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Gravitational Physics – Experiment and Theory; Integrative Activities in Physics; LIGO Research Support (NSF deadline is Nov. 27)</div> </li> <li class="hp-date__links hp-link__wrapper"> <div class="hp-link__date hp-date__date">December 4, 2024</div> <div class="hp-link__text hp-date__text">Deadline for applications to the BSF Research Grants Program (Regular BSF program)</div> </li> </ul> <a class="hp-dates__link hp-read-more mobile hp-read-more--large" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/calendar/"> See All </a> </section> <section class="hp-grantees" data-paroller-factor="0.3" data-paroller-type="background" data-paroller-direction="vertical"> <div class="hp-grantees__inner full-width"> <div class="hp-grantees__sidebar"> <h2 class="hp-grantees__title hp-title hp-title--white"> Notable Grantees </h2> <a class="hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-grantees__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/notable-grantees/"> See List </a> </div> <div class="hp-notable-grantees section__inner"> <ul class="hp-notable-grantees__inner counters"> <li class="hp-notable-grantee"> <strong class="hp-notable-grantee__number counter" data-duration="4">50</strong> <span class="hp-notable-grantee__title">Nobel Prize laureates</span> </li> <li class="hp-notable-grantee"> <strong class="hp-notable-grantee__number counter" data-duration="4">09</strong> <span class="hp-notable-grantee__title">Winners of the Turing Award</span> </li> <li class="hp-notable-grantee"> <strong class="hp-notable-grantee__number counter" data-duration="4">71</strong> <span class="hp-notable-grantee__title">Recipients of the Wolf Prize</span> </li> <li class="hp-notable-grantee"> <strong class="hp-notable-grantee__number counter" data-duration="4">09</strong> <span class="hp-notable-grantee__title">Recipients of the Fields Medal</span> </li> <li class="hp-notable-grantee"> <strong class="hp-notable-grantee__number counter" data-duration="4">25</strong> <span class="hp-notable-grantee__title">Winners of the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="hp-achievements__section section"> <div class="full-width"> <div class="section__inner"> <div class="hp-achievements__header hp-section-header"> <h2 class="hp-achievements__title hp-title"> Scientific Achievements </h2> <div class="hp-achievements__text"> <p>BSF support has paved the way for numerous <strong>scientific, medical and technological breakthroughs</strong> with wide-ranging practical applications.</p> </div> <a class="hp-achievements__link desktop hp-read-more hp-read-more--large" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/scientific-achievements/"> All Scientific Achievements </a> </div> <ul class="hp-achievements"> <li class="hp-achievement"> <img src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/amoeba.svg" alt="" class="hp-achievement__icon"> <h3 class="hp-achievement__title"><span class="hp-achievement__title-inner">Nobel-winning discovery of critical cell function</span></h3> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt"> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt-inner"> The 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Profs. Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover (Technion), together with Prof. Irwin Rose (UC Irvine), for… </div> <a class="read-more" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/scientific-achievements/#nobel-winning-discovery-of-critical-cell-function">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-achievement"> <img src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/robot-1.svg" alt="" class="hp-achievement__icon"> <h3 class="hp-achievement__title"><span class="hp-achievement__title-inner">Pioneering Advances in Computer Science and Robotics</span></h3> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt"> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt-inner"> BSF-supported research in computer science has spurred pioneering advances in computational geometry, which lies at the heart of diverse areas such as robotics and… </div> <a class="read-more" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/scientific-achievements/#pioneering-advances-in-computer-science-and-robotics">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-achievement"> <img src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/chemistry.svg" alt="" class="hp-achievement__icon"> <h3 class="hp-achievement__title"><span class="hp-achievement__title-inner">Cancer Diagnostics</span></h3> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt"> <div class="hp-achievement__excerpt-inner"> The BSF played a key role in the worldwide use of PET (Positron Emitting Tomography) to identify functional disorders, indicating cancer. The development of… </div> <a class="read-more" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/scientific-achievements/#cancer-diagnostics">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-achievement-slideshow"> <a class="hp-achievements__link hp-read-more mobile hp-read-more--large" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/scientific-achievements/"> All Scientific Achievements </a> <section data-timeout="5000" class="slideshow slideshow-- hp-achievements__slideshow"> <div data-index="0" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Amir-Sagi.png" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Dr. Sherry Tamone (Univ Alaska) with her student and a graduate student of Prof. Amir Sagi (Ben Gurion Univ.) Tom Levy at their study area in Alaska</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="1" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.png" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Discussing the results are Profs. Phil Baran (Scripps Research Institute) and Doron Shabat (Tel Aviv Univ.)