The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and its Israeli partner organisation, the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), have agreed to pursue their cooperation in greater depth. The two funding organisations now concluded a memorandum of understanding to this effect. The agreement seeks to enable the joint funding of German-Israeli research projects and will form the basis for the development of a bilateral review process. It was signed by DFG President Professor Dr. Katja Becker and the Chair of the ISF Academic Board, Professor Daniel Zajfman.
The ISF is the most important institution dedicated to funding basic research in Israel. It is primarily funded by the Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE) through the latter’s Planning and Budgeting Committee (PCB). Similar to the DFG, it funds research projects in all areas of science and the humanities. The ISF is also a close partner of the DFG within the Global Research Council (GRC), the worldwide association of research funding organisations.