposal to only one of the two cut-off dates.

Once the call opens, we will distribute complete information and guidelines to all eligible PIs. For questions, please contact the EU Desk.

The ERC has announced that it will be introducing a new ERC funding scheme called the ERC Plus grant.

Overview: the ERC Plus grant will provide a maximum of 7M Euro for a project duration of 4-7 years to individual PIs at any career stage. The scheme is intended to support outstanding researchers with bold ideas for transformative research. Proposals should require such a broad approach, substantial budget, and extended duration that they cannot be accomplished through the existing ERC grant schemes. Suitable projects might include opening entirely new fields of research or fundamentally transforming existing ones.

Call timeline: the ERC Plus grant is currently defined as a pilot call, with two planned calls: a 2026 call (tentative call deadline 2/9/2026) and a 2027 call.

Eligibility restrictions for the 2026 call: PIs are ineligible to apply if they:

• Have submitted or are submitting a proposal to an ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, or Synergy 2026 grant call.
• Are serving as a panel member for the ERC-2026-AdG call.
• Have an active ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, or Synergy grant that endsmore than two years after the ERC Plus call deadline.
• Standard resubmission restrictions also apply.

Important considerations: With only 30 grants to be funded in each of the two calls, the ERC Plus grant is expected to be substantially more competitive than other ERC grants. For comparison, in 2024 the ERC awarded a total of 1160 grants (StG-494, CoG-328, AdG-281 and SyG-57) to the regular funding schemes.
We recommend continuing applying for regular ERC grants for excellent research projects and reserve ERC Plus applications for proposals with genuinely visionary and transformative potential that cannot be realized within the scope of other ERC grants.

The information above is based on preliminary details released by the ERC. We will share the final call information and provide additional details once the call is officially published by the agency (expected in the coming weeks).
In the meantime, do contact us with any questions at the EU desk.

Effective 25 January 2026, each individual identified as a senior/key person on an NIH application or grant will have to certify that they are not a party to a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program (MFTRP) *.

At the time of application the certification will appear on the Common Form for Biographical Sketch, attached on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form of the NIH application. After grant award an annual certification will be required at the time of the Research Performance Progress Report. Please be aware that Weizmann as a whole, and each PI and Key Personnel, is obliged to maintain and abide by a Policy regarding Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs. Therefore, please make sure to read and abide by Weizmann's Policy on Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program.

* Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs Include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to unethically or unlawfully acquire U.S scientific-funded research or technology through foreign government-run or funded recruitment programs that target scientists, engineers, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in other countries.

Due to a collective WIS vacation, the RGP Office will be closed on Sunday, 21 December 2025. We will resume operation on Monday, 22 December 2025.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on these days, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

Deadline to the WIS-Faivovich call has been extended from the original 15 December 2025 to 13 January 2026 (RGP).

IMOH advised that the call "Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurodegeneration", under the European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth), has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 8 January 2026. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

The ISF announces an upcoming webinar dedicated to the Israel-Canada Cooperation Program and its submission process. The session will take place on 17 December 2025 at 18:00 (Israel time). This session is a valuable opportunity to gain insights into the program and ask questions directly to the foundation representatives.

Deadline to the Weizmann–Knell Family Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Acceleration Grants has been extended from the original 23 November to 30 November 2025 (to the RGP).

IMOH advised that the call "Access to Care" under the Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Partnership has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 21 November 2025 and an information webinar is scheduled for 10 December 2025. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

IMOH advised that the call "Prevent-OO: Understanding and Preventing Overweight and Obesity" under the European ERA4Health Partnership has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 13 November 2025 and an information webinar is scheduled for 18 November 2025. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

In preparation for submissions the ISF re-uploaded to their website a video explaining the agency's evaluation process, filmed last year. In the event of any ambiguity regarding information in the video, ISF's written guidelines prevail. See RGP website for ISF calls.

IMOH advised that the European Partnership for Brain Health has published a preliminary announcement for call 2 ("Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurodegenerative disorders") to be funded by IMOH. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published early in 2026. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

IMOH advised that the call "Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols" under the One Health AMR (EUP-OH-AMR) Partnership has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 18 November 2025 and an information webinar is scheduled for 26 November 2025. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

IMOH advised that the call "Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non genetic diseases through variant validation and new technological approaches" under the European Rare Diseases Research Allian (ERDRA) Joint Translational program has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 10 December 2025 and an information webinar is scheduled for 16 December 2025. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

LOI deadlines to the ALSA Hoffman ALS Clinical Trials Awards (CTA) Program have been extended from the original 21 October (RGP) and 28 October (Agency) to 11 November (RGP) and 18 November 2025 (Agency). 

The original maximum amount which can be requested in proposals under the Weizmann-Knell Family Institute for Artificial Intelligence call for Acceleration Grants has been increased from $85K to $100K per year. 

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund is part of MIT Global Seed Funds (GSF). Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel. Interested scientists should look for an MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 16 December 2025. 

• MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund: Primarily supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in universities in Israel. This fund is open to MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with Israeli faculty. 
• MIT-Israel Broshy Medical and Healthcare Fund: Supports MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with researchers at all Israeli universities on medical and health related research. Priority will be given for research collaborations related to Brain and Cognitive Science research.

During the Tishrei holidays (Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be closed on the following dates:

• Wednesday-Thursday, 1-2 October 2025 (Yom Kippur)
• Sunday, 5 October 2025 (day off)
• Monday-Tuesday, 6-14 October 2025 (Sukkot and Simchat Torah collective WIS vacation; on Monday, 6 October, the RGP office will operate for a few hours only)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

The ERC 2026 Consolidator Grant (CoG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 13.01.2026.
The Consolidator Grant provides funding of up to €2M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the career stage in which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of their first eligible PhD was 7-12 years prior to 1.1.2026 (1.1.2014 to 31.12.2018).

This eligibility period can be extended for certain properly documented circumstances such as for maternity and paternity leaves, clinical training, long-term illness, disability, national service, major disaster, seeking asylum, gender-based violence or any other form of violence.

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be closed on the following dates:

• Monday-Wednesday, 22-24 September 2025 (Rosh HaShana)
• Wednesday-Thursday, 1-2 October 2025 (Yom Kippur)
• Sunday, 5 October 2025 (day off)
• Monday-Tuesday, 6-14 October 2025 (Sukkot and Simchat Torah collective WIS vacation; on Monday, 6 October, the RGP office will operate for a few hours only)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

As a reminder, on 1 May 2025 the NIH issued an Updated NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards, prohibiting foreign subawards from being nested under the parent grant. We are now happy to advise that the NIH recently published an update on its New Application Structure for NIH-Funded International Collaborations. According to this update, foreign collaborators (such as WIS PIs) will no longer be included as subawardees under a U.S. institution; instead, when NIH funding is requested for a foreign collaborator, the collaborator will appear as an ‘International Project component’ in the joint application submitted by the U.S. lead institution and, if funded, will receive a separate award directly from NIH. Each institution will be responsible for its own Just-in-Time process and its own financial and scientific reporting, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in their individual Notices of Award.

Please see the following link for further details: New Application Structure for NIH-Funded International Collaborations and contact Jennifer Wenick at the RGP for any further inquiries

Deadline to the BSF Regular and BSF Start-up calls has been updated from the original 12 November (RGP) and 19 November (Agency) to 26 November (RGP) and 3 December 2025 (Agency).

ISERD (Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate) is hosting a series of webinars on the Horizon Europe 2026 collaborative calls.

Each webinar will cover:

• A short introduction to the Horizon Europe funding program
• An overview of the Horizon Europe 2026 collaborative calls under the specific thematic area

The webinars will be given in Hebrew.
Webinar list and registration:

• Cancer Mission & Life Sciences – Sept 14, 11:00-12:00
• EIC Pathfinder (TRL 1–3) – Sept 15, 10:00-11:00
• Clean Mobility – Sept 16, 14:00-15:00
• Widening – Sept 17, 10:00-11:00
• ERA – Sept 17, 11:30-12:30
• Circular Economy & Bio-based Materials – Sept 17, 13:00-14:00
• Agriculture & Food Systems – Sept 17, 15:00-16:00
• Energy & Batteries – Sept 18, 11:00-12:00
• Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Society – Oct 21, 11:00-13:00

Please access the event list for further information and registration and for recordings from previous events on Construction & Industry, Oceans & Water and Opportunities in Biodiversity.
The 2026 draft Work Programmes are available here (please treat with confidentiality).

For further information and assistance please contact Dr. Alice Mett.

Deadlines to the WIS-MBZUAI joint call for proposals have been extended. These are the new deadlines: EOI: 21 September 2025; Invited full proposal: 28 September (RGP) and 12 October 2025 (Agency).

The BSF announced an increase in the budget for the Israeli PIs in NSF-BSF joint applications. BSF will raise the budget for experimental work from 330,000 NIS per year to 400,000 NIS per year and for theoretical/computer-based work from 270,000 NIS per year to 330,000 NIS per year. If more than one lab will be involved in the research they will able to request up to 150% of the budget. These sums are subject to the availability of funds. Note that the BSF website works only in US currency and that we set the maximum award money for experimental work to $114,000/year and for theoretical/computer-based work to $94,000/year (exchange rates are $1=3.5NIS).

For assistance with BSF-NSF applications please contact Tami Koren at the RGP (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

Crowdhelix

The Weizmann Institute is a member of Crowdhelix, an open innovation platform, that connects an international network of universities, research organizations, and companies to facilitate collaborative research projects.

The platform consists of technology clusters called "Helixes" that are organized around current global challenges and research topics.

How to use Crowdhelix:

• Register on the Crowdhelix platform and create your profile
• Post Horizon Europe call-related opportunities for collaboration
• Search for other collaboration suggestions from the community
• Receive automated recommendations for collaborations based on your expertise
• Connect with the most suitable prospective collaborators from the user community

Horizon Europe 2025 Matchmaking Platforms

The European Union has created dedicated webpages, including partner search tools, for each Cluster/Work Program (WP) under Horizon Europe. Researchers planning to participate in Pillar 2 calls, are strongly encouraged to register and create profiles on the related matchmaking platforms (marketplace, “long-term matchmaking platform”). This will enable you to search for potential partners and join consortia for collaborative research projects.

Missions: Horizon Europe Missions Brokerage Event 2025 
Cluster 1: Health
Cluster 2: Culture & Inclusive Society
Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society
Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space
Cluster 5: Climate, Energy & Mobility
Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources & Environment

For more information about EU collaborative funding opportunities and assistance with partner search, please contact Dr. Alice Mett, Scientific Collaboration Coordinator.

IMOS published a new call for regional R&D centers in the Arab community with a submission deadline on 11 September 2025. Please note that the submitting researcher must belong to one of two R&D centers in the Arab sector (the Regional R&D Center of the Galilee Association and the Regional R&D Center of the Triangle). Joint proposals, in cooperation with an additional institution that is not one of the two R&D centers, are allowed; direct submissions by WIS PIs are not allowed and can only be done if joining as a partner with a submitting researcher from the above centers. For any clarifications please contact Regina Krizhanovsky at the RGP (regina.krizhanovsky@weizmann.ac.il).

The ISF-SNSF program aims to encourage scientific research cooperation between Israeli and Swiss researchers and is designated to support basic research in all fields of knowledge. In the third round the SNSF will serve as the Lead Agency (i.e., the full joint proposal will be submitted and evaluated at the SNSF). In addition, the Israeli researchers will submit an administrative application via the ISF online system. Submission of the joint full proposal via the SNSF online system is due by 1 October 2025, at 17:00 (CET).

SNSF’s guidelines for the full application submissions may be found here. For the SNSF guidelines regarding cooperation with researchers from Israel please see here. The ISF clarified that the current guidelines in its website refer to the previous cycle and that the guidelines for administrative submission in the third cycle will be available on the ISF website upon activation of the submission portal in September. These will be updated in the relevant RGP webpage and circulated between WIS researchers when they become available. For any questions please contact Tami Koren at the RGP (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The ERC 2026 Synergy (SyG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 05/11/2025.

The ERC-SyG is designed to support a group of 2-4 Principal Investigators (PIs) to jointly address highly novel and ambitious research question/s that can only be answered by the synergised work of top scientists by bringing together their complementary skills, knowledge, methods and resources in unconventional ways. The PIs of any age and career stage The call is open to multiple country, single country and even single institution groups from EU Member States or Associated Countries. One of the Institutions may be established outside the EU or Associated Countries. The grant provides funding of up to €10M for a period of 6 years.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

The BSF advised that the next cycle for the Regular and Startup Grants applications will open for submissions on 1 September 2025 and close on 19 November 2025. For this year's cycle proposals are invited in the following research areas:

• Life Sciences
• Medical Sciences
• Bioengineering
• Psychobiology

The relevant RGP webpages will be updated accordingly as soon as the full guidelines are available and calls included in the RGP bulletin. For further information please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

Ethics@WIS

We would like to remind all Institute personnel that the Weizmann Institute of Science places prime importance on the ability to create and maintain an environment that encourages the highest standards of excellence, ethics and integrity, and compliance with the requirements of research sponsors and national and international legislation.

The Institute has an established Code of Ethical Conduct in view of maintaining and promoting the Institute's reputation for ethics and integrity. The activities and behavior of all Institute employees, trainees and guests (including administrative and scientific divisions and faculties), should be guided by the statement of principles put forward therein.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The ERC 2026 Starting Grant (StG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 14.10.2025. The Starting Grant provides funding of up to €1.5M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the stage of starting their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD was 2-7 years prior to 1.1.2026 (1.1.2019 to 31.12.2023).

This eligibility period can be extended for certain properly documented circumstances such as for maternity and paternity leaves, clinical training, long-term illness, disability, national service, major disaster, seeking asylum, gender-based violence or any other form of violence.

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal, taking place on Monday, 21 July 2025, at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop will be led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support and will include:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made in the last couple of years, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

The lecturers will also discuss the new changes introduced to the 2026 call, in the structure and focus of parts B1 and B2 and in the evaluation criteria.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

Deadline to the WIS - MICC Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Grant Program has been extended from the original 15 July to 14 August 2025 (to the RGP).

Joint Full proposal submission to the Weizmann - Schneider Children's Medical Center (WISH) call for proposals deadline has been extended from the original 31 July to 31 August 2025.

Weizmann’s upcoming online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal, has been rescheduled to Monday, 21 July 2025 at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop will be led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support and will include:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made in the last couple of years, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

As everyone is well aware, these are not easy days. The RGP keeps operating remotely and its staff is available as before, during office hours.
See RGP contact list here: (https://www.weizmann.ac.il/RGP/content/contact-information).

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal, taking place on Monday, 23 June 2025, at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop will be led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support and will include:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made in the last couple of years, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The ERC 2026 Starting (StG) Grant provides up to €1.5M for a period of 5 years to researchers within 2-7 years after receiving their PhD. For the 2026 call, eligible researchers are those whose first PhD* or equivalent is between 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2023 (inclusive).
The call is scheduled to open in July and has a tentative deadline of 14 October 2025.

