The NIFA-BARD-IIA Food and Nutrition program will support U.S. and Israeli researchers/investigators working together with an Israeli company.

Designed to identify and support young scientists who will eventually become leaders in agricultural sciences and technologies.

The purpose of the BARD workshop is to identify research needs in areas of new development.

The program enables Ph.D. students in one country (U.S. or Israel) to travel to the other country to acquire new skills and techniques in their field of study. 

Promotes cooperative agricultural research between established scientists from the United States and hosts from Israel.

The objective of this program is to extend the impact of BARD supported workshops, by funding “a Seed Grant” for early-stage joint research collaboration.

Funds projects conducted cooperatively by US and Israeli scientists. Covers all phases of agricultural R&D including strategic or applied research. 

A new track to support projects that have the potential of creating significant impact on the agricultural community.
The panels for the 2025 submission are Crop Production, Crop and Soil Health, Crop Modeling and AI for Agriculture, and Aquaculture.

This program is integrated in both BARD’s plan to feature Climate-Smart Agriculture and Israeli Ministry of Agriculture’s office of the Chief Scientist’s focus on climate-smart aquaculture for dry climates and support desert farming.