Funding Opportunities

This program is a unique opportunity to accelerate food security innovation through binational collaboration, supporting projects at critical stages of development and helping bring transformative solutions to market.

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

2025 Submission BARD will receive applications across all agricultural research areas, including Agricultural Engineering, Animal Health and Production, Aquaculture, Crop Health and Production, Soil and Water Resources, Renewable Resources, Food Products, and Agricultural Economics

This program runs in partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture’s office of the Chief Scientist to support aquaculture desert farming research

Funds projects conducted cooperatively by US and Israeli scientists. Covers all phases of agricultural R&D including strategic or applied research.   For September 2025 submissions, BARD will exclusively consider Pioneer track submissions

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

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. 

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

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.

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

The BARD-NIFA-MOST Nutritional Security program is a new funding track that enhances U.S.-Israel collaboration on joint scientific innovation to address the multifaceted challenges of nutritional security.