The ERC 2026 Consolidator (CoG) Grant provides up to €2M for a period of 5 years to researchers within 7-12 years after receiving their PhD. For the 2026 call, eligible researchers are those whose first PhD* or equivalent is between 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2018 (inclusive) .
The call is scheduled to open in September and has a tentative deadline of 13 January 2026.

* Eligible PHD date- Since 2023, the date of the first PhD considered for the calculation of the eligibility period is the date of the successful defence of the PhD degree. PIs who intend to submit a Starting or Consolidator proposal should contact us to verify their eligibility according to the new rule.

Deadline to the Minerva Workshop or Group Visit call for proposals has been extended from the original 15 June to 13 July 2025 (to the RGP).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Additional extensions to eligibility window from the 2026 Work Programme

• Applicants who have been victims of gender-based violence or any other kind of violence will be able to obtain an extension of the period following their PhD that allows them to apply for Starting and Consolidator Grants.
• An explicit reference to parental leave will be added to the grounds for extension of the eligibility period alongside maternity and paternity leave.

Expanded eligibility windows from the 2027 Work Programme
From 2027, the ERC will significantly expand the eligibility window for applying to the Starting and Consolidator grants:

• Starting Grants: researchers will be eligible immediately after their successful PhD defense date and for up to 10 years (currently 2-7 years)
• Consolidator Grants: researchers will be eligible 5-15 years after their successful PhD defense date (currently 7-12 years

No information is currently available on how the eligibility windows will be calculated.
Important: Researchers will be awarded no more than one Starting Grant and one Consolidator Grant during their career.

Researchers are welcome to contact the EU Desk to discuss these changes and how they might affect them.

An ISERD webinar on the EIC Transition Program will take place on Sunday, 8 June 2025 at 11:00 AM.
The program is aimed at previous Horizon winners (including consortia, ERC PoC, EIC Pathfinder) and offers funding of €2.5 million to advance the technology developed in the prior project.
It is open for submission either individually or as part of a partner consortium, and proposals can be submitted in any scientific/technological field with an upcoming submission deadline of 17 September 2025.
In the webinar we will present the program, answer questions, and provide tips for getting started.
For more details and registration see here: https://innovationisrael.org.il/iserd/event/eic-transition-2025-call-turn-your-previous-horizon-success-into-e2-5m-funding/
For questions about the program, please contact the RGP’s EU Desk: EU.Desk@weizmann.ac.il

Weizmann researchers are invited to participate in an online webinar on the ‘Basics of ERC Synergy Grant Preparation’ on Wednesday 11 June 2025, at 12:00-13:30 Israel time. The webinar is being held by Crowdhelix, a global collaboration platform for participating in funding opportunities of mutual interest and in which Weizmann Institute is a member. Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.
See further details and register here.

The ERC Synergy (SyG) is designed to support a group of 2-4 Principal Investigators (PIs) and their teams to jointly address highly novel and ambitious research question/s that can only be answered by the synergistic work of top scientists by bringing together their complementary skills, knowledge, methods and resources in unconventional ways. The grant provides funding of up to €10M for a period of 6 years. The 2026 ERC Synergy Grant call is expected to open in July, with a tentative deadline of 5/11/2025.

The ERC 2025 Advanced (AdG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 28.08.2025.

The ERC Advanced Grant is designed to support independent researchers with a track-record of significant research achievements. This grant will provide up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the following programs: The Melanoma Research Program (MRP); and the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The European Commission has published the final Work Programmes covering Horizon Europe collaborative calls for 2025.

Access the Work Programmes here:

• Cluster 1: Health
• Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
• Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society
• Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space
• Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility
• Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
• Research Infrastructures
• EU Missions
• Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area

Horizon Europe collaborative calls are designed to foster international research cooperation across multiple domains. Most calls require participation from at least three institutions from three different EU Member States and/or Associated Countries. The first submission deadlines are in September 2025 and the RGP website will be updated shortly with detailed information and direct links to the submission system for all open calls.

Available RGP support: researchers are invited to contact our Scientific Collaboration Coordinator for EU collaborative calls, Dr. Alice Mett (alice.mett@weizmann.ac.il, ext. 4007) for assistance in identifying opportunities aligned with their research.

We would like to bring to your attention the opportunity for past and present ERC grant recipients to join the Association of ERC Grantees (AERG). The AERG serves as a platform for promoting excellence-based frontier science funding, advocating the key role of fundamental research at a European level, and creating opportunities for networking, collaboration and influence. The participation of Israeli ERC grantees would be beneficial for our national scientific community. To learn more and register, please visit: https://aerg.eu/membership

Deadline to the Weizmann – Joint Centers Call on the Human Phenotype Project Research Grant has been extended from the original 11 to 27 May 2025 (to the RGP).

Deadline submission to the IMOS-Taiwan call for proposals has been extended from the original 28 April (RGP) and 5 May (Agency) to 18 May (RGP) and 22 May 2025 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the following programs: The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP); the Military Burn Research Program (MBRP); and the Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal, taking place on Monday, 23 June 2025, at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop will be led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support and will include:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made in the last couple of years, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The ERC 2026 Starting (StG) Grant provides up to €1.5M for a period of 5 years to researchers within 2-7 years after receiving their PhD. For the 2026 call, eligible researchers are those whose first PhD* or equivalent is between 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2023 (inclusive).
The call is scheduled to open in July and has a tentative deadline of 14 October 2025.

The ERC 2026 Consolidator (CoG) Grant provides up to €2M for a period of 5 years to researchers within 7-12 years after receiving their PhD. For the 2026 call, eligible researchers are those whose first PhD* or equivalent is between 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2018 (inclusive) .
The call is scheduled to open in September and has a tentative deadline of 13 January 2026.

* Eligible PHD date- Since 2023, the date of the first PhD considered for the calculation of the eligibility period is the date of the successful defence of the PhD degree. PIs who intend to submit a Starting or Consolidator proposal should contact us to verify their eligibility according to the new rule.

ISERD, the Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate, is holding a series of webinars on Horizon Europe collaborative funding opportunities in the life sciences domain, scheduled for next week, May 4-8, 2025. Each webinar will focus on a different thematic area: Smart Mobility, Biodiversity, Health, Agriculture and Oceans & Water, and will provide information on the upcoming calls for 2025. See here for further information and registration.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the following programs: Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) and the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the IMOS - Italy Call for Proposals has been extended from the original 9 April (RGP) and 23 April (Agency) to 30 April (RGP) and 7 May 2025 (Agency). 

Under the canSERV Open Call researchers are welcome to apply to a portfolio of services offered by canSERV to address the research needs of the entire oncology developmental pipeline. Funded access to structural biology is available for researchers worldwide, for projects with a cancer-related topic.

The Call is planned to remain open until 15 July 2025, 2pm CET; application is available here.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the following programs: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP); Military Burn Research Program (MBRP); Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP); Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP); and Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the following programs: Alzheimer’s Research Program (AZRP); Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP); Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP); Melanoma Research Program (MRP); Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) and Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP). These will be available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

All BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines) are available in a single RGP webpage.

BSF-NSF programs with set deadlines are published by the RGP approximately two months in advance of specific deadlines.

For both categories of programs (with/without deadline) BSF information is available here, according to program.

During the Passover Holiday (including Hol HaMo'ed) and due to WIS organized vacation, the RGP will be closed. If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance. Please note that the Projects Branch in the Finance Division will be also closed throughout Passover, and that researchers will not be able to have their budgets approved during that time.

During the Passover Holiday (including Hol HaMo'ed) and due to WIS organized vacation, the RGP will be closed. If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance. Please note that the Projects Branch in the Finance Division will be also closed throughout Passover, and that researchers will not be able to have their budgets approved during that time.

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Advanced Grant proposal, taking place on Monday, May 5th, 2025, at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 and 2025 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The agency’s submission deadline for the ERC-2025-AdG call is 28 August 2025.

Deadline to the WIS-Staff Scientists Call for Proposals has been extended from the original 1 April to 4 May 2025 (to the RGP).

Deadline to KKL Pilot-Accompanied Research Grants call for proposals has been extended from the original 12 March (RGP) and 20 March (Agency) to 26 March (RGP) and 3 April 2025 (Agency).

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Advanced Grant proposal, taking place on Monday, May 5th, 2025, at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 and 2025 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The agency’s submission deadline for the ERC-2025-AdG call is 28 August 2025.

Deadline to VATAT Infrastructures Program - Track for Dedicated Support for Joining International Infrastructures has been extended from the original 12 March (GRP) and 20 March (Agency) to 30 March (RGP) and 6 April 2025 (Agency).

Due to Shushan Purim and a two-day divisional retreat, the RGP Office will be closed between Sunday 16 March and Tuesday 18 March 2025. It will resume operation on Wednesday 19 March 2025.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on these days, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

Due to Shushan Purim and a two-day departmental retreat, the RGP Office will be closed between Sunday, 16 March and Tuesday, 18 March 2025. We will resume operation on Wednesday 19 March 2025.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on these days, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

Deadline to the IOCDF Innovator Award call has been extended from the original 19 February (RGP) and 28 February (Agency) to 12 March (RGP) and 21 March 2025 (Agency).

The European Innovation Council (EIC) will hold an info day about the EIC Pathfinder Challenges on Friday, 4 April 2025. It consists of a plenary session explaining the specific characteristics of EIC Pathfinder Challenge calls, and parallel sessions by the EIC Programme Managers. All parts of the info day will be livestreamed and recorded. To view the agenda, participate in the event or access the recordings afterwords, see the event page.

The EIC Pathfinder Challenges support early-stage development of future technologies within predefined thematic areas, with the aim of achieving specific objectives for each Challenge. It provides up to 4 million euros for 2-5 years, to single applicants or consortia of two or more applicants (subject to the specific conditions of each Challenge).

The Challenges for 2025 are listed below along with references to the relevant pages of the EIC 2025 Work Programme, detailing their scope and objectives:

• Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing (pp. 34-37)
• Generative-AI based Agents to Revolutionize Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer (pp. 37-41)
• Towards autonomous robot collectives delivering collaborative tasks in dynamic unstructured construction environments (pp. 41-46)
• Waste-to-value devices: Circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials (pp. 46-50)

The agency deadline for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025 call is 29 October 2025.

PIs planning to submit proposals to calls under the various Horizon Europe 2025 work programs, please be aware of the EU's new restriction concerning cybersecurity of European 5G communication networks which applies to grants starting in 2025 and after:

If you're planning to apply for EU grants under the Horizon Europe program, you should know about the EU's new restriction concerning cybersecurity of European 5G communication networks.
What this means in simple terms:

• Some companies are considered "high-risk suppliers" for 5G equipment.
• These companies cannot participate in Horizon Europe projects, not as Beneficiaries, or Affiliated Entities, or Associated Partners.
• Currently, Huawei and ZTE are labeled as high-risk suppliers.
• This includes any companies owned or controlled by them.

Important point: Do not include these companies in any EU project you're part of. The list of high-risk suppliers may change over time.
What these terms mean:

• ”Beneficiaries” = partners.
• ”Affiliated Entities” = entities with a (usually legal or capital) link to a beneficiary and which implement parts of the action and are allowed to charge costs directly to the grant.
• ”Associated Partners” = entities that implement action tasks, but without receiving EU funding.

For questions, please contact Aviva Goldstein at the RGP Office.

GIF advised that deadline for submitting the pre-proposals under its Nexus Solo track and Collaborative track has been extended from the original 22 January (RGP) and 1 February (Agency) to 24 March (RGP) and 31 March 2025 (Agency).

Full proposal deadline to the Pazy Foundation calls (Research Grants; Research Grants for Young Researchers and Equipment Grants) for those invited to submit has been extended from the original 9 February (RGP) and 16 February (Agency) and is now 23 February (RGP) and 2 March 2025 (Agency). 

Please note that the Weizmann - Tom and Mary Beck Center for Advanced and Intelligent Materials (C-AIM) call has changed: There is NO NEED for collaboration in this program. 

IMOS updated the National Track Research Grants call so that in the pre-proposals evaluation stage the extra 10 points will be given not only to PIs who served in the reserves during the "Iron Swords" war for 100 days or more, but also in case their partners served in reserves. Please note that eligibility under these criteria will be subject to the submission of relevant documents with the pre-proposal, as detailed in the submission guidelines.  

Researcher are invited to participated in a webinar organized by ISERD - the Israel-Europe R&D Directorate, Israel's National contact point for participation in the European Framework programs and will be held on Wednesday 29 January 2025 between 10:00-11:00 via Zoom. The webinar will present the Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder funding scheme and the 2025 calls. To participate in the webinar, register on the event page.

The EIC Pathfinder supports early-stage development of future technologies (TRLs 1-4), based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research. The EIC Pathfinder has two type yearly calls an ‘Open’ call and a ‘Challenges’ call.

The EIC Pathfinder Open is open to collaborative projects in any field of science, technology or application without predefined thematic priorities (‘bottom-up’) and will provide 3 million euros per project with a duration of 2-5 years.
Proposals may be submitted by consortia of three or more independent legal entities with a minimum requirement for at least one legal entity established in a Member State, and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in a different Member State or Associated Country.
The agency deadline for the EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 call is 21 May 2025.

The EIC Pathfinder Challenges supports coherent portfolios of projects within predefined thematic areas with the aim of achieving specific objectives for each Challenge and will provide 4 million euros per project with a duration of 2-5 years.
The Challenges for 2025 are:

• Solar-to-X devices for the decentralized prosumption of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials as climate change mitigation pathway
• Towards cement and concrete as a carbon sink
• Nature inspired alternatives for food packaging and films for agriculture
• Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of EU space infrastructure

Proposals may be submitted by any of the following:

• Single legal entities established in a Member State or an Associated Country (excluding mid-caps and larger companies);
• Consortia of two independent legal entities from two different Member States or Associated Countries;
• Consortia of three or more independent legal entities. There is a minimum requirement for at least one legal entity established in a Member State, and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in a different Member State or Associated Country.

The agency deadline for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025 call is 29 October 2025.

WIS Staff Scientists are welcome to attend an overview of the Research Grants & Projects (RGP) Office activities and introduction to grant opportunities, planned to take place on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 between 11:00 and 12:30 at the Zacks Hall (Stone Building).

In the meeting will be presented, among other issues, RGP structure and activities, overview of grant opportunities, the RGP website and its various parts and functions, means of searching for funding opportunities, as well as filtering options for Tosafot Mechkar and potential collaborations.

Schedule:

• 10:40: Coffee and refreshments
• 11:00-11:15: Prof. Ziv Reich (Vice President) – opening remarks
  Dr. Doron Amit (Head of RGP) – overview of RGP activities
• 11:15-12:00: Dr. Danna Piroyansky (Research Information Officer, RGP) – RGP website and bulletin presentation
• 12:00-12:30: Q&A

In order to prepare, staff scientists wishing to participate in the meeting are asked to register (via email to vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il) by 7 January 2025.  

