GIF – German Israeli Foundation: Nexus – Life Sciences Interfaces / Social Justice and Human Rights – Pre-proposals

Submission to Research Authority: 24.11, Final Submission to GIF: 1.12.
Nexus – GIF new flagship program replaces previous grant programs (Regular and Young Scientists). GIF now offers a single unified program to fund young, and established researchers in parallel tracks. Focal topics replace the past recurring 3-year cycles by research area. In this cycle GIF is accepting proposals in:
· Life Sciences Interfaces – it is up to the proposing investigators to determine what the interface is (e.g., Big Data, AI, physics, chemistry, engineering, computing, ethics …)
· Social Justice and Human Rights
Budget: The total annual budget for this 2021 RFP is 2M Euro.
o Collaborative track: Up to 200k Euro/year for up to 4 years (up to 800k Euro for all PIs together, for the 4-years period).
o Young track: Up to 25k Euro for the one year solo investigator.
The program implements a two-tier mechanism: Submitting a full proposal will be possible only after the approval of a pre-proposal
Pre-proposals: Seven pages in total to include: Cover page, abstract, brief bios, publications list, project description and budget.

Timetable:
24.11.21 – Pre proposal submission to the Research Authority
01.12.21 – Pre-proposal submission to GIF
31.12.21 – Decisions on full proposal eligibility
14.03.22 – Submission of the full proposals
09.22 – Notification of new grants; Jan, 2023 – Starting date for grants.
www.gif.org.il/programs/overview
www.gif.org.il/applicants/nexus-guidelines
www.ra.trdf.co.il/files/GIFnews_Sept2021.pdf

• Exact sciences
• Humanities and Social sciences
• Life Sciences