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NSF-Binational Science Foundation (BSF) joint funding programs

List of existing opportunities in the NSF-BSF joint funding programs, with the currently known dates of the next submission deadlines.

 

BSF Regular Research Grants Program. Deadline for applications is November 18, 2020. The website will open on September 1, 2020. The regulations can be found here

Applications must involve active cooperation between scientists of both countries. Therefore, prior to submission of applications, prospective applicants must complete the cooperative arrangements necessary for the presentation of a joint application. 

 

NSF-BSF program in Computational Neuroscience. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 10, 2020 and by the Israeli Partner to the BSF is December 16, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.  The call is limited to applications in Computational Neuroscience, as it is defined by the NSF. Please read carefully the NSF solicitation document https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18501/nsf18501.htm    Applications must involve a computational aspect, but can also involve empirical work.  The competition is open to neuroscientists and other scientists who are not classical computational neuroscientists, if they are engaged in appropriate collaborations and their study is relevant to the program.

 

NSF-BSF program in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. Deadline for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 18, 2020 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is November 24, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.    The goal of the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) program is to support important and innovative research on the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The program's focus is on the discovery of general principles and processes and on building and testing models that elucidate these principles. Projects must address the quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics.

 

For a complete list of funding opportunities from this program, please see attached.

Please send any questions to achenbac@pennmedicine.upenn.edu