</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="2" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.png" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">In the lab of Prof. Jerri Bartholomew (Oregon State Univ.) , her student Stephen Atkinson with Prof. Tamar Lotan (Univ of Haifa) </span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="3" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-min.jpg" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Computer scientists Dr. Jonathan Berant (Univ. Tel Aviv) and Dr. Vivek Srikumar (Univ. Utah) with students</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="4" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-min.jpg" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Dr. Onn Crouvi (Geological Survey of Israel) with students studying regional modelling of calcic soils on site in Southern Israel </span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="5" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-min.jpg" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Hydrologists Profs. Yokochi Reika (Univ. Chicago), Peter Mueller (Aragone National Lab.), Yossi Yechieli (Israel Geological Survey), Eilon Adar (Ben-Gurion Univ.) and their students at the end of a intense two weeks sampling campaign at the shores of the Dead Sea (Ein Kedem hot spring) [pictured by Dr. A. Burg, Israel Geological Survey]</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-index="6" class="slideshow__slide "> <figure class="image-with-caption slideshow-image "> <img class="slideshow-image __image image-with-caption__image" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-min.jpg" alt="" /> <figcaption class="image-with-caption__caption "> <span class="image-with-caption__text">Enjoying art are mathematicians Profs. Vladimir Berkovich (Weizmann Inst.) and Mattias Jonsson (Univ. of Michigan)</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <a class="a11y-only a11y-pause--cycle2 a11y-pause" title="Pause slideshow" data-play-message="The slideshow is resumed" data-pause-message="The slideshow is paused" role="button" href="javascript:void(0)"> <span class="visuallyhidden"> <span class="play-label">Resume slideshow</span> <span class="pause-label">Pause slideshow</span> </span> </a> <div class="slideshow__navs "> <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" title="Next"></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" title="Previous"></a> </div> </section> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="hp-facts section full-width"> <div class="section__inner"> <div class="hp-section-header hp-facts__header"> <h2 class="hp-facts__title hp-title hp-title--white">Facts & Figures</h2> <a class="desktop hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <div class="slideshow hp-facts__slideshow slideshow--white" data-timeout="4000"> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-facts__slide"> <div class="hp-facts__text"> <h3 class="hp-facts__value">5801</h3> <div class="hp-facts__title">Grants Awarded Since 1973</div> </div> <div class="hp-facts__icon-wrapper"> <img class="hp-facts__icon" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hp-facts-figures-grants.svg" alt="" /> </div> <a class="mobile hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-facts__slide"> <div class="hp-facts__text"> <h3 class="hp-facts__value">13,829</h3> <div class="hp-facts__title">Grantees Since 1973</div> </div> <div class="hp-facts__icon-wrapper"> <img class="hp-facts__icon" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hp-facts-figures-grantees.svg" alt="" /> </div> <a class="mobile hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-facts__slide"> <div class="hp-facts__text"> <h3 class="hp-facts__value">1372</h3> <div class="hp-facts__title">External reviews from around the world for applications in 2022</div> </div> <div class="hp-facts__icon-wrapper"> <img class="hp-facts__icon" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hp-facts-figures-reviews-1.svg" alt="" /> </div> <a class="mobile hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-facts__slide"> <div class="hp-facts__text"> <h3 class="hp-facts__value">4.3</h3> <div class="hp-facts__title">Average number of reviews per application in 2022</div> </div> <div class="hp-facts__icon-wrapper"> <img class="hp-facts__icon" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hp-facts-figures-reviews.svg" alt="" /> </div> <a class="mobile hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-facts__slide"> <div class="hp-facts__text"> <h3 class="hp-facts__value">>$700 Million</h3> <div class="hp-facts__title">Granted Since 1973 in today’s Value</div> </div> <div class="hp-facts__icon-wrapper"> <img class="hp-facts__icon" data-default="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hp-facts-figures-million.svg" alt="" /> </div> <a class="mobile hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-facts__link" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/facts-figures/"> Facts & Figures </a> </div> <nav class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </nav> </div> </div> </section> <section class="hp-magazine full-width"> <div class="hp-magazine__inner"> <div class="hp-section-header hp-magazine__header"> <h2 class="hp-magazine__title hp-title hp-title--blue">Magazine Top Stories</h2> <a class="hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-magazine__link desktop" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/magazine/"> See All </a> </div> <ul class="hp-magazine__list hp-links magazine-thumbs"> <li class="hp-magazine-thumb hp-link__wrapper magazine-thumb"> <div class="hp-link__date hp-magazine-thumb__date">Winter Edition 2022</div> <div class="hp-link__title hp-magazine-thumb__title">Letter From the Executive Director</div> <div class="hp-link__text hp-magazine-thumb__text"> This year, BSF celebrates its 50th anniversary, as well as the 10th year of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) – BSF partnership. Anton Post shares why he believes these two milestones are very much linked – and why he is optimistic that BSF’s already impressive growth will continue well into the future. <a href="https://www.bsf.org.il/magazine/winter-edition-2022/letter-from-the-executive-director-6/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-magazine-thumb hp-link__wrapper magazine-thumb"> <div class="hp-link__date hp-magazine-thumb__date">Winter Edition 2022</div> <div class="hp-link__title hp-magazine-thumb__title">Board of Governors – Kendra Sharp</div> <div class="hp-link__text hp-magazine-thumb__text"> BSF’s newest representative from the United States possesses a unique combination of experience in both mechanical engineering and international collaborations. She talks about her experience in science and global affairs, and why the NSF – BSF partnership has become one of the NSF’s most successful international programs. <a href="https://www.bsf.org.il/magazine/winter-edition-2022/board-of-governors-kendra-sharp/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-magazine-thumb hp-link__wrapper magazine-thumb"> <div class="hp-link__date hp-magazine-thumb__date">Winter Edition 2022</div> <div class="hp-link__title hp-magazine-thumb__title">NSF – BSF success stories</div> <div class="hp-link__text hp-magazine-thumb__text"> As we recognize