BARD Online Submission

BARD is research proposals for the2022 submission year. The deadline is September 13, 2021.

USDA,NIFA-BARD Aquaculture

New USDA,NIFA-BARD Funding Opportunity for Smart Climate Agriculture dealing with Aquaculture

Powerful Impact from Agricultural R and D

Short film summarizing 40 years of BARD's impact on cooperative agricultural research and development between the US and Israel

2022 BARD Research Grants

During its meeting held May 23, 2022, the BARD (U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund) board of directors approved the funding of grants and fellowships of joint US- Israel agriculture research and development in the sum of $6.5 million.

Turning Poultry Waste into a Resource

Closing the nutrient cycle through sustainable agricultural waste management is possible. Phosphorus recovery from agricultural waste streams is a sustainable endeavour that can benefit the farming community, the environment, and the economy

Israeli, US Researchers to get $7.3M

Times of Israel article regarding the 2020 BARD awards

Leveraging Your Research with BARD

The B-lever academia-to-industry program aims to help researchers in their path to commercialization.

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

Food and Nutrition Program

Food and nutrition play a crucial role in health promotion and chronic disease prevention. International research efforts in several areas of research and development will help form the strategies to advance nutrition science and improve food production and consumption. Agricultural strategies will benefit from the R&D’s impact

CICC hosts: Agriculture and Technology

California Israel Chamber of Commerce hosts: Agriculture & Technology - News Opportunity and Leadership

Flour Power

Article in Comstock's Magazine that features Jorge Dubcovsky of UC Davis and Tzion Fahima of the University of Haifa and thier BARD Supported Research

New BARD Board Member: Dr. Michal Levy

Dr. Michal Levy Senior Deputy Director-General, Agriculture Innovation at the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development appointed by the Minister Alon Schuster

Food and AgroTech under COVID-19

We have to shorten the food supply-chain and come up with solutions that enable consumers to reach fresh produce at all times.

Sampling Composted Biosolids

Many pharmaceutical compounds are active at very low doses, and a portion of them regularly enters municipal sewage systems and wastewater-treatment plants following use, where they often do not fully degrade.

Breeding Taste Back into Tomatoes

The ever-growing demand of consumers for improved quality of fresh market tomatoes has led the industry to team-up with breeding research experts. BreedX is working together with American and Israeli researchers to produce better tasting tomatoes.

Antibiotic Awareness

Although antimicrobials are vital to defend people, animals and plants against infections, their misuse and overuse can lead to their failure as microbes develop resistance to these life-saving treatments.

Testing Recycled Water

Researchers are applying a metagenomic approach for characterization of the viral community composition (virome) associated with wastewater reclamation processes. This is a powerful approach for evaluating virus occurrence and diversity in untreated and treated wastewater.

2021 BARD Grants

During its meeting held June 1st, the BARD (U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund) board of directors approved the funding of grants and fellowships of joint US- Israel agriculture research and development in the sum of $6.7 million.

BARD Celebrates 40 Years

On April 30'th US and Israeli officials celebrate 40 years of agricultural R&D Cooperation at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. Officials pledged to deepen ties.

BARD 40 Year Infographic

B-Lever

BARD and IIA launch the new Academic to Business Leverage, the B-Lever Program

Arizona Webinar: Agircultural Partnership Arizona-Israel

Webinar with Prof. Yoram Kapulnik (BARD), Mayor Doug Nicholls (Yuma, AZ) Prof. Sharon Megdal (U AZ), Dr. Paul Brierley (U AZ) and Prof. Dan Blumberg (Ben Gurion U) -- Strengthing US Israel Relations through Agricultural Partnership. Arizona-Israel

Welcome Aboard New Team Members

BARD adds new staff members

BARD Funded Workshop

Global Water Reuse, Food and Health Workshop at the University of MD

Saving the Tomato (Hebrew)

See how BARD supported research helped to solve an important tomato pest -- in Hebrew!