Deadline to VATAT's Moonshot Research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centers ("Mokdey Mechkar") call has been extended from the original 22 January (RGP) and 30 January (Agency) to 23 February (RGP) and 2 March 2025 (Agency).

WIS Staff Scientists are welcome to attend an overview of the Research Grants & Projects (RGP) Office activities and introduction to grant opportunities, planned to take place on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 between 11:00 and 12:30 at the Zacks Hall (Stone Building).

In the meeting will be presented, among other issues, RGP structure and activities, overview of grant opportunities, the RGP website and its various parts and functions, means of searching for funding opportunities, as well as filtering options for Tosafot Mechkar and potential collaborations.

Schedule:

• 10:40: Coffee and refreshments
• 11:00-11:15: Prof. Ziv Reich (Vice President) – opening remarks
  Dr. Doron Amit (Head of RGP) – overview of RGP activities
• 11:15-12:00: Dr. Danna Piroyansky (Research Information Officer, RGP) – RGP website and bulletin presentation
• 12:00-12:30: Q&A

In order to prepare, staff scientists wishing to participate in the meeting are asked to register (via email to vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il) by 7 January 2025.  

LOI deadline to the Hecht Foundation Medical Research and Practices Research Grants call has been extended FOR A SECOND TIME to 25 December 2024 (to the RGP). In addition, the amount offered by the agency has changed and applicants may request lower funding levels of those indicated before: $2M to $2.5M per project.

ISERD, the Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate, invites researchers to participate in an informative webinar on December 29, 2024, at 11:00-12:00 about the upcoming Israeli Delegation to Cyprus.

The delegation, scheduled for February 25–26, 2025, aims to foster collaborations between Israeli and Cypriot researchers, industries, and academics for joint submissions to Horizon Europe calls in the fields of Energy-Cluster 5 (Destination: sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply) and Civil Security-Cluster 3 (Destinations: resilient infrastructure, disaster-resilient society for Europe, increased cybersecurity).

See here for additional information and registration.

AgroServ enables researchers from academia and industry and all practitioners who are interested in doing research in agroecology to access installations and services across Europe, with a Catalogue of services provided by the 11 Research Infrastructures within AgroServ. Deadline has been extended from the original 15 January 2025 to 26 March 2025 at 16:00 (CET). Additional information is available here. 

Deadline to the WIS-Faivovich call has been extended from the original 15 December 2024 to 9 January 2025 (RGP).

LOI deadline to three FARA programs (Bronya J. Keats Award; Keith Michael Andrus Cardiac Research Award; and Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award) has been extended from the original 27 October (RGP) and 1 November 2024 (Agency) to 9 February (RGP) and 15 February 2025 (Agency). In addition, budgets amount have changed.

IMOH advised that the call "Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Pain" under the NEURON ERA-Net has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 7 January 2025. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) and the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) invite Israeli researchers from industry and academia to learn about The Trillion Parameters Consortium (TPC) model and explore its research collaboration opportunities. A webinar will take place on 10 December 2024 at 16:00 (Israel Time). See here for additional information and registration.

Please note: The Israel Innovation Authority is not a partner of TPC and is only bringing up this collaboration opportunity as part of its strategy to introduce development opportunities to the Israeli ecosystem.

Pre-proposal deadline to the Pazy Foundation calls (Research Grants; Research Grants for Young Researchers and Equipment Grants) has been extended for a second time and is now 19 December (RGP) and 26 December 2024 (Agency). Full proposal submission remain as before and is only for those invited to submit. 

LOI deadline to the Medical Research and Practices Research Grants of the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation has been extended from the original 28 November to 10 December 2024 (to the RGP).

Bina is launching a new program for drug discovery that aims to identify scientific breakthroughs in biological processes, disease mechanisms and potential drug targets that can serve as the basis for the development of new drugs and therapies. All projects will be mentored and supervised by Bina’s teams and professional advisors. Pre-proposal deadline is 12 December 2024. See here for the call and submission to it.

Pre-proposal deadline to the Pazy Foundation calls (Research Grants; Research Grants for Young Researchers and Equipment Grants) has been extended from the original 14 November (RGP) and 21 November (Agency) to 12 December (RGP) and 19 December 2024 (Agency). Full proposal submission remain as before and is only for those invited to submit. 

ISERD, in collaboration with IUCC and research authorities, invites researchers to a dedicated webinar on 27 November 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30 to explore the EuroHPC program’s supercomputing resources. Discover how to leverage this powerful infrastructure to accelerate your research in Europe. Additional information and registration are available here.

Deadline to the FRA-WIS-CNIO Joint Call has been extended from the original 14 November to 4 December 2024 (to the RGP).

AgroServ enables researchers from academia and industry and all practitioners who are interested in doing research in agroecology to access installations and services across Europe, with a Catalogue of services provided by the 11 Research Infrastructures within AgroServ. Deadline is 15 January 2025 at 16:00 (CET). Additional information is available here.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2025 in the PRARP and BCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the IMOS-Hungary call for proposal has been extended from the original 15 October (RGP) and 30 October (Agency) to 13 November (RGP) and 20 November 2024 (Agency).

Deadline to the British Council Wohl Clean Growth Alliance Grants call for proposals has been extended (for a second time) from the original 8 September (RGP and 16 September (Agency) to 6 November (RGP) and 15 November 2024 (Agency).

Pre-proposal deadline to the Taejae - Weizmann Collaborative Joint Research Project (TWCJRP) call for proposals has been extended from the original 9 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 (RGP).

All BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines) are available in a single RGP webpage.

BSF-NSF programs with set deadlines are published by the RGP approximately two months in advance of specific deadlines.

For both categories of programs (with/without deadline) BSF information is available here, according to program.

PIs who had registered to the ISF submission portal are advised that the Agency is considering allowing proposal submission postponement for PIs who are unable to adhere to the deadline due to current circumstances (for example: PIs who are on active duty/reserves service, unusual family or medical circumstances, etc.).

Those whose circumstances are within the above categories are asked to reach out to Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il; Tel: 2086) and advise re the following:

• Reason why you can’t adhere to the current deadline
• Expected date that you will be able to submit the application
• Any further notes/remarks you would like the agency to be aware of

For any additional information or assistance on this matter please contact Tami Koren directly.

The MIT-Kalaniyot program, created in the aftermath of October 7th by Jewish faculty at MIT, is accepting applications from faculty in Israel to spend their sabbatical at MIT. MIT-Kalaniyot welcomes applications from all faculty and researchers who hold sabbatical-eligible academic or research appointments at Israeli research institutions. Additional information is available here, with application deadline on 15 December 2024.

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund is part of MIT Global Seed Funds. Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel. Interested scientists should look for MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 10 December 2024. 

• MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund: Primarily supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in universities in Israel. This fund is open to MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with Israeli faculty. 
• MIT-Israel Broshy Medical and Healthcare Fund: Supports MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with researchers at all Israeli universities on medical and health related research.  Priority will be given for research collaborations related to Brain and Cognitive Science research.

During the Tishrei holidays (Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be closed on the following dates:

• Thursday-Thursday, 16-24 October 2024 (collective WIS vacation)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

The ERC 2025 Consolidator Grant (CoG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 14.01.2025. The Consolidator Grant provides funding of up to €2M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the stage of starting their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD was 7-12 years prior to 1.1.2025 (1.1.2013 to 31.12.2017).

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be closed on the following dates:

• Wednesday-Thursday, 2-3 October 2024
• Thursday-Thursday, 16-24 October 2024 (collective WIS vacation)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be closed on the following dates:

• Wednesday-Thursday, 2-3 October 2024
• Thursday-Thursday, 16-24 October 2024 (collective WIS vacation)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Thursday, 19 September 2024.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

Deadline to the British Council Wohl Clean Growth Alliance Grants call for proposals has been extended from the original 8 September (RGP and 16 September (Agency) to 23 September (RGP) and 30 September 2024 (Agency).

Under the canSERV Open Call researchers are welcome to apply to a portfolio of services offered by canSERV to address the research needs of the entire oncology developmental pipeline. Funded access to structural biology is available for researchers worldwide, for projects with a cancer-related topic.

The Call is planned to remain open until 28 November 2024, 2pm CET; application is available here.

The Foundational Research in Robotics Program has been added to the list of BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines). These are available in a single RGP webpage. This particular program supports research on robotic systems that exhibit significant levels of both computational capability and physical complexity.

BSF information on this and other BSF-NSF programs is available here.

The ISF invites researchers to meetings on the agency's evaluation process. The meetings will be led by a scientific director from the ISF, and in them will be explained the evaluation process in the individual research grant track. Note that the meetings will not deal with submission guidelines and rules.

Interested researchers are requested to register at the relevant link below. Links to the meetings will be sent near their time.

• Life Sciences and Medicine: 16.9.24 at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom. Register here.
• Exact sciences and technology: 17.9.24 at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom. Register here.
• Social Sciences: 19.9.24 at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom. Register here.
• Humanities: 8.10.24 at 10:00 a.m. in the Albert Einstein Square Auditorium, Jerusalem. Register here.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the GBMRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The ISF advised that the inclusion of its Breakthrough Research Grants ("MAPATZ") Program in the upcoming submission cycle (November 2024) is not guaranteed, as it currently awaits VATAT'S confirmation and budget allocation.

Upon receiving further information from the agency, details will be circulated via the relevant RGP webpages and included in the RGP bulletin. For further information please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The BSF advised that, in order to refrain from colliding with this year's ISF deadline, the BSF's next application cycle will close on 4 December 2024 (instead of 20 November 2024 as initially advised). 

The relevant RGP webpages will be updated accordingly as soon as the full guidelines are available and calls included in the RGP bulletin. For further information please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The BSF advised that the next cycle for the Regular and Startup Grants applications will open for submissions on 1 September 2024 and close on 20 November 2024. For this year's cycle proposals are invited in the following research areas:

• Chemistry
• Computer Sciences
• Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• Economics
• Energy Research
• Environmental Research (Air, Water and/or Soil)
• Materials Research
• Mathematical Sciences
• Physics
• Sociology
• Psychology (excluding Psychobiology)

The relevant RGP webpages will be updated accordingly as soon as the full guidelines are available and calls included in the RGP bulletin. For further information please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The ISF advised that in light of the ongoing situation and uncertainty, it wishes to update potential applicants of the upcoming cycle's expected submission deadlines ahead of time. As a reminder, starting from this cycle, a researcher will be able to submit only one application for only one of ISF's research tracks available in that cycle.

For this year's cycle proposals will be invited in the following programs:

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - ISF Joint Program: Registration 14/10/24; Submission 12/11/24
• Individual Research Grants: Registration: 5/11/24; Submission: 19/11/24
• Breakthrough Research Grants ("MAPATZ"): Registration: 5/11/24; Submission: 19/11/24
• Biomedical Research Grants ("MAVRI"): Registration: 5/11/24; Submission: 19/11/24
• Quantum Science and Technology: Registration: 5/11/24; Submission: 19/11/24
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - ISF Joint Research Program: Registration: 5/11/24; Submission: 19/11/24
• China National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) - ISF Joint Research Program: Registration and Submission deadlines TBD (for joint research in the following areas: Plant sciences and Agriculture, Animal science, Ecology, Marine biology)
• Research Workshops: Registration: 26/11/24; Submission: 10/12/24
• Equipment for New Faculty Grants: Registration: 26/11/24; Submission: 10/12/24
• Mid-Career Researcher Equipment Grants: Registration: 26/11/24; Submission: 10/12/24

In addition, there is a possibility of opening an ISF-Canada program; when ISF has further details these will be circulated.

The relevant RGP webpages will be updated accordingly as soon as the full guidelines are available and calls included in the RGP bulletin. For further information please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il)

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the ATRP and DMRDP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

General Information:
The ISF is launching a new scientific cooperation research grants funding program between Israel and Germany for basic research in all fields of knowledge.
The funding program is activated according to the "Lead Agency” model, according to which submission of joint research proposals and the evaluation process are carried out alternately by one of the foundations. The DFG will serve as the Lead Agency in this first submission round, therefore the full joint proposal will need to be submitted by the German PI and will be evaluated at the DFG. In addition, the Israeli researchers will have to submit an administrative application via the ISF online system.
The amount of funding is yet to be specified, however please note that the average ISF Personal Research Grant is approx. 235,000 NIS per year.

Registration and Submission Deadlines:
Registration:
German PIs must register to the "elan" submission system by 23 October 2024
Israeli PIs must register to the ISF submission portal by 14 October 2024 at 13:00 (Israel time).
Submission:
German PIs must submit the joint application to DFG via the "elan" submission system by 30 October 2024.
Israeli PIs must finalize the administrative submission using the ISF portal by 12 November 2024 at 13:00 (Israel time).
DFG guidelines are available here.
ISF preliminary guidelines for administrative submission are available here. Full and formal guidelines (with mode of application and eligibility criteria, which might collide with active ISF programs/grants) for the ISF administrative submission will be available via the RGP bulletin and website once the ISF online system opens for submissions by mid-September. Kindly note that this year ISF will limit each PI to only one submission per cycle.

For additional information please contact Tami Koren at tami@weizmann.ac.il.

We would like to remind all Institute personnel that the Weizmann Institute of Science places prime importance on the ability to create and maintain an environment that encourages the highest standards of excellence, ethics and integrity, and compliance with the requirements of research sponsors and national and international legislation.

The Institute has an established Ethical Code in view of maintaining and promoting the Institute's reputation for ethics and integrity. The activities and behavior of all Institute employees, trainees and guests (including administrative and scientific divisions and faculties), should be guided by the statement of principles put forward therein. See here for WIS Regulations and Compliance at a Glance webpage.

Deadline for Phase 1 submission to the Bezos Earth Fund AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge has been extended from the original 23 July (RGP) and 30 July (Agency) to 6 August (RGP) and 13 August 2024 (Agency).

The ERC 2025 Synergy (SyG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 06/11/2024.

The ERC-SyG is designed to support a group of 2-4 Principal Investigators (PIs) to jointly address highly novel and ambitious research question/s that can only be answered by the synergised work of top scientists by bringing together their complementary skills, knowledge, methods and resources in unconventional ways. The PIs of any age and career stage The call is open to multiple country, single country and even single institution groups from EU Member States or Associated Countries. One of the Institutions may be established outside the EU or Associated Countries. The grant provides funding of up to €10M for a period of 6 years.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

The ERC 2025 Starting Grant (StG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 15.10.2024. The Starting Grant provides funding of up to €1.5M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the stage of starting their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD was 2-7 years prior to 1.1.2025 (1.1.2018 to 31.12.2022).

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Deadline to the IMOS Data-Based Collaboration Between Academia and Ministries or Local Authorities Call has been extended from the original 10 July (RGP) and 17 July (Agency) to 24 July (RGP) and 31 July 2024 (Agency).