the 10th anniversary of the NSF-BSF partnership, we shed light on just two of the countless examples of how Israeli and American scientists have worked together and achieved impressive results that have the potential to transform our lives. One team has discovered how robots can make surgeries safer. The other has provided profound new insights on how the brain helps mammals to navigate spaces. <a href="https://www.bsf.org.il/magazine/winter-edition-2022/nsf-bsf-success-stories/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </li> <li class="hp-magazine-thumb hp-link__wrapper magazine-thumb"> <div class="hp-link__date hp-magazine-thumb__date">Winter Edition 2022</div> <div class="hp-link__title hp-magazine-thumb__title">Nobel Prize winner Joshua Angrist</div> <div class="hp-link__text hp-magazine-thumb__text"> Joshua Angrist is the 48th current or former BSF grantee to become a Nobel laureate. Now a celebrated economics professor at MIT, Angrist shares how his varied Israel experiences – including studies of class sizes and labor markets -- have shaped his career as a leader in the use of natural experiments in economics. <a href="https://www.bsf.org.il/magazine/winter-edition-2022/nobel-prize-winner-joshua-angrist/" class="read-more">Read More</a> </div> </li> </ul> <a class="hp-read-more hp-read-more--large hp-magazine__link mobile" href="https://www.bsf.org.il/about/magazine/"> See All </a> </div> </section> <section class="hp-testimonials" data-paroller-factor="0.3" data-paroller-type="background" data-paroller-direction="vertical"> <div class="slideshow hp-testimonials__slideshow full-width slideshow--white" data-timeout="6000" data-speed="1000"> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text hp-testimonial__text--with-link"> <p>The support of the United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation has not only been a valuable factor in the important scientific developments achieved at the present time, but will also prepare the next generation of U.S. and Israeli scientists for a leadership role in our global tomorrow.</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Testimonial_shimonperes.jpg"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">Shimon Peres</h3> <div class="hp-testimonial__position">Former President of the State of Israel</div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text "> <p>The support of the BSF for over 23 years was essential for the discoveries that brought me the Nobel Prize. Thus, the BSF had a very important role in this achievement…..While I can survive without a BSF grant, this is not so with young Israeli scientists. This is very important for the future of Israeli science.</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Testimonial_Hershko.jpg"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">Avram Hershko</h3> <div class="hp-testimonial__position">Professor of Biochemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004</div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text "> <p>“I have known many Israeli and American scientists that have benefited enormously from these binational collaborations. In this way science in both countries has been greatly aided, but also the relationship between our two countries has been greatly strengthened.</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Testimonial_Gross.jpg"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">David Gross</h3> <div class="hp-testimonial__position">Professor of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2004 </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text "> <p>The deep friendship and strategic partnership between Israel and the United States is built on the pillars of shared values, one of which is the perpetual search for knowledge and the advancement of science and technology for the good of mankind. For more than three decades, the BSF has embodied that vision…As former ambassadors who have been deeply involved in U.S.-Israel relations for many years, we strongly affirm the critical importance of the Israeli-American scientific enterprise, which the BSF is doing so much to promote with extraordinary effectiveness.</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Council_indykm.jpg"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">Martin Indyk</h3> <div class="hp-testimonial__position">Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel</div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text "> <p>My research was supported by the BSF for almost 30 years…This enabled my research group to collaborate with two of the most outstanding scientists in the field of chemistry…..An additional important aspect of the BSF is the social-cultural one….builds bridges between Israeli and American researchers…with several [U.S. partners] I have continued to collaborate long after BSF grants have expired…I have also used BSF travel grants to send to the USA other researchers in my group, allowing them to interact directly with American colleagues, including graduate students. I believe this is a very important part of the BSF program…</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Testimonial_Apeloig.jpg"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">Yitzhak Apeloig</h3> <div class="hp-testimonial__position">Professor of Chemistry, Past President, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology</div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__navs"> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__prev" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Prev"></a> <a class="slideshow__nav slideshow__next" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Next"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow__slide hp-testimonial fill"> <div class="hp-testimonial__text "> <p>The BSF has had a major influence in my career, when I started a collaboration with Jacob Klein (Weizmann)…My often twice per year visits to the Weizmann Institute increased contacts with other groups there and at other Israeli universities…There is no doubt that the BSF has had a defining influence on my global research program.</p> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__footer"> <div class="hp-testimonial__info"> <div class="hp-testimonial__image-wrapper round-photo__wrapper"> <img class="hp-testimonial__image round-photo" alt="" src="https://www.bsf.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Testimonial_Pincus2.gif"> </div> <div class="hp-testimonial__info-inner"> <h3 class="hp-testimonial__name">Philip A. 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