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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Forwarded on behalf of
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<p class="Default">Attached is a one page announcement describing BARD (The US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund) funding opportunities for 2017.
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<p class="Default">Details and Application Guidelines: <a href="http://www.bard-isus.com">
http://www.bard-isus.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#001F5F">BARD Research Grant Program:
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Funds projects conducted cooperatively by US and Israeli scientists. Covers all phases of agricultural R&D including strategic or applied research.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Award duration: 3 years <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Next submission date: September 14, 2016
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#001F5F">Postdoctoral Fellowship Program:</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:silver"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Funds postdoctoral fellowships for US citizens to perform agricultural research with established Israeli scientists. Recipients travel to Israel to carry out their research.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Award duration: 1-2 years <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Next submission date: January 16, 2017
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#001F5F">Senior Research Fellowship Program:</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:silver"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">The program promotes joint agricultural research between established scientists from the US and their Israeli hosts.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Award duration: 2-12 months <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Next submission date: January 16, 2017
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#001F5F">Graduate Fellowship Student Program:</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:silver"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">The program enables Ph.D. students in one country (US or Israel) to travel to the other country to acquire new skills and techniques in their field of study.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Award duration: 3-6 months <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Next submission date: January 16, 2017
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#001F5F">Workshop: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Funds workshops whose purpose is to identify research needs and to promote increased contact between scientists throughout the world in areas related to the binational and agricultural interests of the US and
Israel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"> Details and Application Guidelines: <a href="http://www.bard-isus.com">
http://www.bard-isus.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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