US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

BARD is a competitive funding program for mutually beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic and applied research of agricultural problems, jointly conducted by American and Israeli scientists.

About BARD

Mission, BARD Staff, Board of Directors

Applying For Research Grant

Guidelines and Forms for Research Grant Applications

Managing Grants

Guidelines and Forms for Fiscal and Scientific Reporting of Research Grants

Fellowships and Workshops

Guidelines for Application and Mangement of Postdocs, Grad Student Fellows, Senior Research Fellows and Workshops

Reviewer Forms

For BARD Committee Members and Ad-Hoc Reviewers

Funded Research

List of Research Grants, Postdocs, Workshops and Fellowships

U.S.- Israel Food and Nutrition R&D Program

The program will fund joint academia-to-industry collaboration. It will support U.S.-Israel R&D in the fields of food and nutrition. Grantees will develop an active collaboration between Israeli and American research scientists and an Israeli SME.

Studying Internal Water Status in Trees

Researchers Dr. Yair Mau from the Department of Soil and Water Sciences at the Hebrew University and Dr. Gil Bohrer from Ohio State University are jointly studying the internal water status in trees in order to optimize irrigation strategies.

Hot Potato Cold Potato

A BARD-funded American Israeli collaboration between Dr. Dani Eshel from ARO, Volcani Center in Israel and Dr. Jiming Jian from Michigan State University’s department of plant biology are studying potato physiology and genetics postharvest sweetening of potato seed tubers and effects on their yield performance