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal taking place on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at 09:00-12:30. The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The ERC 2025 Work Programme, including the final deadline, will be published later this month.
The tentative submission deadlines are:
ERC-2025-StG call - 15 October 2024
ERC-2025-CoG call - 14 January 2025

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the RTRP, KCRP and NFRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

AgroServ enables researchers from academia and industry and all practitioners who are interested in doing research in agroecology to access installations and services across Europe, with a Catalogue of services provided by the 11 Research Infrastructures within AgroServ. Deadline is 30 September 2024 at 16:00 (CET). Additional information is available here.

Deadline to IMOS Smart Transport Call has been extended from the original 3 July (RGP) and 10 July (Agency) to 10 July (RGP) and 17 July 2024 (Agency).

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant proposal taking place on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at 09:00-12:30. The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU-Desk.

The ERC 2025 Work Programme, including the final deadline, will be published later this month.
The tentative submission deadlines are:
ERC-2025-StG call - 15 October 2024
ERC-2025-CoG call - 14 January 2025

ISERD, the Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate will hold an ERC Proof of Concept info session on July 9th between 11:00-12:00. The session will host the ERC- Proof of Concept call coordinator Dr. Line Fredslund Volkers.

Click here to register.

The second and final submission deadline of the ERC-2024-PoC call is 17.09.2024.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the TERP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the IMOS Studies Based on Medical Databases (According to the International Standard for Medical Research OMOP on the Kinneret Platform) call has been extended from the original 26 June (RGP) and 3 July (Agency) to 10 July (RGP) and 17 July 2024 (Agency).

Deadline to VATAT Sustainability calls for proposals (except for the Omics Lab call) has been extended from the original 8 July (RGP) and 15 July (Agency) to 24 July (RGP) and 31 July 2024 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the BMFRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the BCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the Minerva Workshop or Group Visit call for proposals has been extended from the original 16 June to 14 July 2024 (to the RGP).

The MICC would like to remind researchers of two prizes offered by the center: The MICC Prizes for Outstanding Staff Scientists and the Call for nomination of PhD students for excellence in cancer research. Information on these calls is available below. Note that application to both calls is NOT administered by the RGP. Please contact Sigal from the MICC (sigal.laor-shoham@weizmann.ac.il) for any inquiries regarding these calls.

MICC Prizes for Outstanding Staff Scientists 2024:
You are invited to nominate excellent Staff Scientists for the MICC Prizes for Outstanding Staff Scientists. The prizes recognize excellent performance in the research groups working in cancer research.
The nominee must have already served as a Staff Scientist at the Institute for at least three years but no more than 10 years.
3 prizes will be allocated. The sum of each prize is $3000.
The nomination material should be submitted in English as a single PDF file named LastName_FirstName_MICCPrize.pdf, including (in the order detailed hereunder):
1. Nominator’s letter of recommendation: Include one or two lines in English stating which research/work the staff scientist is being nominated for. If the research/work was carried out in collaboration with other scientists, specify the nominee’s contribution with respect to both the initiation of the idea and execution of the work.
2. Nominee’s CV + List of Publications.
3. Two additional letters of recommendation from scientists supporting the nomination (letters of recommendation from scientists outside the Institute are preferred).
4. A brief personal statement of the Staff Scientist (up to one page): All material detailed above must be submitted directly to Sigal sigal.laor-shoham@weizmann.ac.il by July 25, 2024.

Call for nomination of PhD students for the Vivian Levmore Tannor and Steven David Esses memorial prize for excellence in cancer research:
This is a call for nomination for prizes for excellence in cancer research in memory of Vivian Levmore Tannor and Steven David Esses.
The Moross Integrated Cancer Center will award 4 prizes to PhD students actively involved in cancer research as their main area of research. Each prize will be at the amount of 1, 000$.
You are invited to nominate one student from your research group (no more than one per group, please) as a candidate for this prize. To nominate your student, please send a recommendation letter to Sigal Laor-Shoham sigal.laor-shoham@weizmann.ac.il. Please include also the CV and a list of publications of the student.
Deadline for submission is June 20th, 2024

Interested to go to a Max Planck Institute for one to 12 weeks? Doctoral and post-doctoral candidates as well as PIs of all caliber are warmly invited! No bureaucracy involved: quick approval for immediate travel. Travel and lodging costs fully covered by MPG.

Please contact Dr. Lou Bohlen at lou.bohlen@gv.mpg.de. This program is valid for two years.

The BSF announced an increase in the budget for the Israeli PIs in NSF-BSF joint applications. BSF will raise the budget for experimental work from 275,000 NIS per year to 330,000 NIS per year and for theoretical/computer-based work from 205,000 NIS per year to 270,000 NIS per year. More than one lab will be able to request up to 150% of the budget. Note that the BSF website works in US currency only and therefore the maximum award money for experimental work increased to 95K/year and for theoretical/computer-based work to 75K/year.

Further to RGP inquiry, BSF advised that the increased funding will be relevant to new applications and also, most likely, to pending applications awaiting formal notification. Any pending applications for which the agency will issue a new award letter will have the updated sum indicated. For assistance with BSF-NSF applications please contact Tami Koren at the RGP (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The ERC 2024 Advanced (AdG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 29.08.2024.

The ERC Advanced Grant is designed to support independent researchers with a track-record of significant research achievements. This grant will provide up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Deadline to the Weizmann-Shimon and Golde Picker Annual Grant call for proposals has been extended from the original 6 June to 30 June 2024 (to the RGP).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the LRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the TBIPHRP and the VRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the MRP, DMDRP, PRORP and the PCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Monday, 20 May 2024.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

Deadline to the pre-proposal application of the BARD, USDA-NIFA and IMOS - Nutritional Security Program has been extended (for a second time) to the 15 May (RGP) and 22 May 2024. 

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Advanced Grant proposal taking place on Monday, 27 May 2024 at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU desk.
The agency submission deadline for the ERC-2024-AdG call is 29 August 2024.

LOI deadline to the TSC Alliance call for proposals has been extended from the original 5 May (RGP) and 13 May (Agency) to 20 May (RGP) and 28 May 2024 (Agency). 

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the PRCRP, TSCRP and the BCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the Yosemite - American Cancer Society Award has been extended from the original 1 May (RGP) and 10 May (Agency) to 15 May (RGP) and 24 May 2024 (Agency).

Deadline to the pre-proposal application of the BARD, USDA-NIFA and IMOS - Nutritional Security Program has been extended from the original 14 April (RGP) and 1 May 2024 (Agency) to the 5 May (RGP) and 12 May 2024. 

Dear researchers and innovators,

If you have a groundbreaking technology or game-changing innovation in any research field, the Horizon Europe European Innovation Council (EIC) can support you on your path to success!
The EIC offers funding opportunities to identify and support breakthrough technologies with the potential to scale up internationally.

We are excited to invite Weizmann researchers to an exclusive EIC Workshop: Unlocking Innovation Excellence, presenting the potential of the EIC funding options:

• The EIC Pathfinder provides crucial support to small consortia by funding scientific research for breakthrough technologies and facilitating early-stage scientific and technological R&D. Its mission is to explore cutting-edge directions in science and technology, disrupt existing fields and markets, and foster innovative solutions that scale up breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovations across Europe.
• The EIC Transition is dedicated to taking innovation beyond the lab. It is available for single applicants or small consortia based on eligibility (will be discussed in the workshop). It's your opportunity to mature and validate novel technologies, transforming them from promising concepts to real-world applications.

The workshop will take place on 9 May 2024 between 09:45-12:00 at Zacks Hall, Stone Building.

Workshop agenda:
09:45 Gathering and light refreshments
10:00 Overview of the EIC Pathfinder and Transition programs and calls by Yotam Beit-Yannai, Head of sector and National Contact Point EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition, ISERD
11:00 Success story by Weizmann researcher Prof. Victor Malka, coordinator of the EIC Transition project ‘ebeam4therapy’
11:30 Through the eyes of the evaluator - a presentation by EIC evaluator, Dr. Johny Ghattas

For registration or questions, please contact Dr. Alice Mett or Galit Arazi.

Innovation awaits. See you at the workshop!
Warm regards,
EU-Desk
Research Grants and Projects Office

Deadline to the Weizmann – Joint Centers Call on the Human Phenotype Project Research Grant has been extended from the original 15 April to 26 May 2024 (to the RGP).

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop for writing a successful ERC Advanced Grant proposal taking place on Monday, 27 May 2024 at 09:00-12:30.

The workshop, led by European consultants Malte Beringer from SciencePoint and Stewe Bekk from Bekk Research Support, will include two main tracks:

1. Call Analysis- characteristics of the call, its specific aims and scope, submission and evaluation process, and panel structure. A key issue will be the interpretation of the formal evaluation criteria, in light of changes made to the 2024 calls, deciphering what the ERC targets in terms of project content and investigator profile. Participants will gain insights on aligning their project ideas with ERC call objectives and choosing appropriate evaluation panels and keywords.
2. Proposal best practices – advice for effectively organising the proposal content and strategies, structuring parts B1 and B2 of the application whilst considering the distinct evaluation criteria and audience at each stage. Essential aspects like scientific challenge, project vision, feasibility, and impact will be discussed in addition to how to present the CV and track record, the role of preliminary results, risk assessment and avoiding common pitfalls.

To register for the workshop please email the EU desk.
The agency submission deadline for the ERC-2024-AdG call is 29 August 2024.

During the Passover Holiday (including Hol HaMo'ed) and due to WIS organized vacation, the RGP will be closed. If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance. Please note that the Projects Branch in the Finance Division will be also closed throughout Passover, and that researchers will not be able to have their budgets approved during that time.

During the Passover Holiday (including Hol HaMo'ed) and due to WIS organized vacation, the RGP will be closed. If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance. Please note that the Projects Branch in the Finance Division will be also closed throughout Passover, and that researchers will not be able to have their budgets approved during that time.

Deadline to the Weizmann - Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and the Humanities call has been extended from the original 3 April to 5 May 2024 (to the RGP).

Deadline to the Weizmann - Staff Scientists Internal Grant Program call has been extended from the original 1 April to 1 May 2024 (to the RGP).

All BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines) are available in a single RGP webpage.

BSF-NSF programs with set deadlines are published by the RGP approximately two months in advance of specific deadlines.

For both categories of programs (with/without deadline) BSF information is available here, according to program.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the PRCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the Weizmann - Swiss Society Institute for Cancer Prevention Research call has been extended from the original 31 March to 21 April 2024 (to the RGP).

The Ministry of Health (IMOH) Chief Scientist is interested in hosting researchers looking for partners from different disciplines, to contribute to the advancement of research and its enrichment. See here for additional information. Interested researchers should reach out directly to IMOH by 11 April 2024.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the MBRP, MSRP and the PCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

To register for the webinar and/or the Crowdhelix platform, please contact: Dr. Alice Mett, ext. 4007.

Weizmann researchers are invited to participate in an online webinar on ‘Using the Crowdhelix platform to locate potential partners for EU collaborative funding and building successful consortia’ on Monday 4th March 2024, at 11:00-12:00 Israel time.

The Weizmann Institute is a member of the Crowdhelix global collaboration platform, which connects organizations and researchers with potential partners within its network for participating in Horizon Europe collaborative funding opportunities of mutual interest.

The webinar is intended for Weizmann researchers and will cover the following issues:

• Main features of the platform
• How Weizmann researchers can participate and benefit from the platform’s matchmaking capabilities
• Building Consortia- how to design a Consortium for a successful application

IMOS online submission system ("Kidmat HaMada") will not be available between Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 20:00 and Thursday 29 February 2024 in the morning, due to the addition of two features for submission of scientific reports and for submission of institutional documents. 

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the TBIPHRP and the TBDRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Weizmann researchers are invited to participate in an online webinar on ‘Using the Crowdhelix platform to locate potential partners for EU collaborative funding and building successful consortia’ on Monday 4th March 2024, at 11:00-12:00 Israel time.

The Weizmann Institute is a member of the Crowdhelix global collaboration platform, which connects organizations and researchers with potential partners within its network for participating in Horizon Europe collaborative funding opportunities of mutual interest.

The webinar is intended for Weizmann researchers and will cover the following issues:

• Main features of the platform
• How Weizmann researchers can participate and benefit from the platform’s matchmaking capabilities
• Building Consortia- how to design a Consortium for a successful application

To register for the webinar and/or the Crowdhelix platform, please contact: Dr. Alice Mett, ext. 4007.

GIF advised that due to the current special circumstances the deadline for submitting the pre-proposals under its Nexus Solo track and Collaborative track has been extended from the original 14 February (RGP) and 22 February (Agency) to 22 February (RGP) and 29 February 2024 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2024 in the SCIRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the ARP, HRRP, LCRP and TSCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Interested to go to a Max Planck Institute for one to 12 weeks? Doctoral and post-doctoral candidates as well as PIs of all caliber are warmly invited! No bureaucracy involved: quick approval for immediate travel. Travel and lodging costs fully covered by MPG.

Please contact Dr. Lou Bohlen at lou.bohlen@gv.mpg.de. This program is valid for two years.

Sweat Foundation Ltd. (which operates and develops Sweat Economy, a startup company) issued a call asking for a short literature review and three different approaches/formulas for estimation of the aggregate economic value of physical activity. Amounts offered are between $10K-20K per award and submission deadline is 14 February 2024. More information is available here.

Any potential applicants are asked to contact the RGP (danna.piroyansky@weizmann.ac.il) immediately so that the call's terms can be further reviewed by legal/VP-TT prior to any proposal preparation.

The Universities UK International UK – Israel innovation researcher mobility scheme enables UK higher education institutions (HEIs) to support their UK based researchers and research related staff to develop innovation and / or entrepreneurial skills and enhance existing or build new partnerships with mutually recognised institutions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). This scheme welcomes applications from all research disciplines for projects that can demonstrate their innovation and entrepreneurial skills enhancement.

Note that proposals should be submitted by the UK applicant and that funding will be administered by the UK Lead Institute (in case of an award). Submission deadline is 30 January 2024 at 5pm (GMT) and detailed information and guidelines are available here.

In light of opening GIF portal for submission of pre-proposals to Nexus Calls, potential applicants are invited to GIF online webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 5 p.m. Israel time. During this webinar, GIF team will address questions from potential applicants and provide tips related to the pre-proposals.

Participants who wish to attend are kindly asked to register using the following Excel sheet; a Zoom link will be sent directly to them (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KaNWem4qSZJnQ04hvHZ2-vf0Bvv1PnVvapQB9Ei-UYI/edit?usp=sharing).

IMOS advised that the EU PRIMA 2024 will be having an online Info Day on 16 January 2024, designed to provide an overview of the upcoming call, and to answer questions. See here for more details and for registration. The final call information will be published at a later date. As soon as full and final information on the call is available and the call reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the weekly bulletin.

