Upcoming dates at the BSF
Dear Colleague,
This is a periodical reminder
of the existing opportunities in the NSF-BSF joint funding programs, with the
currently known dates of the next submission deadlines.
Attached find a statistical
table showing the number of NSF-BSF applications in recent years with their
success rates, which in most cases are equivalent or even higher than the
average in the same programs.
In particular, note the high
success rates in Biology, which we predicted in a previous letter, based on the
decline in the overall submissions following the move to no-deadlines, without
a parallel decrease in the budget for these programs.
Because many of the programs
have no deadlines, the success rates are based on the results in that year-
declines+ successes, rather than on the actual number of submissions. Numbers
in yellow mean that the data for the current year is not final.
Please
be reminded that the BSF allows to submit concurrently to both the regular
program, as well as to the NSF-BSF programs, including the same research
project. However, if the submissions are similar, or significantly overlap, and
both are recommended for funding, only the NSF-BSF program will be funded.
Also,
the BSF allows the submission of up to two NSF-BSF applications concurrently,
as long as one of them is to a program with no deadline.
The following is a list of the
deadlines in the BSF and NSF-BSF programs in the coming months. Please note
that the Directorate of
Computer and Information Science and Engineering has moved to a no deadline
policy.
- 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.
- BSF program Prof.
Rahamimoff Travel Grants for Young Scientists program. Due
to the current situation with COVID-19, the deadline for submissions of
new applications is now postponed until further notice.
These
NSF-BSF programs have the following deadlines:
Directorate of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences:
- NSF-BSF program in Mathematical Biology. Deadline for
application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is September 8, 2020 and by the
Israeli partner to the BSF is September 14, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Combinatorics; Foundations. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is September 22, 2020 and
by the Israeli partner to the BSF is September 29, 2020. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Probability. Deadline for
application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is September 25, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is October 1, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Analysis. Deadline for application
by the U.S. partner to the NSF is September 30, 2020 and by the Israeli
partner to the BSF is October 11, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Algebra and Number Theory. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is October 9, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is October 15, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Materials. Deadline for application
by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 2, 2020 and by the Israeli
partner to the BSF is November 8, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Geometric Analysis; Topology. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 3, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is November 9, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Applied Mathematics. Deadline for
application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 16, 2020 and by the
Israeli partner to the BSF is November 23, 2020. Call for Proposals can be
found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 16, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is November 23, 2020. Call for Proposals
can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics –
Experiment and Theory; Gravitational Physics – Experiment and Theory;
Integrative Activities in Physics; LIGO Research Support. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is November 25, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 1, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Nuclear Physics – Experiment and Theory;
Elementary Particle Physics – Experiment; Particle Astrophysics –
Experiment; Computational Physics. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 1, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 7, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Computational Mathematics. Deadline
for application by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 1, 2020 and by
the Israeli partner to the BSF is December 7, 2020. Call for Proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Elementary Particle Physics – Theory;
Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology – Theory; Physics of Living Systems;
Quantum Information Science.
Deadline for application by the
U.S. partner to the NSF is December 9, 2020 and by the Israeli partner to
the BSF is December 14, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Statistics. Deadline for application
by the U.S. partner to the NSF is December 15, 2020 and by the Israeli
partner to the BSF is December 21, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
Directorate of Computer and
Information Science and Engineering:
- 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.
Directorate of Geosciences:
- NSF-BSF programs in Marine Oceanography. Deadline for
applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is August 17, 2020 and by the
Israeli Partner to the BSF is August 23, 2020. Call for proposals can be
found here.
Directorate of Biological Sciences:
- 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.
Directorate of Social, Behavioral
and Economics Sciences:
- NSF-BSF programs in Perception, Action and Cognition. Deadline
for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is August 3, 2020 and by
the Israeli Partner to the BSF is August 9, 2020. Call for proposals can
be found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Cognitive Neuroscience. Deadline for
applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is August 13, 2020 and by the
Israeli Partner to the BSF is August 19, 2020. Call for proposals can be
found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Economics and Decision Sciences. Deadline
for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is August 18, 2020 and by
the Israeli Partner to the BSF is August 23, 2020. Call for proposals can
be found here.
These
following NSF-BSF programs have no deadlines and are open for submission
throughout the year:
- NSF-BSF programs in Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)are
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year, starting October
1st, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Computer and Network Systems (CNS)are
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year, starting October
1st, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) are open to receive applications anytime throughout the year,
starting October 1st, 2020. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and
Transport Systems are open to receive applications anytime
throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programs in Ceramics and Condensed Matter and Materials
Theory in the Materials division are open to receive
applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems is open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Earth Sciences is open to receive
applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences is
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Cyber Security is open to receive
applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Marine Geology and Geophysics is
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences is
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) is
open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF program in EDGE-IOS is open to receive
applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programin Environmental Biology (DEB) is open to receive
applications anytime throughout the year. Call for Proposals can be found here.
- NSF-BSF programin Rules of Life (RoL) in the Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) is open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. Call for
Proposals can be found here.
We would be happy
to see you among the applicants to any of these programs.
Sincerely,
Rachel (Heni) Haring
Dr. Heni Haring,
Assistant Director
U.S. – Israel Binational Science Foundation
8 Hamarpeh St.
P.O.B. 45086
Jerusalem, 91450
Israel
Tel: 972-2-5828239 ext. 110
Fax: 972-2-5828306
www.bsf.org.il