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BSF BOARD OF GOVERNORS’ MEETING

 

This year’s BSF Board Meeting took place on July 10 and 11 on the premises of the Israel Academy of Science in Jerusalem. Serving on the Board were Israeli Members: Prof. Rami Rahamimoff (Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health (Chair)), Dr. Abraham Arbib (Deputy Chief Scientist, Ministry of National Infrastructure), Ms. Rotem Rulf(Ministry of Finance), Prof. Ariel Rubinstein (Israel Academy of Science and Tel-Aviv University) and Prof. Mina Teicher (Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science andTechnology and and Bar-Ilan University). The five United States Board Members were: Mr. Kenneth Ferguson (United States Department of State (Vice-Chair)), Prof. Thomas L. Crisman (University of South Florida), Dr. Michael P. Crosby (Executive Director, National Science Board Office), Dr. Maryanna P. Henkart (Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation) and Dr. Albert H. Teich (Director, Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science).  For the coming year, Mr. Ferguson was elected as the new Chair, and Prof.  Teicher as the new Vice-Chair,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incoming Vice-Chair Prof. Mina Teicher with her husband at this year’s BSF Dinner

From left to right: Lea Rotstein (wife of the BSF Executive Director), Incoming Chair Mr.Ferguson and  outgoing Chair Prof. Rahamimoff and  at this year’s BSF Dinner.

BSF Applications and Approved Grants in 2006/2007

 

In the 2006/2007 competition, proposals in the Exact Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Economics and Sociology in the Regular Program were eligible, and grant requests were allowed for up to four years. A total of 436 eligible proposals were submitted by the deadline (November 16, 2006). Table 1 shows the breakdown according to area of research (AOR) of the eligible applications. The Board approved 140 of these proposals (32%), and the number of granted applications in each AOR is shown in brackets.

 

There was an increase of more than 8% in the number of proposals this year, with largely similar distribution according to AOR to the previous cycle, except for notable increases in submissions in Materials Research and Environmental Research.  The total budget request for the eligible proposals was $83,062,000, averaging $190,500 per project. This is slightly lower than in the previous cycle, probably due to increased number of proposals in Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Theoretical Physics and Economics, which do not require laboratory or field work.

Table 1. Eligible and Granted (in brackets) Proposals in 2006/2007 According to AOR and Compared to the Previous Competition in the Same Areas