Deadline to the Weizmann - Angel Faivovich Foundation for Ecological Research has been extended from the original 10 January to 11 February 2024 (to the RGP).

The David Lopatie Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience is also accepting research grant proposals as part of the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Science Research Center Grants Call. Note that the Center was not listed in the original RFA (circulated on 21 December 2023) yet it is available now for submission by 11 February 2024.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2024 in the ALSRP and PRARP. Note that although FY24 funds have not been appropriated, CDMRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to anticipated FY24 funding opportunities.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

IMOS advised that throughout 2024 it intends to publish various bi-national calls for proposals under its International Track. The actual publication of these calls, however, is subject to budgetary availability as Israel’s state budget for 2024 is still not finalized. Therefore, at this stage, there is no certainty of budget allocation for these calls. See here the full announcement and the list of expected bi-national calls for 2024.

As a reminder, under IMOS 2024 International Track a researcher can submit only once as a PI and only once as a co-PI, as long as he/she does not have concurrent IMOS funding under a bi-national call (as a PI or as a co-PI) that will overlap with the period of a new project in case of an award. That is, a researcher can submit as a PI and/or as a co-PI once to a National Track call and once to an International Track call, as long as he/she does not already have a funded project during the corresponding period.

For further information and assistance please contact Regina Krizhanovsky at the RGP (regina.krizhanovsky@weizmann.ac.il).

Your post-docs and doctoral students have left because of the war? A new Max Planck Israel Programme has been established to continue their research temporarily in partner groups at the MPG.

For further information, please contact Chaya at the RGP chaya.moykopf@weizmann.ac.il.

The EIC Pathfinder Open 2024 call is expected to open on 3.1.2024 and the submission deadline is 7.3.2024.

The Pathfinder Open is a yearly call with a single submission deadline. The deadline date may change from one year to the next.

Call overview:
EIC Pathfinder Open supports early stage development of future technologies at Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 1-4 (further information below), based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research. The call is open to projects in any field of science, technology or application without predefined thematic priorities (‘bottom-up’).

• Who is eligible? Consortia of three or more independent legal entities. There is a minimum requirement for at least one legal entity established in a Member State, and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in a different Member State or Associated Country.
• Project coordination: One consortium member should serve as coordinator, who will manage and coordinate the project and will represent the consortium towards the granting authority. Weizmann researchers serving as proposal coordinators are required use the services of a consultancy company that will perform the administrative and financial management of the project on their behalf. If you intend to serve as a proposal coordinator, please inform the RGP of this as soon as possible.
• Grant budget: Requested budget of 3 million Euros is considered appropriate. Nevertheless, larger amounts may be requested if properly justified.
• Project duration: No formal instructions. Previously funded projects ranged from 2 to 5 years, with a duration of 3-4 years being the most common.

Call information, documents and additional support:

• Work Programme (WP): The EIC WP 2024 provides detailed information on the call (see here, pp. 22-27). Please read it carefully to verify that your idea is suitable for Pathfinder.
• Call page: The call page provides further information and documents, and will host the submission system once the call opens.
• EIC info-day: The EIC WP 2024 will be presented in a full-day online event on 15.1.2024 dedicated to potential applicants, together with an overview of the achievements under the previous work programmes. See the event page.

Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs):
TRLs provide a guide to the stage of development required in EIC calls. The following definitions of TRLs apply, recognizing that there are important differences between technological fields:

TRL1 - basic principles observed
TRL2 - technology concept formulated
TRL3 - experimental proof of concept
TRL4 - technology validated in lab
TRL5 - technology validated in relevant environment
TRL6 - technology demonstrated in relevant environment
TRL7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment
TRL8 - system complete and qualified
TRL9 - actual system proven in operational environment

Note: The EIC also offers funding through the Transition call (deadline in September), open to researchers with certain types of EU grants that are either active or recently ended and subject to meeting the call’s TRL requirements. An email providing relevant information about this call will be sent to eligible applicants soon. In the meantime, the call information can be viewed in the EIC WP (see here, pp. 49-59).

If you plan to submit a proposal to the Pathfinder Open call or have any questions, please contact Galit Arazi (galit.arazi@weizmann.ac.il; ext. 2178).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2024 in the OCRP; this is available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

PIs who had registered to the ISF submission portal are advised that the Agency is considering an additional postponement to the current deadline (Wednesday, 20 December 2023, by 13:00) for PIs who are unable to adhere to the deadline due to current circumstances (for example: PIs who are on active duty/reserves service, unusual family or medical circumstances, etc.).

Those whose circumstances are within the above categories are asked to reach out to Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il; Tel: 2086) and advise re the following:

• Reason why you can’t adhere to the current deadline
• Expected date that you will be able to submit the application
• Any further notes/remarks you would like the agency to be aware of

For any additional information or assistance on this matter please contact Tami Koren directly.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2024 in the BCRP; more information is available in the CDMRP website. Note that although FY24 funds have not been appropriated, CDMRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to anticipated FY24 funding opportunities.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

IMOH advised that the call "Identification or Validation of Targets for Personalised Medicine Approaches (PMTargets)" under the EP PerMed ERA-Net has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published in January 2024. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

IMOH advised that the call "Bidirectional Brain-Body Interactions" under the NEURON ERA-Net has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 8 January 2024. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

IMOH advised that the call “Interventions Moving Forward to Promote ACTion to Counteract the Emergence and Spread of Bacterial and Fungal Resistance and to Improve Treatments" under the ERA-NET JPIAMR has published a preliminary announcement. Interested applicants are encouraged to initiate scientific contacts with potential project consortium partners for applications.

The final call information is expected to be published on 10 January 2024. As soon as full and final information on the call will be available and the call is reviewed, it will be published on the RGP website and included in the bulletin.

Minerva applicants: For reasons out of our control, the results of the 2023 Minerva proposals will only come out in early 2024. For this reason, the 2024 call for proposals will be delayed. Further information will be provided as it is made available to us by Minerva.

As each institution may apply for 10 requests under the ISF Mid-Career Researcher Equipment Grants in the current cycle, a WIS internal pre-selection procedure may be required to determine who will apply. Interested eligible applicants must advise Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il) by 29 November 2023 (instead of the original 21 September pre-selection deadline), as only those asked by the institute to submit should register online. 

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund and the MIT-Middle East Seed Fund are part of MIT Global Seed Funds. Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel and/or the Middle East (Bahrain; Jordan; Egypt: Palestine; and the UAE), in various research areas. Interested scientists should look for MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 12 December 2023. See here for more information.

Deadline for submission of applications to the BSF Regular and Start-Up Research Grants calls has been extended for a second time and is now 20 December (RGP) and 27 December 2023 (Agency).

Dear DFG grant holder, the RGP has been made aware of the possibility of supplementary funding from the DFG in solidarity of Israeli researchers during this period.

Project leaders (usually in Germany) can submit an informal proposal for supplemental funding of up to 20,000 euros, as per attached, to the DFG. If the leader is willing to do that, then the WIS PI will need to provide the justification.

Should you go this route, please make sure to involve your budget officer, as with any budget, this supplementary funding request will have to be approved by Projectim prior to submission to the DFG.

Kindly note that the RGP has no further information on this opportunity. Should you have questions, kindly contact your project leader.

Following the October 17th notice, ISF has agreed to further extend the registration and submission dates for this current submission cycle : Registration deadline is now 5 December 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency); Application deadline is now 13 December (RGP) and 20 December 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency).

For the ISF Equipment Programs (New Faculty and Mid-Career) : Registration deadline is now 5 December 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency); Application deadline is now 20 December (RGP) and 27 December 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency).

For any further information or assistance, kindly contact Tami Koren (tami@weizmann.ac.il ; 08-9342086)

In light of the situation, this year’s Minerva application process is being delayed. Further info will be provided by RGP as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience.

Deadline to IMOS Czech - Israel Cooperation - Joint Project Proposals call has been extended from the original 1 November (RGP) and 8 November 2023 (Agency) to 1 January (RGP) and 8 January 2024 at 15:00 Israel Time (Agency).

The Technion's t:hub invites the public to participate in this open challenge and propose solutions to civic emergencies. See here for further details and online submission by 31 October 2023. Note that there is no WIS or RGP involvement in this initiative and that no funding is offered. 

Due to the current situation in Israel, ICRF has extended the full proposal deadline of most of its calls (except for the Acceleration Grant which has different deadlines) to 29 January 2024 (RGP) and 5 February 2024 (Agency) AND ADDED A MANDATORY ABSTRACT SUBMISSION with deadline on 25 December 2023 (RGP) and 1 January 2024 (Agency) at 8:00 AM US Eastern Time. For submission instructions see Mode of Application.

Deadline to the Rising Tide Translational Cancer Research Fund Call for Applications in Cancer Research has been extended from the original 22 October to 30 November 2023 (RGP).

Following the request of Israeli universities and relevant national authorities, deadlines to the following Horizon Europe calls have been extended:

• The ERC Starting Grant Call will be extended from the original 24 October to 7 November 2023 (Agency)
• The ERC Synergy Grant Call will be extended from the original 8 November to 15 November 2023 (Agency)
• The EIC Pathfinder Challenges will be extended from the original 18 October to 25 October 2023 (Agency)

The official announcement by the European Commission can be viewed here.

Deadline for submission of applications to the BSF Regular and Start-Up Research Grants calls has been extended from the original 22 November (RGP) and 29 November (Agency) to 11 December (RGP) and 18 December 2023 (Agency). The deadline for submission of applications to the Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grants for Young Scientists (PhD students) program has been extended to 8 January 2024.

Deadline to both calls of the WIS-Data Science Research Center (Collaborative Research Grants in Data Science and Open Source Code and Accessible Databases) has been extended from the original 22 October to 5 November 2023 (RGP).

Due to the current situation registration and application deadlines to ISF 2023 cycle programs have been extended and are now as following: Registration deadline is now 15 November 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency); Application deadline is now 29 November (RGP) and 6 December 2023 at 13:00 Israel Time (Agency). Programs that have an original later registration deadline will not be extended.

Deadline to the Irene Levi Sala CARE Archaeological Foundation call for proposals has been extended from the original 29 October (RGP) and 3 November (Agency) to 22 November (RGP) and 30 November 2023 (Agency).

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund and the MIT-Middle East Seed Fund are part of MIT Global Seed Funds. Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel and/or the Middle East (Bahrain; Jordan; Egypt: Palestine; and the UAE), in various research areas. Interested scientists should look for MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 12 December 2023. See here for more information.

The ISF postpones its planned meetings on the agency's proposals evaluation process, originally planned for mid-October. The new dates will be announced soon.

The ISF advised that due to the current situation, it will postpone planned registration and application deadlines to its calls. Updated registration and application deadlines will be announced within the next days. 

Deadline to the IMOD Biological Materials call has been extended for a second time due to the current situation, from 10 October to 15 October 2023 (Agency).

All BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines) are available in a single RGP webpage.

BSF-NSF programs with set deadlines are published by the RGP approximately two months in advance of specific deadlines.

For both categories of programs (with/without deadline) BSF information is available here, according to program.

The ISF invites researchers to meetings on the agency's proposals evaluation process. Meetings will be held according to ISF's areas of interest and will be conducted by a scientific director from the agency. Note that the meetings will not deal with submission regulations, but rather with explanation of submitted proposals evaluation process.

Researchers interested in participating are asked to register at the link below for their relevant meeting (links to the actual zoom meetings will be sent to registrants at a later stage):

• Social Sciences: 12.10.23 at 11:00 a.m. Zoom
• Humanities: 16.10.23 at 10:00 a.m. at the Albert Einstein Square Auditorium, Jerusalem
• Exact sciences and Technology: 16.10.23 at 10:00 a.m. Zoom
• Biological Sciences and Medicine: 19.10.23 at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom

Please contact Tami Koren at the RGP (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il) and/or Tamar Tomer-Fishman at the ISF (tamart@isf.org.il) for any inquiries.

The ISF published its new cycle (November 2023) as well as important new information regarding its next anticipated cycle (November 2024). Potential applicants for both this year's and next year’s cycles should be well informed of updates in the currently available programs, and of potential implications for submission in the next cycle.

• Regarding this year’s cycle (November 2023):
  RGP webpages for all current programs are available here. Below are several important updates concerning specific programs:

  • Joint SNSF-ISF (Switzerland-Israel) Program: ISF has introduced a new collaborative research program between Israeli and Swiss scientists, in all research areas. The Agency is expected to fund up to 5 grants per cycle and there is no upper limit specified concerning amount of funding. This collaborative program requires dual submission: the PIs should submit a full application to the SNSF submission portal by 2 October 2023; the Israeli PI is required to submit a complimentary application to the ISF by 7 November 2023 (after registration to the program by 24 October 2023 at 13:00). Important: The agency prohibits a parallel submission to this program and the following programs: Individual, "MAVRI" and "MAPATZ". See here for the SNSF-ISF call for proposals.
  • ISF has terminated the Personalized Medicine Program and issued a new Biomedical Research Grants Program ("MAVRI"): This program and its research track is focused on supporting basic or translational research directly linked to the fields of human biology and health, with potentially medical implications. This is a continuation and expansion of the Personalized Medicine program from recent years and 5 application cycles are planned, with approximately 20 research grants awarded in each. Important: The agency prohibits a parallel submission to this program and the following programs: Individual, NSFC-ISF (China-Israel), CIHR-ISF (Canada-Israel), Quantum, "MAPATZ" and SNSF-ISF (Switzerland-Israel). PIs with active Personalized Medicine grants may not apply to the "MAVRI" program (unless the grant is on its last year and will end by the starting date of the new grant – 1 October 2024). Registration to the program is by 24 October 2023 at 13:00. See here for the "MAVRI" call for proposals.
  • Breakthrough Research Grants ("MAPATZ") Program: The ISF cancelled the number of applications allowed per institute (practiced in the previous cycle) and therefore no pre-selection process is required. This program is designed to support high-quality research, defined as "groundbreaking", in all areas of research. The main eligibility criterion for the award is the researcher's achievements in the last 10 years. The agency is expected to fund up to 13 grants in this submission cycle, with an expected funding of up to 800,000 NIS for experimental/empirical research and up to 400,000 NIS for theoretical research. Important: PIs with active ISF Individual grants may apply to this program, yet if a "MAPATZ" grant is awarded, the ISF will terminate the active Individual grant. The agency prohibits parallel application to this program and the following programs: Individual, "MAVRI" and SNSF-ISF (Switzerland-Israel). Registration to the program by 24 October 2023 at 13:00. See here for the MAPATZ call for proposals. Important note re Budget / Equipment: Applicants in the "MAPATZ" program may include possible purchase of required equipment at the cost of up to half the total funding (up to 800,000 NIS per year for experimental/empirical research and for theoretical research possible purchase of required equipment at the cost of up to 350,000 NIS). Eligible applicants to the Mid-Career program (see further details here) may also apply to the Individual program in parallel to the Mid-Career track and request funding of up to 1,820,000 NIS for dedicated equipment (910,000 NIS from the agency with additional - equal matching funds from WIS).
• Regarding next year`s cycle (November 2024):
  Starting next year's submission cycle (November 2024) each PI will only be eligible to apply to one program per cycle. Therefore, and as some of the ISF's main programs (e.g., Individual, "MAPATZ", "MAVRI") allow parallel (i.e., concurrent) application with only very few programs, RGP urges potential applicants to both current and the next submission cycle to consider all relevant programs currently available.

