BGU Researchers Awarded 70 Grants from the Israel Science Foundation
BGU Researchers Awarded 70 Grants from the Israel Science Foundation
July 30, 2012
Medical Research, Press Releases
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, July 30, 2012 -– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers have been awarded 70 new individual and team grants from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
The ISF, established by the Israel National Academy of Sciences, is Israel’s major source of competitive grants, funding basic research at Israeli universities, other institutions of higher education, as well as medical research centers. The grants were awarded to individual researchers in BGU’s Faculties (Colleges) of Humanities and Social Sciences, Health Sciences and Engineering Sciences.
In addition to individual grants, the ISF awarded several special team grants, including one to Prof. Avishai Henik, Prof. Yoseph Tzelgov and Dr. Andrea Berger, members of the Department of Psychology, along with their Haifa University colleague Prof. Orli Rubinstein, to continue support of the Center for the Neurocognitive Basis of Numerical Cognition (CNBNC). The Center was established four years ago within the ISF Centers for Excellence program, in order to study the neurocognitive basis of numerical cognition.
Two major ISF grants for institutional facilities were also awarded to BGU researchers for a state-of-the-art Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Laboratory in the Department of Materials Engineering and an Environmental Isotopes Laboratory at BGU’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research to study the fate of organic compounds in aquatic systems.
The ISF’s Klein Prize for Outstanding Cancer Research was awarded to Prof. Angel Porgador and Dr. Eitan Rubin of the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Dr. Eyal Sheiner of Soroka University Medical Center. The prize is named for Prof. Georg and Eva Klein, prominent cancer researchers at the famous Karolinska Institute in Sweden, who established an endowment for an annual prize in Israel.
“I’m delighted — but not at all surprised — to learn that BGU’s research achievements in so many disciplines are being recognized by Israel’s most prestigious scientific funding body,” says Doron Krakow, executive vice president of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
“This research may save lives, cure disorders and address staggering environmental problems, and I invite our American friends to join us in advancing these efforts.”
ABOUT AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
By supporting a world-class academic institution that not only nurtures the Negev, but also shares its expertise locally and globally, Americans for Ben-Gurion University engages a community of Americans who are committed to improving the world. David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Israel’s future would be forged in the Negev. The cutting-edge research carried out at Ben-Gurion University drives that vision by sustaining a desert Silicon Valley, with the “Stanford of the Negev” at its center. The Americans for Ben-Gurion University movement supports a 21st century unifying vision for Israel by rallying around BGU’s remarkable work and role as an apolitical beacon of light in the Negev desert.
About Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev embraces the endless potential we have as individuals and as a commonality to adapt and to thrive in changing environments. Inspired by our location in the desert, we aim to discover, to create, and to develop solutions to dynamic challenges, to pose questions that have yet to be asked, and to push beyond the boundaries of the commonly accepted and possible.
We are proud to be a central force for inclusion, diversity and innovation in Israel, and we strive to extend the Negev’s potential and our entrepreneurial spirit throughout the world. For example, the multi-disciplinary School for Sustainability and Climate Change at BGU leverages over 50 years of expertise on living and thriving in the desert into scalable solutions for people everywhere.
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