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Israel Science Foundation April, 2014

Israel Science Foundation April, 2014. Description of Israel – Size. Haifa U. Technion. Tel Aviv U. Bar Ilan. 120 miles!. Weizmann. Hebrew U. Ben Gurion. Israel Science Foundation Landmarks.

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Israel Science Foundation April, 2014

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  1. Israel Science FoundationApril, 2014

  2. Description of Israel – Size Haifa U. Technion Tel Aviv U. Bar Ilan 120 miles! Weizmann Hebrew U. Ben Gurion

  3. Israel Science Foundation Landmarks 1972A small ($300,000) Basic Research Branch is established within the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 1987At the request of Israel's Prime Minister Mr. Shimon Peres the Academy submits a master-plan for scientific research. As a result, the Fund expands and is named The Basic Research Fund 1992The fund becomes The Israel Science Foundation (ISF), the major body in Israel supporting scientific research by competitive criteria. 1995 The ISF is a fully independent non-profit organization, run by scientists and deriving its authority from the scientific community.

  4. The ISF’s Mission • To evaluate, select and support Israeli basic research through competitive grants based on excellence and scientific merit within the wide range of : • Exact Sciences and Technology • Life Sciences and Medicine • Humanities and Social Sciences • Currently, the ISF is the primary national body supporting basic research in Israel

  5. Ministry of Finance Israel Academy of Science PBC (~95%) Others Private Foundations Research Institutions 26 Academic Hospitals 36 Colleges 58 Universities 7+1

  6. Increase in the number of higher education institutions MoE 21 Budgeted 16 non budgeted

  7. Organization Chart Council (10 Members) Executive Committee (3 Members) Academic Board (6 Members) Director General Finance (3 Members) Administration (3 Members) IT (2 Members) Life Science (3 Members) Bio- Medical (3 Members) Exact Science & Technology (3 Members) Social Science (2 Members) Humanities (2 Members) Special Programs (2 Members)

  8. ISF Grant Tracks (Core & Dedicated) *Supports to Exact Sciences Core Tracks (based on core budget, multiannual, excellence-based): • Individual Research Grants * • Basic institutional equipment * • Lab. for new faculty member * • Centers of Excellence * • F.I.R.S.T. (Bikura) Individual Grants * • Research workshops * • Publications support - Humanities Dedicated Tracks (Topic- or population-specific, based on specific allocation): • Physician-Scientist Grant (~32 mNIS 7yrs) • Legacy Heritage Biomedical Science Partnership (~149mNIS, 10 yrs) • PAT Research Grant (~61mNIS, 7yrs) * • ISF - JDRF Joint Program in Type I Diabetes Research (~13mNIS, Ended 2013) • ISF - Broad Joint Program for Collaborative Projects (2mNIS/yr, 5 yrs) • ISF - Broad Joint Program Post-Doc applications • ISF-NSFC Joint Program (~125 mNIS, 7 yrs) * • ISF-UGC Joint Program (~89mNIS, 7 yrs) * • Post Doctorial fellowship in Social Sciences • I-CORE (702mNIS, 9 years, 16 centers of excellence, all fields ) *

  9. Evaluation Criteria – Specific • Reviewers are guided to relate to the following: • Originality, creativity and innovation • Project importance and implications • Adequacy of methods • Suitability of investigator's scientific background to the project

  10. Leading basic research foundations(In millions of $)

  11. Multi Year PBC Budgetary plan (Core Budget in mNIS/mEuro) mEuro mNIS 126 105 84 63 42 21 • Next 5-year plan (?) • x1.5 grant increase • Infrastructure • Doubling the grant size • Increasing the number of grants by 1.5%/yr • New dedicated programs

  12. ISF Budget 2004-2013 (mNIS)

  13. International Cooperation • JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research • Foundation) • The Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard • NSFC (National Science Foundation of China) • UGC (University Grants Commission)

  14. ISF in numbers (current) • Annual budget: 145 million $ • Submissions: 2203applications • Percentage of funding: ~34% • Grants: 1671 per year (in different programs); 1220 ongoing, 451 new • Average (no salaries for PIs): • Exact Sciences & Technology - $60,000 • Life Sciences & Medicine - $78,000 • Humanities – $31,000 • Social Sciences - $35,000 • Reviewing process: more than 14,000 expert reviewers mainly abroad

  15. ISF ‘s support of high energy physics research ATLAS program:$600,000 per year (1998-2006) Total: $5,400,000$40,000 per year (2006-2011) Total: $240,000 Centers of excellence (1995-2013:12 grants) Total $11,118,000 Hebrew University – 5 grants Weizmann Institute – 5 grants Tel Aviv University - 1 grant Technion – 1 grant Individual research grants (1995-2013:79 grants): $10,582,000 Tel Aviv University 30 grants Weizmann Institute 20 grants Technion 18 grants Hebrew University 5 grants Ben Gurion University 4 grants Haifa University 1 grant Nuclear Research Center 1 grant Total support (1995-2013):$27,340,000

  16. High Energy Physics: Individual Research Grants Experimental Research – 36 grants budget $5,320,000 Theoretical Research – 43 grants budget $5,260,000

  17. Thanks

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