In light of the above, PIs are encouraged to make sure that they apply to the optimal program considering their specific needs and eligibility in the current and next year. Note that in the current cycle (November 2023) a PI may apply concurrently to the following programs: 1. Apply to Individual Grant AND to the Quantum Program; 2. Apply to the Quantum Program AND to Individual Grant, "MAPATZ" Program, Joint SNSF-ISF Program (Switzerland-Israel); 3. Apply to Joint SNSF-ISF Program (Switzerland-Israel) AND to Quantum Program; * Guidelines for the Israel-Canada (CIHR) and Israel – China (NSFC) programs are not available at this point and will be updated on the RGP website once the ISF will publish the information. In next year’s cycle (November 2024), however, a PI will not be able to do so.

You may review the full eligibility chart for the current cycle on the ISF portal here: https://www.isf.org.il/Files/Eligibility_Heb_1911_1.pdf. For additional information and assistance please contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il).

The ERC 2024 Consolidator Grant (CoG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 12.12.2023. The Consolidator Grant provides funding of up to €2M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD (or equivalent) is 7-12 years prior to 1.1.2024 (1.1.2012 - 31.12.2016).

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

To honor the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) 71 years of research innovation and to educate people around the world about the importance of basic research, AFOSR invites submission of basic research inspired art. All are invited to submit entries, but it may be of special interest to artists, AFRL/AFOSR and AFRL grantees, educators, students, and members of the art and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) communities. See here for additional information and submission form.

BSF is has recently announced that the Council for Higher Education has increased its budget for the NSF-BSF program. As a result, the following updates to the regulations have been made:

• Each Israeli scientist is now permitted to submit up to two NSF-BSF applications each academic year (1 Oct – 30 Sept.).
• An Israeli scientist with an active NSF-BSF grant is allowed to submit one more NSF-BSF application. In any case, at any given time an Israeli scientist can only be involved in two proposals/grants simultaneously.
• Programs with two deadlines each year (such as all of the Psychology programs, Economics, Decision Sciences, and some of the Ocean Sciences programs) are now open for Israeli submissions at both the winter and spring deadlines.
• Travel funds may now be used for meetings at conferences and workshops in the U.S. or Israel.

Information on the various BSF-NSF programs is available in the RGP website, including these with a year-round deadline. Please contact Tami Koren at the RGP (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il) for any BSF-related inquiries.

Deadline to the IMOD Biological Materials Call for Proposals has been extended from the original 21 September (RGP) and 1 October (Agency) to 26 September (RGP) and 10 October 2023 (Agency).

Deadline to IMOS Studies Based on Medical Databases call has been extended from the original 13 September (RGP) and 20 September (Agency) to 26 September (RGP) and 8 October 2023 (Agency). Note that during Sukkot IMOS office will be on holiday. It is therefore strongly recommended that researchers complete the submission process before Sukkot's Erev Chag.

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot) the RGP will be staffed by duty officers and provide essential and urgent services only.

The RGP office will be closed on the following dates:

• Sunday, 17 September 2023
• Sunday-Monday, 24-25 September 2023
• Sunday-Thursday, 1-5 October 2023 (collective vacation)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot) the RGP will be staffed by duty officers and provide essential and urgent services only.

The RGP office will be closed on the following dates:

• Sunday, 17 September 2023
• Sunday-Monday, 24-25 September 2023
• Sunday-Thursday, 1-5 October 2023 (collective vacation)

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Wednesday, 6 September 2023.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

We are happy to announce that due to the growing number of competitive internal programs published at the WIS, the RGP together with Applications Development Section developed a new online form and we will start using a unified online submission procedure that will gradually replace previous submission guidelines and process.

The form will be used only for internal competitive calls with no collaborations outside of WIS.
Only PIs will be able to enter and submit this form and will be able to access it using their institutional user name and password – a relevant link will be included in new calls for which this online submission will be used.
The submitted file will reach Naama Elad at the RGP and all WIS PIs listed in the form will receive an email containing the submission file.
See here a PDF example of a new form.
Note that for time being, once the form is being finalized and submitted, there will be no option to correct or add new information. If you submitted the form and wish to make changes, please contact Naama Elad for assistance.

The ERC 2024 Synergy (SyG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 08/11/2023.

The ERC-SyG is designed to support a group of 2-4 Principal Investigators (PIs) to jointly address highly novel and ambitious research question/s that can only be answered by the synergised work of top scientists by bringing together their complementary skills, knowledge, methods and resources in unconventional ways. The PIs of any age and career stage The call is open to multiple country, single country and even single institution groups from EU Member States or Associated Countries. One of the Institutions may be established outside the EU or Associated Countries. The grant provides funding of up to €10M for a period of 6 years.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Ethics@WIS

We would like to remind all Institute personnel that the Weizmann Institute of Science places prime importance on the ability to create and maintain an environment that encourages the highest standards of excellence, ethics and integrity, and compliance with the requirements of research sponsors and national and international legislation.

The Institute has an established Code of Ethical Conduct in view of maintaining and promoting the Institute's reputation for ethics and integrity. The activities and behavior of all Institute employees, trainees and guests (including administrative and scientific divisions and faculties), should be guided by the statement of principles put forward therein.

Deadline to the LCRF - ALK Positive Research Grant call for proposals has been extended from the original 19 July (RGP) and 27 July (Agency) to 23 August (RGP) and 1 September 2023 (Agency).

The ERC 2024 Starting Grant (StG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 24.10.2023.
The Starting Grant provides funding of up to €1.5M for a period of 5 years and is designed to support researchers who are at the stage of starting their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD was 2-7 years prior to 1.1.2024 (1.1.2017 to 31.12.2021).

Change in PhD reference date: as of 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

A meeting with Jonathan Bridgman Fritz, NSF Program Director, and with BSF representative (Ms. Yael Dressler, Information Specialist), regarding application to the BSF-NSF and BSF programs, will be taking place on Monday, 17 July 2023, at Stone building, Zacks Hall, located at the Lobby level entrance, between 10:00 and 12:00. Please note that number of seats is limited!

A follow-up meeting with BSF representative BSF Assistant Executive Director, Dr. Rachel Heni Haring, will most likely be taking place by Sep. 2023 , an updated notice will be published within the next few weeks.

As a reminder, the BSF-NSF programs enable collaboration between an Israeli researcher and an American scientist from a U.S. academic institution in various subjects, some of them on a year-round application basis. Size of the BSF grant to the Israeli researcher ranges between $55,000-$80,000 per year on average.

Meeting schedule:

• 09:45: Gathering and light refreshments
• 10:00: Lecture by NSF Program Director, Jonathan Bridgman Fritz
• 11:00: Summary and Q&A

Researchers interested in participating, should contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il ) at their earliest convenience.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2023 in the TERP; this is available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2023 in the CPMRP; this is available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

A meeting with Jonathan Bridgman Fritz, NSF Program Director, and with BSF representative (Ms. Yael Dressler, Information Specialist), regarding application to the BSF-NSF and BSF programs, will be taking place on Monday, 17 July 2023, at Stone building, Zacks Hall, located at the Lobby level entrance, between 10:00 and 12:00. Please note that number of seats is limited!

A follow-up meeting with BSF representative BSF Assistant Executive Director, Dr. Rachel Heni Haring, will most likely be taking place by Sep. 2023 , an updated notice will be published within the next few weeks.

As a reminder, the BSF-NSF programs enable collaboration between an Israeli researcher and an American scientist from a U.S. academic institution in various subjects, some of them on a year-round application basis. Size of the BSF grant to the Israeli researcher ranges between $55,000-$80,000 per year on average.

Meeting schedule:

• 09:45: Gathering and light refreshments
• 10:00: Lecture by NSF Program Director, Jonathan Bridgman Fritz
• 11:00: Summary and Q&A

Researchers interested in participating, should contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il ) by 11 July 2023.

Deadline to the Weizmann-Krenter-Katz call for proposals has been extended from the original 28 June to 2 July 2023 (to the RGP).

LOI deadline to the ALSA Assistive Technology Grants Call has been extended from the original 28 June (RGP) and 6 July (Agency) to 9 July (RGP) and 13 July 2023 (Agency).

Deadline to the Minerva Workshop or Group Visit call has been extended from the original 18 June to 16 July 2023 (to the RGP).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued a pre-application announcement for 2023 in the PCARP; this is available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the LCRF-Daiichi Sankyo- AstraZeneca Research Grant on Antibody Drug Conjugates call for proposals has been extended from the original 24 May (RGP) and 31 May (Agency) to 5 July (RGP) and 15 July 2023 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the KCRP, RTRP and DMDRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the WIS-EKARD Institute call for proposals has been extended from the original 4 June to 2 August 2023.

BSF-NSF announced a new funding opportunity in chemistry: Starting September 2023, the Division of Chemistry at the NSF will accept US-Israel collaborative research proposals. The launch of this new opportunity will take place on a virtual NSF "Office Hour" on 13 June 2023, 11:00-12:00 US ET / 18:00-19:00 Israel Time, in which both NSF and BSF program directors will participate. See here for registration: https://links.responder.co.il/?lid=31417961&sid=379319825&k=cadbf1cb8d58adb07c17f2687d593835

For more details on the program please see the call for proposals. Calls are available via the RGP specific webpages (and will be published via the RGP bulletin) and in the relevant Programs with No Set Deadline webpage.

Due to low response the planned BARD visit and presentation HAD BEEN CANCELLED.

The final cut-off deadline for the ERC-2023-PoC call had to be postponed from 14 to 21 September 2023. Due to Rosh Hashana, the RGP deadline will be 13 September 2023.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the MRP and NFRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the HRRP and VRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

IMOS invites applications for Israeli JPG members to jointly decide on topics for the Japanese-Israeli symposium, planned to be held in Kyoto on 18-21 February 2024. Applications should be submitted to IMOS by e-mail to the following address: japan@most.gov.il by 31 May 2023 at 15:00 (Israel Time). See here for detailed information. 

Participants will be required to cover the expense of air travel to Japan, including ground transportation to and from the FoSS venue, e.g. from their personal travel funds. By submitting an application, applicants commit to cover these travel costs. Note that Weizmann management is not committed for such funding and it will have to be provided by other funds available to the applicants. 

The Binational Agriculture Research & Development Foundation (BARD) supports collaborative agricultural research in areas of mutual interest to the U.S. and Israel, and is mainly focused on increasing agricultural productivity, particularly in hot and arid climates, and emphasizes plant and animal health, food quality and safety, and environmental issues. For further information concerning the programs available : https://www.bard-isus.com/RFA24.pdf

BARD's Executive Director, Prof. Kapulnik, will host an informative meeting at the WIS in which BARD's research priorities, programs, review process and main funding criteria will be presented, followed by a short Q & A session. The meeting will take place on Sunday, 4 June 2023 at 10:00 at Zachs Hall, Stone Administrative Building. Researchers interested in participating should contact Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il ) by Wednesday, 24 May 2023.

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop on writing a successful Starting (StG) and Consolidator (CoG) proposal. The workshop will be given by European consultant Ms. Lotte Jaspers and will provide an overview of the Starting (StG) and Consolidator (CoG) and of the proposal structure with a focus on how to address the evaluation criteria and maximize the impact of the proposal.

The workshop will take place in two parts (further details will be published closer to the date):

• Webinar I - Monday, 5 June 2023, 10:30-13:00
• Webinar II – Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 10:30-13:00

Participants will also be provided with access to video tutorials and additional online material containing further information and guidance.

If you would like to register for the workshop, please let us know by emailing the EU-desk.

The indicative submission dates for the upcoming calls are:

• ERC-2024-StG: 24/10/2023
• ERC-2024-CoG: 12/12/2023

LOI deadline to the ICRF, SWCRF and ABSF Call for Pediatric Sarcomas has been extended from 24 April (RGP) and 1 May (Agency) to 24 May (RGP) and 1 June 2023 (Agency). Full proposal submission only for those invited to submit.

All BSF-NSF programs that allow submission throughout the year (i.e., programs with no set deadlines) are available in a single RGP webpage.

BSF-NSF programs with set deadlines are published by the RGP as before, approximately two months in advance of specific deadlines.

For both categories of programs (with/without deadline) BSF information is available here, according to program.

HFSP - The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization offers research grants in the field of life sciences. The State of Israel has been a member of the HFSP organization since 2019 and Israel is among the most successful countries in receiving research grants, including many WIS researchers.

Prof. Pavel Kabat (Secretary-General), Dr. Almut Kelber (Director of Research Grants) and Dr. Barbara Pauly (Director of Fellowships) at HFSPO will be visiting WIS to promote and expose HFSPO opportunities, as well as the organization's new strategy for the next 5 years. This meeting will take place on 10 May 2023 at 09:45 at Zacks Hall (Stone Building). Interested participants are asked to inform Vered Tadmor (vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il, Tel. #3995) of their intention to participate at their earliest convenience (and not later than 7 May 2023).

In order to prevent harmful entries into the Science Forefront ("Kidmat Ha'mada") system, IMOS initiated a new TwoFactor Authentification (2FA) mechanism. Beginning 28 March 2023, all system entries will require two stages:

1. Using Username and Password (as before)
2. Using a One Time Password (OTP) sent automatically to the user's email address 

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the ARP, BMFRP, LCRP, MSRP, PCARP, PRORP and RCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The submission deadlines are still tentative and subject to change.

Important note: The timing of the Consolidator and Advanced calls is different than in previous years. In addition, the Proof of Concept call will only have two submission deadlines.

• Starting: 24/10/2023
• Synergy: 08/11/2023
• Consolidator: 12/12/2023
• Advanced: 29/08/2024
• Proof of Concept: 14/03/2024 and 12/09/2024

The final call schedule will be available in July, when the ERC 2024 Work Programme is published.

Weizmann scientists are invited to attend an online workshop on writing a successful Starting (StG) and Consolidator (CoG) proposal. The workshop will be given by European consultant Ms. Lotte Jaspers and will provide an overview of the Starting (StG) and Consolidator (CoG) and of the proposal structure with a focus on how to address the evaluation criteria and maximize the impact of the proposal.

The workshop will take place in two parts (further details will be published closer to the date):

• Webinar I - Monday, 5 June 2023, 10:30-13:00
• Webinar II – Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 10:30-13:00

Participants will also be provided with access to video tutorials and additional online material containing further information and guidance.

