A Listing of Key Funding Sources

ISRAEL – Main Funds

Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

http://www.isf.org.il/

(Click "Download Forms and Instructions)

Annual Date: November, 1

German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research (GIF)

http://www.gif.org.il/

Annual Dates: September - pre-proposals in the Exact Sciences, Material Sciences and Technology;

October - full proposal in the Social Sciences and Humanities

United States Bi-national Science Foundation (BSF)

www.bsf.org.il

Annual Date: November, 15

ISRAEL - Government Ministries and Authorities

Israel Anti Drug Abuse Foundation (IADAF)

http://www.antidrugs.org.il/template/default.asp?maincat=12&catid=44

Annual Date: all year

Israel National Roads Company

http://www.iroads.co.il/MazInternet/General/Pages/HomePage.aspx

(Click "Forms: Research and Development")

Annual Date: March

Ministry of Defense

http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/mafat/mehkar.asp

Ministry of the Environmental Protection

http://www.environment.gov.il

(click "michrazim" or click "mada ve sviva")

Ministry of Education

http://cms.education.gov.il/educationcms/units/scientist/odot/afkideimadan.htm

Ministry of Health

www.health.gov.il/research-fund

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor

http://www.moit.gov.il/NR/exeres/2D54768C-8F38-405D-AC6D-14BD1B5870A3.htm

Ministry of Justice - Va'adat Ezvonot Research Grants

http://www.justice.gov.il/MOJHeb/VaadatEzvonot/

Ministry of National Infrastructure

http://www.moit.gov.il/NR/exeres/2D54768C-8F38-405D-AC6D-14BD1B5870A3.htm

Ministry of Public Security

http://www.mops.gov.il/BP/ResearchNDevelopment/

Ministry of Science Culture and Sport

http://www.most.gov.il/שירותים/קולות+קוראים/default.htm

Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services

http://www.molsa.gov.il/MisradHarevacha/HomePageMenu/Knowledge/ResearchAndEvaluation/

National Insurance Institute of Israel

http://www.btl.gov.il/NR/exeres/5B69A08E-6CCB-4E21-B91C-E963FDAE0191.htm

ISRAEL – Other Funds

Emet Prize

http://www.emetprize.org/

Annual Date: April, 30

Helen Bader Foundation

http://www.hbf.org/HBFWeb/grantCategories/childhood.html

Inbar Fund

http://www.keren-inbar.org.il/INB/Front/Document.asp?ID=23165&Linkid=22981

Israel Foundation Trustees

http://www.ift.co.il/page.asp?page=2

Annual Date: December, 1 (bi-yearly)

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL)

http://www.isoc.org.il/scholarship/

Keren Shalem : The Central Fund for the Development of Services for the Retarded in the Local Councils

http://www.kshalem.org.il/kol.asp?type=6

Annual Date: March, 31 + September, 31

Landau Fund

http://www.pais.co.il (click "Pais Funds")

Annual Date: Art Prize – October

Research Prize – September

Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research

http://www.maccabi-research.org/116.html

Annual Date: December, 31

Pinhas Saphir Fund

http://www.pais.co.il (click "kranot ha'pais")

Annual Date: Literature Prize – November

Local Authority Grant - August

Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research (TSC)

http://spirit.tau.ac.il/socant/peace/

(click "Research: Call for Proposal")

Annual Date: December

The Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel

http://www.sw.huji.ac.il/research.asp?cat=342&in=0

The Israel Cancer Association

http://www.cancer.org.il/template/default.asp?textSearch=&maincat=11&catid=293

The Israel Association for Canadian Studies

http://canadianstudies.huji.ac.il/

(Click "Grants & Scholarships: The Israel Association for Canadian Studies")

Annual Date: February

The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (N.I.H.P)

http://www.israelhpr.org.il (click "Grants")

Annual Date: January, 1

The National Institute for Psychobiology

http://www.psychobiology.org.il/news/new_future_events.html

Annual Date: April, 30 + December, 31

The Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace

http://truman.huji.ac.il/

Annual Date: February

Yad Vashem – The Int'l Institute for Holocaust Research

http://www1.yadvashem.org/heb_site/heb_about_yad/heb_index_about_yad.html

UNITED STATES

Ford Motor Company

http://www.triwaks.co.il/Ford-GrantsmainHEB.asp

Annual Date: December, 1

Fulbright - United States – Israel Educational Foundation

http://www.fulbright.org.il/index.php?id=967

GM-UMIT

http://gm-israel.co.il/

Annual Date: December, 31

Middle East Regional Cooperation Program (MERC)
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/DSC/USAID_MERC_Program.html

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

http://www.mfjc.org

March of Dimes Foundation

http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/professionals.asp

(click "Research Funding"))

Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2910
New York, NY 10165
Telephone: 212-697-2677

GERMANY

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/index.htm

and also:

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/preise/index.htm

DFG

Trilateral Research (Israel, Germany, Palestinian)

http://www.dfg.de/en/international/international_context/koop_reg/#2

Minerva

http://www.minerva.mpg.de

FRANCE

Fondation Fyssen

http://www.fondation-fyssen.org