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The Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (CIIRDF) has launched a new Call for Proposals (CFP) for bilateral R&D projects.  Leveraging support from the Governments of Canada and Israel, this CFP aims to stimulate R&D collaboration between firms in both countries with a focus on the commercialization of new technologies.

This Call invites private sector companies from Canada and Israel to propose joint research, R&D and technology development projects for the creation of innovative products or processes with a non-defense application. Preference will be given to small and medium sized enterprises (firms with fewer than 500 employees). The maximum length for projects funded under this Call is 24 months.

• Canadian firms have the opportunity to leverage academic expertise on their R&D projects and engage students jointly with NSERC.
• Public sector organizations, such as universities and research institutions, are eligible to participate in R&D projects as subcontractors or consultants (not applicants).

Special consideration will be given to projects in the following areas:

• Information and Communication Technologies (including cyber, fintech)
• Life Sciences
• Aerospace
• Clean tech and sustainable tech (including water, renewables), plus limite energy (oil and gas)
• Agriculture and agrifood (including agri-tech)

CIIRDF will select and award Canada-Israel R&D teams with financial contributions up to 50 percent of the eligible project costs (a maximum of $800,000 per project, whichever is less).

For information on application guidelines, process, templates and proposal evaluation, please visit the competition website. 

Summary proposals are due by 31 May, with full applications to follow by 29 June 2018.

Interested Dalhousie faculty are asked to contact the International Research Facilitator in Dalhousie Research Services (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) for more information and support in preparing an application with an industry partner.