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Funding Opportunity for Joint Israeli-German Basic Research Projects in All Fields of the Sciences and the Humanities (ISF-DFG Standing Open Procedure on a Lead Agency Basis) Israeli-German research teams are invited to submit outstanding joint research proposals within the scope of basic research in all fields of the sciences and the humanities in this joint funding opportunity of the DFG and the Israel Science Foundation (ISF). This Standing Open Procedure (SOP) on a lead agency basis allows the continuous submission of joint bilateral proposals to the DFG as the Lead Agency until further notice. This SOP works without proposal deadlines, although a few requirements have to be considered in the schedule of the proposal process, such as the yearly pre-registration obligation of the Israeli researchers on the ISF side. There are no separate funds available for this joint funding initiative. This funding opportunity follows the general funding lines and budgets of the DFG and the ISF. Proposals must succeed on the strengths of their intellectual merit and teams in competition with other proposals. The funding organisations aim to support the proposals among the top 20 percent in the respective evaluation. All of the following details have to be reviewed carefully prior to submission! Information on the Scope and Eligibility Within this funding initiative, Israeli-German research teams can submit proposals for outstanding joint basic research projects in all fields of the sciences and the humanities. For this funding opportunity, the DFG opens its Research Grants Programme (“Sachbeihilfe(interner Link)”). The ISF opens its Personal Research Grant Programme. The standard eligibility rules of the DFG and the ISF for their respective research grant programmes apply. Joint projects submitted under this funding opportunity may have a maximum duration of 36 months. Proposals have to be written in English. Commercial companies must not be included as research/cooperation partners. The submission of renewal proposals (“Fortsetzungsanträge”) is not possible within this funding opportunity. Information on this Lead Agency Procedure Joint proposals must be prepared according to the rules, guidelines and templates of the DFG. The DFG is responsible for the review and evaluation process in compliance with its internal rules set out for the DFG’s Research Grants Programme(interner Link). Following the assessment, the results will be shared with the ISF, which uses the results for its own decision-making process. Funding recommendations made by the DFG will be subject to approval by ISF and DFG decision bodies, taking into account the availability of funds. Funding of the joint research projects is contingent upon positive decision by both funding organisations. If granted, each organisation supports the researchers for whom it is responsible. Unilateral funding of only one part of the project is not possible. Information on the Submission Process Please note that in order to be entitled to submit a joint proposal under this funding opportunity a pre-registration of the Israeli PI at the ISF is mandatory no later than the end of October each year (for details and exact dates please refer to the information on the ISF website(externer Link); if the registration window has expired, the Israeli PI has the opportunity to register in the next ISF registration window). After the pre-registration of the Israeli partner, a Germany-based PI can submit the joint proposal to the DFG at any time. After submitting the joint proposal to the DFG, the Israeli PI must submit a copy of the proposal to the ISF as well as additional information requested by the ISF (“administrative application”), typically within seven days. Please note that due to technical maintenance the ISF’s online system is not active between early-August and mid-September each year (for details and exact dates please refer to the information on the ISF website(externer Link); Should the submission of the administrative proposal to the ISF fall within this period or later the joint proposal cannot be considered for the current submission cycle. In such cases, it is necessary to register again and submit the administrative proposal in the next submission cycle starting when the ISF system is reactivated (usually during the 2nd week of September). Nevertheless, the administrative proposal must be submitted within seven days after the reactivation of the online system. Quelle: DFG