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THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL BINATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
WHO WE ARE
SIGNED 27 SEPT. 1972
TREATY
Lieutenant General Yitzhak Rabin
Ambassador of Israel
The Honorable Joseph J. Sisco
U.S. Secretary of State
Mr. Shimon PeresPresident of the State of Israel
From its inception, the promotion of scientific research has been one of Israel's major goals […]. The partnership struck between the scientific communities of the United States and Israel has served to boost a fertile cooperation between the best researchers in both our countries.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
WHAT WE DO
COLLABORATE
Compound: Group of elements bonded together.
Role of BSF: Promotes science diplomacy & collaboration between U.S. & Israel by supporting collaborative research.
INCUBATE
Incubator: Provides necessary conditions for growth and development.
Role of BSF: Identifies and supports scientific excellence from its infancy.
CATALYZE
Catalyst: Lowers amount of energy needed for reaction to occur. Adding catalysts can cause chain reaction.
Role of BSF: Sets scientific discovery in motion and accelerates the path to discovery.
HOW WE DO IT
ENDOWMENT
GENERATES OVER
$15 MILLION
EACH YEARFOR GRANTS
DISCOVERY GRANTS
Even Years• Health and Life Sciences• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences• Biomedical Engineering
Odd Years• Physics/Mathematics/Chemistry• Computer Sciences• Earth, Energy, Ecology and Environmental Sciences• Chemistry and Material Sciences• Economics and Sociology
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS
ONGOING BSF GRANT PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
• Start-up research grants• Workshop grants• Post Doctoral Fellowships• Young Scientist Awards• Travel grants • Energy research grants
PI Credentials
Scientific/Technological MeritBreadth/Depth
of Collaboration
Potential Scientific/Socio-economic Impact
and MetricsExisting Infrastructure
for Successful Discovery
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Impact, Originality and Innovation
EVALUATION PROCESS
1 U.S./Israeli Scientific Advisors generate peer review panels from both countries
2 Panel members generate review summary and recommendations
3 BSF Board finalizes number of grants to be awarded
IMPACT
SCOPE
$500 MILLIONin grants awarded
More than 500 PROJECTS
supported
Israeli scientists have collaborated on projects with
U.S. scientists from 45 STATES
SCIENTISTS
More than7,000 SCIENTISTS
supported
40 NOBELlaureates
SUCCESS STORIES
• Cancer Diagnostics• Used Positron Emitting Tomography (PET) to identify
functional disorders, including cancer
• Stem Cell Therapy to Reduce Brain Defects• Used stem cells to replace defective brain cells
• Life Outside Our Solar System• Developed infrared optical fibers that will be used by NASA
to identify habitable extra-solar planets
• Alzheimer’s Disease• Developed neuropeptide-based drugs that are now in
clinical trials.
SUCCESS STORIES
• Superior Solid Lubricants• Discovered nanotubes and nanoparticles that paved way for
development of solid lubricants with large-scale applications
• Defenses Against Chemical Warfare and Insecticide Poisoning• Developed strategies for alleviating consequences of
chemical stresses such as chemical warfare
• Anti-Cancer Drug Development• Discovered that heparanase, a unique human enzyme,
played a key role in cancer progression
• Era of Exoplanets• Discovered planet that led to new era in astrophysics
EXOPLANETS
David Latham, Ph.D. Senior Astronomer,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Prof. Tsevi MazehProfessor of Physics
and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
Collaboration began in 1984
Each PI uniquely contributes to collaboration
Latham: instrumentation and equipment
Mazeh: maps and theoretical algorithms
EXOPLANETS
Discovery of unexpected planet in unexpected orbit
38 high-impact, peer review journal publications, including Nature Magazine
1989
EXOPLANETS
The era of quantitative studies of exoplanetary astrophysics was born.
David Latham in New Astronomy Reviews 56 (2012) 16–18.
EXOPLANETS
2000
Kepler project launched in 2009
Kepler investigated a 0.25% area of solar system with celestial coordinates.Image Credit: NASA 2009
NASA accepted proposal from Latham and Mazah. Kepler project launched to identify exoplanets.
$640 million project that identified over 1,000 exoplanets.
In May 2013, NASA launched TESS to searchfor additional exoplanets
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
$200 million program that created 800 high-level NASA jobs
House Subcommittees on Space and Research & Technology hosted hearing
TESS satellite Photo credit: TESS team 2011
NEW DIRECTIONS
NSF/BSF COLLABORATION
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent U.S. government agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote science and engineering through research programs and education projects.
NSF/BSF COLLABORATIONComputationalNeuroscience
Chemistry
Biology/ Integrative Organismal Systems
Computer Science
Israel is 1 of 4 countries to participate in initiative
Israel joined NSF’s International
Collaboration in Chemistry (ICC)
Israel is NSF’s 1st global partner
in field.
Grants for U.S. scientists to travel to Israel
ENERGY
Supports research in alternative energy, renewable energy and
energy efficiency
Collaboration between the Israeli Ministry of Infrastructure and the U.S. Department of Energy
$200,000 grant for a period of up to three years
TRANSFORMATIVE SCIENCE
Up to 2 awards annually
Research proposals with potential to generate new scientific paradigm or new fields of science
$300,000 grant for a period up to three years
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