Seed Grants for Workshop Participants
Seed Grants for Workshop Participants support U.S. and Israeli scientists in early-stage joint research, typically collecting preliminary data to strengthen future agricultural research proposals.
Funder: United States–Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD)
Due Dates: Within three months after the relevant BARD-supported workshop (application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 for up to one year
Summary: Supports early-stage U.S.–Israeli research collaborations arising from BARD workshops, typically to collect preliminary data for future BARD proposals.
Key Information: Applicants must be recent BARD workshop participants affiliated with public or private nonprofit research institutions.
Description
BARD’s Seed Grants for Workshop Participants extend the impact of BARD-supported workshops by funding early-stage joint research between U.S. and Israeli scientists. The workshops bring researchers together to share expertise, discuss common challenges, and establish relationships that can lead to collaborative research.
The program helps workshop-linked teams strengthen those relationships and lay the groundwork for a full research proposal. In most cases, the funding supports preliminary data collection for future BARD grant applications. Proposals describe the problem’s significance to agriculture in both countries, the objectives of the seed research, and how the preliminary results will strengthen a subsequent proposal. The research plan must explain how the partners will collaborate and each collaborator’s responsibilities.
