DIP – German Israeli Project Cooperation – DIP: Call for Pre-Proposals 2026

The DIP program is designed to support collaborative research between German and Israeli scientists, in all fields of study. Every year 2-4 projects are competitively selected for funding, at funding levels of up to € 1.655 million per project for 5 years.
Researchers from eight academic institutes in Israel are eligible to submit. Each institute can submit up to two proposals annually.
At the Technion, the office of the Executive Vice President for Research (MANLAM) conducts internal scientific reviews of pre-proposals.
Pre‐proposal submission procedure
08/01/2026 – A short, informal title and abstract
should be sent to ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il, to allow timely preparation of the review. These abstracts are not binding and do not enter into the review process.
15/01/2026 – Pre‐proposals submission (send to ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il):
Pre‐proposals should be written in legible font (min. 11 pt.), be short and concise, and should explain the main idea of the project. These should include:
1. Front Page: Title, PIs details: name, affiliation, contact information (Israeli and German)
2. Proposal body: between 5 and 10 pages;
3. References (up to 3 pages);
4. Collaboration information: mode of collaboration, prior collaboration, prior funding, if relevant (up to one page);
5. Short CV (up to 4 pages) + a publications list from the past 5 years for each partner;
6. Up to one‐page explanation in lay language why the proposal describes breakthrough high impact science instead of incremental science.
• Budget information is not required for the pre‐proposal
Mid-February – Announcement of the preliminary selection results.
10/03/2026 – Submission of full proposals: The two selected teams will submit full proposals to the Research Authority at the Technion for final review.
15/03/2026 ‐ Submission of full proposals to the DFG.
Instructions and forms for full proposal:
www.dfg.de/en/news/news-topics/announcements-proposals/2025/ifw-25-87