Funding Opportunities
Our programs are open to research scientists, graduate students, and postdocs.
We fund cooperative research and development in agriculture.
BARD Aquaculture and Desert Farming Program
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.
Award duration: 3 years
Maximum award: $310,000 or $600,000 for a 3-year grant
Next submission date:September 15th, 2025
Pioneer Funding Track
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.
Maximum award: $600,000 for a 3-year grant
Next submission date:September 15th, 2025
Seed Grants for Workshop Participants
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.
Award duration: up to 1 year
Maximum award: $50,000
Next submission date:3 months following the BARD supported workshop
Nutritional Security NIFA-BARD-MOST
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.
Award duration: 3 years
Maximum award: Up to 480,000 NIS for 3 years.
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