If you would like to register for the workshop, please let us know by emailing the EU-desk.

The indicative submission dates for the upcoming calls are:

• ERC-2024-StG: 24/10/2023
• ERC-2024-CoG: 12/12/2023

Since the call for the WIS-Center for Research on Positive Neuroscience is now included in the newly formed WIS–Azrieli IBANS joint call, its deadline has been extended from the original 19 April to 4 June 2023.

HFSP - The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization offers research grants in the field of life sciences. The State of Israel has been a member of the HFSP organization since 2019 and Israel is among the most successful countries in receiving research grants, including many WIS researchers.

Prof. Pavel Kabat (Secretary-General), Dr. Almut Kelber (Director of Research Grants) and Dr. Barbara Pauly (Director of Fellowships) at the HFSP Organization will be visiting WIS to promote and expose HFSP opportunities, as well as the organization's new strategy for the next 5 years. This meeting will take place on 10 May 2023 at 10:00 at Zacks Hall (Stone Building). Interested participants are asked to inform Vered Tadmor (vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il, Tel. #3995) of their intention to participate at their earliest convenience (and not later than 3 May 2023).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the SCIRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

LOI deadline to the University of Michigan - UM/Israel Research Partnership call for proposals has been extended for the second time from the original 22 February (RGP) and 1 March (Agency) to 13 April (RGP) and 18 April 2023 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the PRARP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

IMOS requests the research community for information on the need for specific Knowledge Centers in different research areas. Responses should be sent to center@most.gov.il by 1 May 2023. Additional  information on this RFI is available here. Note that this is a request for information (only) and no funding will be provided under this RFI.

A new filtering option has been added to the RGP website! In addition to existing filters (Faculty, Tosefet Meckar, internal/external grants) calls for proposals can be now filtered also according to whether they allow for or require collaboration.

These filtering options are accessible via different listings available in the RGP website: Alphabetical listing, Chronological listing, and Year-round listing. For assistance or further inquiries, contact RGP Information Specialist Dr. Danna Piroyansky (danna.piroyansky@weizmann.ac.il or tel.: 4005).

The newly established AI-Hub, a WIS community of programmers, researchers and data scientists devoted to promoting applications of AI and data in science, published recently a call for associated fellows with a 30 April 2023 deadline. See here for the call and the relevant form; for more information please contact amos.tanay@weizmann.ac.il from the Hub working group.

Deadline to the IMOS-France call has been extended from the original 22 February (RGP) and 1 March (Agency) to 20 March (RGP) and 27 March 2023 (Agency) at 15:00 Israel Time.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the TSCRP; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the BBRF Young Investigator program has been extended from the original 15 March (RGP) and 23 March (Agency) to 23 March (RGP) and 31 March 2023 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the BMFRP, the MSRP, the PCRP, and the Autism Program; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Please take note of the following guidelines pertaining to the involvement of consultancy companies in the preparation EU collaborative and European Innovation Council (EIC) grant proposals.

Consultancy companies (hereafter ‘consultants’) are increasingly participating in and managing submissions of EU collaborative and European Innovation Council (EIC) grant proposals, providing services such as consortium building, collecting materials from partners, constructing the consortium budget and/or writing non-scientific and business-orientated sections of the proposal.

The services at the proposal stage are provided by the consultant following the signature of a contract and may be subject to the payment of certain fees. The consultants’ fee model usually includes an upfront submission fee for the submission of the proposal and a success fee if the proposal is selected for funding.

Internal requirements and terms for working with a consultant at the proposal stage:

1. PIs intending to participate in a collaborative or EIC proposal are required to notify the RGP’s EU desk.
2. WIS PIs submitting as coordinators are obligated to include a consultant in the future project (usually as a partner) for the provision of project management support services, due to the substantial administrative and financial burden associated with the role of the coordinator. Support is usually required at the proposal stage as well for the services described above.
3. According to the instructions of the Vice President, contracts with consultants must be reviewed and approved by the Weizmann Legal Office and signed by the Institute’s authorized signatories. For this purpose, the consultant’s contract should be sent to the RGP as soon as it is received.
4. The Institute’s central administration will provide partial support of the consultant’s fee. The remainder of the consultant’s fee is to be covered by the PI (i.e. Kamar).
   Importantly note that the Institute will not provide any support of the consultant’s fee if the contract with the consultant has not been reviewed and approved by the Legal Office and/or if the PI signs the contract directly with the consultant.

The NIH has a Matchmaker tool in RePORTER that can assist in finding NIH institutes and Centers that have funded similar work, and information on where that work was reviewed. This tool can help determine which institute or center may be interested in an idea, which program official should be contacted, and which study section is relevant for reviewing a proposal. For assistance with applications please contact Jennifer Wenick (ext. #6955), RGP contact person for the NIH.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Thursday, 16 March 2023.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

LOI deadline to the ICRF and SWCRF call on Aging and Cancer has been extended from the original 22 February (RGP) and 1 March (Agency) to 12 March (RGP) and 15 March 2023 (Agency).

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the LCRP Program, the CRRP Program, the TBDRP Program, the SCIRP Program, and the TBIPHRP Program; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

LOI deadline to the University of Michigan - UM/Israel Research Partnership call for proposals has been extended from the original 22 February (RGP) and 1 March (Agency) to 26 March (RGP) and 1 April 2023 (Agency).

Weizmann researchers are invited to participate in an online training webinar on ‘Using the Crowdhelix platform to locate potential partners for EU collaborative funding’ on Monday, 13 March at 11:00-12:00.

The Weizmann Institute of Science is a member of the Crowdhelix global network of over 600 innovative companies and universities. The platform profiles and connects organisations and researchers with potential partners within its network for participating in Horizon Europe collaborative funding opportunities of mutual interest. Weizmann researchers are invited to freely register and use the Crowdhelix platform.

This webinar, intended for Weizmann researchers, will present the platform’s capabilities and how to profile yourself, engage with other users and benefit from the platform’s matchmaking capabilities for participating in EU funded research projects.

For registration please contact: Dr. Alice Mett, ext. 4007.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the OCRP Program; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Deadline to the Weizmann - MBZUAI program call for proposals (Regular and Flagship Pre-Proposal) has been extended from the original 13 February 2023 to 17 February 2023. 

BSF has published the list of joint BSF-NSF programs for 2023. Information on programs with set deadline are available in the RGP website and will also be published in the RGP bulletin approximately two months ahead of each deadline. In addition, Information on BSF-NSF programs with year-round submission is available here. Tami Koren (tami.koren@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for any related inquiries. 

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the ALSRP Program, the BCRP Program and the ERP Program; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Potential applicants to the Food and Nutrition program under BARD, The Israel Innovation authority (IIA) and USDA-NIFA are invited to participate in a webinar, scheduled to 23 February 2023 at 11:00 AM. Interested participants are required to register here.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-application announcements for 2023 in the PRMRP Program; these are available via the GRANTS.GOV website.

CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

Submission Deadline to the WIS-Swiss Society Institute for Cancer Prevention Research Grant Program has been extended from the original 22 January to 12 February 2023 (to the RGP).

Deadline to the IMOS-China call for proposals has been extended from the original 15 December (RGP) and 22 December (Agency) to 16 January (RGP) and 23 January 2023 (Agency) at 15:00 Israel Time.

Deadline to the ALS Finding a Cure (ALSFAC) call for proposals has been extended from the original 9 January (RGP) and 16 January (Agency) to 22 February (RGP) and 1 March 2023 (Agency).

During 2023, IMOS plans to publish three types of calls for proposals:

• National Track calls
• Joint calls with governmental ministries and public entities
• International Track calls

For detailed information please read the following IMOS letter to researchers in academia.
Please note that calls for the above tracks are planned to be published throughout the year.
Regina Krizhanovsky (regina.krizhanovsky@weizmann.ac.il, Ext. #4027) is the RGP contact person for IMOS, available for any related inquiries.

Recipients/subrecipients of an active USA federal grant, please be aware that WIS as a whole, and each PI individually, is obliged to abide by the Federal Regulations FAR 52.204-23 , FAR 52.204-25, and 2 CFR 200.216 which prohibit the provision and use of hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any components thereof, and services that are developed or provided by the following entities:

• Kapersky Lab;
• Huawei Technologies Company;
• ZTE Corporation;
• Hytera Communications Corporation;
• Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company;
• Dahua Technology Company;
• Any controlling entity, subsidiary or affiliate of any of the above entities;
• An entity that the US Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the US Director of National Intelligence or the US Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, or otherwise connected to, the government of The People’s Republic of China.

For further information please read the details of regulations FAR 52.204-23 and FAR 52.204-25 at: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-23
https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-25
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-C/section-200.216

In order for WIS to be in compliance with these regulations it is imperative that each PI will avoid purchasing and/or using the abovementioned types of equipment and services.
Therefore, we ask for your awareness and attention to these prohibitions. Furthermore, please note that RGP has begun a practice by which, prior to signing new grant agreements, we send an internal Compliance Letter to the relevant PI for his/her signature and commitment to the terms of the grant agreement, including the abovementioned prohibitions.

For any questions or clarifications regarding these regulations, please contact Aviva Goldstein, RGP’s Research Ethics and Regulations Coordinator, by email at: aviva.goldstein@weizmann.ac.il, or by phone at: ext. # 3004.

SFERA III is a Horizon 2020 project funded under the Research Infrastructure Programme. The current SFERA-III access campaign provides free access to 18 installations of 8 state-of-art research infrastructures in Concentrated Solar Thermal power. Additional information is available here.

Application deadline is 31 January 2023. Note that contacting the requested access providers to discuss the project idea prior to application submission is a requirement.

The final Work Programmes covering Horizon Europe collaborative calls for 2023-2024 have been published. The Work Programmes and links to the submission system for the first open calls for proposals (Research Infrastructures; Health; Civil Security for Society; Digital, Industry and Space; Climate, Energy and Mobility; Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment; European Innovation Council (EIC); Innovative Health Initiative (IHI); and Missions) are available on the RGP website. Collaborative calls under ‘Horizon Europe’ cover various research areas and are mostly open to submission by groups of at least three institutions from EU Member States and Associated Countries.

Researchers are invited to contact RGP’s scientific collaboration coordinator for EU collaborative calls, Dr. Alice Mett (alice.mett@weizmann.ac.il, ext. 4007) for assistance in locating and matching Horizon Europe collaborative calls relevant to their research.

Towards the establishment of a new partnership (to be called One Health AMR), aimed at funding research and activities in the field of antibiotic resistance, the main issues are now being formulated. IMOH urges Israeli researchers to respond to the survey aimed at formulating the research topics and objectives in the various related fields (humans, the environment and the relationship between them) by 16 January 2023.

Link to the survey: https://survey.vr.se/Survey/818

The final Work Programmes covering Horizon Europe collaborative calls for 2023-2024 have been published. The Work Programmes and links to the submission system for the first open calls for proposals under several programs (Health; Digital, Industry and Space; Climate, Energy and Mobility; European Innovation Council (EIC); and Missions) are available on the RGP website. Collaborative calls under ‘Horizon Europe’ cover various research areas and are mostly open to submission by groups of at least three institutions from EU Member States and Associated Countries.

Researchers are invited to contact RGP’s scientific collaboration coordinator for EU collaborative calls, Dr. Alice Mett (alice.mett@weizmann.ac.il, etx. 4007) for assistance in locating and matching Horizon Europe collaborative calls relevant to their research.

The US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has issued pre-announcements in the ALSRP and BCRP programs.

The new CDMRP webpages within the RGP website convey important information relevant to all CDMRP programs. Jennifer Wenick (Jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il) is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will assist with any inquiries regarding application.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense encourages international involvement in its programs!

DARPA is a research and development agency responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Its Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) and specific programs have been circulated by the RGP and are available here: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/RGP/search/DARPA

DARPA aims to create breakthrough, paradigm-shifting solutions, accept and manage significant technology risk, and disrupt or massively accelerate technology roadmaps. It consists of 6 Technological Offices: Biological Technologies Office (BTO), Defense Sciences Office (DSO), Information Innovation Office (IIO), Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), Strategic Technology Office (STO), Tactical Technology Office (TTO).

In addition to being responsive to DARPA’s Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) and specific programs, DARPA encourages international researchers to engage directly with its Program Managers (PMs) by contacting them by email, phone, face-to face or at virtual events throughout the year. See list of DARPA PMs here: https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/people

Additional information is available in the following presentation.

The ERC 2023 Advanced (AdG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 23.5.2023.

The ERC Advanced Grant is designed to support independent researchers with a track-record of significant research achievements in the last ten years. This grant will provide up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Scientists are invited to attend an online workshop on writing a successful ERC-Advanced (AdG) proposal.
The workshop will be given by European consultant Ms. Lotte Jaspers and will provide an overview of the ERC-AdG and of the proposal structure with a focus on how to address the evaluation criteria and maximize the impact of the proposal.
It will take place in two parts (further details will be published closer to the date):

1. Webinar I - Monday, 9 January 2023, 10:30-13:00
2. Webinar II – Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 10:30-13:00

Workshop participants will also be provided with access to video tutorials and additional online material containing further information and guidance. If you would like to register for the workshop, please let us know by emailing the EU-desk.

The ERC-Advanced Grant (AdG) is designed to support independent researchers with a track record of significant research achievements in the last ten years. This grant will provide up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.
The ERC-2023-AdG call is expected to open in early December and the submission deadline is 23 May 2023.

Due to changes in the Ministry of Defense's application procedures and further to resulting potential legal issues, proposals submitted to IMOD without going through the RGP will NOT be activated, even if/when awards are made. As a reminder, prior to preparation of an application to IMOD, PIs must consult with the Vice President for Technology Transfer. In addition, and as per WIS management instruction, all grant proposals must be submitted for evaluation by the RGP, with a budget approved by Finance before submission.

The Israeli Coalition of Rare Diseases Organizations issued a call for nomination for a recognition award acknowledging excellence in providing medical care and/ or professional achievement and/or special assistance in the treatment of patients of rare diseases and their families. Note that nomination is submitted directly to the Coalition with no involvement of the RGP. Submission deadline is 16 January 2023 at 12:00 (Israel Time). Additional information is available here.

Deadline to the WIS-Pasteur program has been extended from the original 31 October 2022 to 31 January 2023 (to the RGP).

The ISIDORe project assembles the largest and most diverse research and service-providing instrument to study infectious diseases in Europe, with expertise from structural biology to clinical trials.

ISIDORe has launched its preparedness programme calls for free of charge access to the consortium facilities and services. To prevent future pandemics, and advance the development of the appropriate medical countermeasures, the ISIDORe preparedness programme includes a list of priority preparedness pathogens clustered in four calls for proposals to support research on the epidemic-prone pathogens: Risk-Group 4 pathogens (Pre-application deadline: 7 February 2023); Respiratory Pathogens (Open as long as funding remains available); Vector-borne Pathogens (Open as long as funding remains available); and other pathogens with epidemic potential (Open as long as funding remains available).

More information about the calls and how to apply can be found here.

Scientists are invited to attend an online workshop on writing a successful ERC-Advanced (AdG) proposal.
The workshop will be given by European consultant Ms. Lotte Jaspers and will provide an overview of the ERC-AdG and of the proposal structure with a focus on how to address the evaluation criteria and maximize the impact of the proposal.
It will take place in two parts (further details will be published closer to the date):

1. Webinar I - Monday, 9 January 2023, 10:30-13:00
2. Webinar II – Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 10:30-13:00

Workshop participants will also be provided with access to video tutorials and additional online material containing further information and guidance. If you would like to register for the workshop, please let us know by emailing the EU-desk.

The ERC-Advanced Grant (AdG) is designed to support independent researchers with a track record of significant research achievements in the last ten years. This grant will provide up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.
The ERC-2023-AdG call is expected to open in early December and the submission deadline is 23 May 2023.

Due to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, deadline to the IMOS-Ukraine call for proposals has been extended for the final time and is now 2 January (RGP) and 9 January 2023 at 15:00 Israel Time (Agency).

Deadline to IMOA call for Monitoring and Assessing Stray Cat Populations has been extended from the original 6 November (RGP) and 13 November (Agency) to 20 November (RGP) and 23 November 2022 (Agency).

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund and the MIT-Middle East Seed Fund are part of MIT Global Seed Funds. Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel and/or the Middle East (Bahrain; Jordan; Egypt: Palestine; and the UAE), in various research areas. Interested scientists should look for MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 13 December 2022. See here for more information.

Concept Note deadline to the PAD Initiative Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza call has been extended from the original 15 November (RGP) and 22 November (Agency) to 7 December (RGP) and 14 December 2022 (Agency).

The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation announced that the NSF/CISE Program Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) has agreed to accept collaborative NSF-BSF proposals for its Medium Grant project class (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22517/nsf22517.htm).

This project class envisages 3-4 year projects with total funding of $600,000 - $1,200,000 for the US PI. Israeli applicants to this project class in the SaTC program are invited to propose projects with a budget request of $55,000 - $ $80,000 per single PI or $80,000 - $100,00 for two PIs, keeping in mind the definitions that the SaTC program applies to the Medium Grants project class.

Israeli PIs must consult with Ms. Yael Dressler from the BSF office (yael@bsf.org.il) regarding their project description and budget request before advancing the preparation and submission of their proposal. For further information on this program contact Tami Koren at the RGP. Additional information on BSF-NSF programs with year-round submission is available here.

FYI, the Simons Foundation started using their own new online submission platform instead of proposalCENTRAL: https://sam.simonsfoundation.org/

For instructions on how to submit an application, the Simons Foundation will hold an informational session on Tuesday, 6 December 2022. To register: https://simonsfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T10Q7fksS6eE7gUUiHdf4g .

Deadline to the IMOS call for Promotion of Applied Research in Women's Sports has been extended from the original 24 October (RGP) and 31 October (Agency) to 30 October (RGP) and 6 November 2022 (Agency).

The Israel Young Academy recently hosted a webinar with the Chair of the ISF, Prof. Daniel Zaijfman and the heads of fields in the ISF, in which tips and guidelines for successful submission of ISF grants were discussed.

A short written summary of the webinar and a recording of the full webinar are available in the following link: http://www.young.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry.aspx?nodeId=741&entryId=308

The ISIDORe project assembles the largest and most diverse research and service-providing instrument to study infectious diseases in Europe, with expertise from structural biology to clinical trials.

It has launched two calls for transnational access for projects focusing on SARS-CoV-2 research (open as long as funding remains available) and for projects focusing on Monkeypox research (29 November 2022 pre-application deadline). See here for more information on these calls.

The MIT-Israel Seed Fund and the MIT-Middle East Seed Fund are part of MIT Global Seed Funds. Through an annual call for proposals, the MIT GSF program supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel and/or the Middle East (Bahrain; Jordan; Egypt: Palestine; and the UAE), in various research areas. Interested scientists should look for MIT collaborator directly. Application deadline is 13 December 2022. See here for more information.

Deadline to the WIS-Data Science Research Center - Collaborative Research Grants in Data Science call for proposals has been extended from the original 19 October to the 2 November 2022 (to the RGP).

The ERC 2023 Consolidator (CoG) call has officially opened with a submission deadline of 2.2.2023. The Consolidator grant is designed to support researchers who are at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme and whose successful defence date of the first PhD (or equivalent) is 7-12 years prior to 1.1.2023 (1.1.2011 to 31.12.2015).
This grant will provide up to €2M for a period of 5 years, with an option to request additional €1M for the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or to cover the costs of major experimental and field work.

Change in PhD reference date - from 2023, the reference date for calculating the eligibility period is the certified date of the successful defence of the first PhD degree (and not the award date). If you plan to participate in this call, please contact us as early as possible to establish your PhD reference date and verify your eligibility for this call.

For additional information on the call, please contact the EU Desk.

Deadline to the IMOA Special Calls for Research and Field Studies in the Vegetables Branch has been extended from the original 13 September (RGP) and 20 September (Agency) to 2 October (RGP) and 20 October 2022 (Agency).

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be staffed by duty officers and provide essential and urgent services only.

The RGP office will be closed on the following dates:

• Monday-Tuesday, 26-27 September 2022
• Tuesday-Wednesday, 4-5 October 2022
• Monday, 10 October 2022
• Sunday-Monday, 16-17 October 2022

The RGP office will be open for 3.5 hours on the following date:

• Sunday, 25 September 2022
• Sunday, 9 October 2022

The RGP office will be open for 4.5 hours on the following dates:

• Tuesday-Thursday, 11-13 October 2022

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Thursday, 15 September 2022.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

All deadlines to the ISF Breakthrough Research Grants ("MAPATZ") program have been extended: WIS Internal pre-selection deadline is now 29 September 2022; registration and full proposal submission (only for those invited further to WIS internal pre-selection) are 10 November for registration and 21 November (RGP) and 28 November 2022 (Agency) for full proposals. 

Deadlines to the BSF Regular and BSF Startup programs have been extended from the original 9 November (RGP) and 16 November (Agency) to 22 November (RGP) and 29 November 2022 (Agency).

During the Tishrei holidays (Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) the RGP will be staffed by duty officers and provide essential and urgent services only.

The RGP office will be closed on the following dates:

• Monday-Tuesday, 26-27 September 2022
• Tuesday-Wednesday, 4-5 October 2022
• Monday, 10 October 2022
• Sunday-Monday, 16-17 October 2022

The RGP office will be open for 3.5 hours on the following date:

• Sunday, 25 September 2022
• Sunday, 9 October 2022

The RGP office will be open for 4.5 hours on the following dates:

• Tuesday-Thursday, 11-13 October 2022

If any signatures or assistance from the RGP office are required during this period, please make sure to contact us well in advance.

Due to a departmental outing, the RGP Office will be closed on Thursday, 15 September 2022.

If any signatures or other assistance from the RGP are required on this day, please make sure to take this into consideration and contact us before or after the aforementioned time.

The RGP is looking forward to the meeting with representatives from the US Army and US Navy, at 09:00am on 5 September 2022 at Stone Building (in Zacks Hall, located at the Lobby level entrance).

The meeting will start with an hour-long presentation of these agencies’ opportunities for new funding (such as ARO and ARL BAAs), followed by one-on-one meetings between the representatives and WIS researchers to discuss potential research projects.

Please see below the agenda for the day:

• 08:30-09:00: Zacks Small Meeting room  - Coffee and refreshments
• 09:00-09:45: Zacks Hall  - Presentations of Army/Navy opportunities for new funding
• 09:45-10:00: Zacks Hall - Informal Q&A session

For those who have scheduled one-on-one meetings:
10:00-16:30: Location and times as per individually scheduled one-on-one meetings (at Zacks Hall OR Zacks small meeting room OR 5th floor meeting room)

• For scheduling one-on-one meetings please contact Vered Tadmor at vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il
• For any questions, please contact Jennifer Wenick at jennifer.wenick@weizmann.ac.il

Due to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, deadline to the IMOS-Ukraine call for proposals has been extended again and is now 1 December (RGP) and 8 December 2022 at 15:00 Israel Time (Agency).

Certain US Federal funding agencies (such as CDMRP and others) require access to .mil websites for applying and/or reporting.

In order to be able to access these websites from within WIS you will need an installation of a certificate on your computer. For this installation there is now a self-service that anyone at the institute can now use to install the required certificate:

• On OSX, under “Weizmann Self Service” you can find the “Symantec Cloud Services Root CA” on the “Weizmann Stuff Category”, click install and you are ready.
• On Windows, under “Software Center” you can find the “Symantec Cloud Services” click on it, and it will install the certificate. Please allow the installation by choosing “yes” if you are asked to.

If any assistance with this process is needed, please contact Assaf Glick at assaf.glik@weizmann.ac.il or the IT Help Desk (#4444).

The RGP is happy to announce that application to US DOD - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) programs is now available to WIS PIs.

We have now created a CDMRP webpage within the RGP website that conveys important information relevant to all CDMRP programs (since CDMRP offers dozens of funding opportunities under various programs, issued at different times throughout the year with different deadlines).

Jennifer Wenick is the RGP contact person for CDMRP and will be available for any inquiries or assistance in application.

At the moment the following CDMRP programs are open for application:

• Breast Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Lupus
• Melanoma
• Parkinson's
• Peer Reviewed Cancer
• Reconstructive Transplant Research
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health

Deadline to IMOA Chief Scientist Central Fund in Agriculture and Rural Development call for proposals has been extended from the original 31 August (RGP) and 7 September (Agency) to 7 September (RGP) and 14 September 2022 (Agency).

As part of the RGP constant endeavor to provide WIS researchers’ with access to additional funding opportunities, a meeting has been arranged with representatives from the US ARMY and US Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG).

This meeting will take place on Monday, 5 September 2022 during morning hours at Stone building, Zacks Hall, located at the Lobby level entrance. Interested researchers should contact Vered Tadmor (vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il) by 15 August 2022 to express their interest.

The meeting will start with an hour-long presentation of these agencies’ opportunities for funding (such as ARO and ARL BAAs), followed by one-on-one meetings between the representatives and WIS researchers to discuss potential research projects. These personal meetings (approximately 10 mins each), to be organized by the RGP, will enable PIs to assess the relevance of their research vis-à-vis specific US Army and ONRG needs.

US Army and ONRG are looking for original and innovative ideas that would push the boundaries of science. A list of general areas of interest includes the following:

• Physical Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Engineering Sciences
• Mechanical Sciences
• Materials Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Information Sciences
• Computing Sciences
• Network Sciences
• Quantum Research
• Mobility Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Within these general themes, several topics have been highlighted further by the agencies:

• Theoretical and computational chemistry (including the use of ML/AI) developing/designing novel methods for chemical catalysis
• Chemical sensing with high selectivity/sensitivity with targeting/triggering that enables a macro response
• Use of biochemistry to solve common chemistry issues or create bonds or functionality that standard chemistry cannot (theory and experimentation both of interest)
• Design of polymers with enhanced thermal conductivity focused on molecular design vs processing (theoretical/computational/experimental of interest)
• Polymer/protein complexes to produce functionality not found naturally
• Design of responsive polymers
• Multi-scale modeling of mechanical damage and failure (crack propagation)
• Novel methods for modeling of sand
• Functionalization of liquid crystal elastomer materials
• Condensed matter physics
• Quantum

The Ministry of Regional Cooperation (MORC) invites proposals for assistance in formulating the professional content of the UN Climate Conference panels and active participation in them.

Those interested in taking part in the organization and/or participation are requested to send a proposal to rachelw@morc.gov.il by August 18, 2022. Additional information is available here.

Note that participation in the conference will be at one's own expense. MORC will not bear the cost of travel, lodging, or any other payment involved in participating in the conference.

Microsoft Israel, in collaboration with the IUCC, offers awards to outstanding researchers from Israeli universities, for usage of cloud resources in data-based research.

Grants will be awarded to data science research proposals, based on the excellence of researcher, proposal and research team. The first place winner will receive a grant of $30,000, the second place $20,000 and the third $10,000. Note that winners will receive credit to use Microsoft cloud (not money).

Submission deadline is 25 September 2022. For more information see here.

As part of the RGP constant endeavor to provide WIS researchers’ with access to additional funding opportunities, a meeting has been arranged with representatives from the US ARMY and US Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG).

This meeting will take place on Monday, 5 September 2022 during morning hours at Stone building, Zacks Hall, located at the Lobby level entrance.

It will start with an hour-long presentation of these agencies’ opportunities for funding (such as ARO and ARL BAAs), followed by one-on-one meetings between the representatives and WIS researchers to discuss potential research projects. These personal meetings (approximately 10 mins each), to be organized by the RGP, will enable PIs to assess the relevance of their research vis-à-vis specific US Army and ONRG needs. As the number of such meetings is restricted, interested researchers should contact Vered Tadmor (vered.tadmor@weizmann.ac.il) by 11 August 2022 to express their interest.

US Army and ONRG are looking for original and innovative ideas that would push the boundaries of science. A list of general areas of interest includes the following:

• Physical Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Engineering Sciences
• Mechanical Sciences
• Materials Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Information Sciences
• Computing Sciences
• Network Sciences
• Quantum Research
• Mobility Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Within these general themes, several topics have been highlighted further by the agencies:

• Theoretical and computational chemistry (including the use of ML/AI) developing/designing novel methods for chemical catalysis
• Chemical sensing with high selectivity/sensitivity with targeting/triggering that enables a macro response
• Use of biochemistry to solve common chemistry issues or create bonds or functionality that standard chemistry cannot (theory and experimentation both of interest)
• Design of polymers with enhanced thermal conductivity focused on molecular design vs processing (theoretical/computational/experimental of interest)
• Polymer/protein complexes to produce functionality not found naturally
• Design of responsive polymers
• Multi-scale modeling of mechanical damage and failure (crack propagation)
• Novel methods for modeling of sand
• Functionalization of liquid crystal elastomer materials
• Condensed matter physics
• Quantum

Deadline to the WIS Center for Perception and Action Call for High-Risk High-Gain Grants has been extended from the original 1 August to 1 September 2022 (to the RGP).

PIs that are recipients\applicants of an NIH award\subaward, please be aware that NIH requires electronic signatures on certain forms during the life of the award. In most cases, “wet” and typed names will not be accepted as signatures. Therefore, if you haven’t done so yet, it is now imperative that you establish the possibility to use an electronic signature. This can be achieved through Adobe, or any other signature software of your choice (the NIH does not require a specific signature software), as long as such software maintains supporting documentation to reasonably authenticate that the appropriate individual signed the form, which can be made available upon NIH’s request.