The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published the Calls for Proposals for Italy-Israel Joint R&D Projects, defined within the framework of the activities provided for by the Agreement on Industrial, Scientific and Technological Research and Development Cooperation between Italy and Israel, with a deadline of 16 January 2017. In particular, please note

• Industrial Call, for the submission of joint Italian-Israeli research projects in the sectors indicated in Article 2 of the call. Projects must be submitted by an Italian-Israeli partnership with the following characteristics

- The Israeli partner must be an R&D company;

- The Italian partner may be either an industrial entity conducting R&D activities or a non-industrial entity that must be supported by an industrial entity acting as an associate.

Approved projects may be funded for up to 50% of documented research and development costs.

• Scientific Call, for the submission of joint research projects for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Israel in the following sectors:

- Protein folding and protein-protein interactions: applications to metabolic diseases;

- Development and implementation of new geophysical methods for

a) improving earthquake prediction

b) discovery and exploration of underground natural resources (gas, oil, minerals)

c) environmental monitoring of natural water bodies (aquifers, lakes, seas).

In this case, the Italian partner must be a university or a research centre/institute; the Israeli partner must be a research institute or university recognised under Israeli law.

Projects must have a maximum duration of 2 years and may receive financial support of up to 50% of research expenses, to a maximum of €100,000 per party . The Ministries intend to fund 8 joint research projects.

For further information on the activities initiated and to consult the full documentation, please refer to the link http://www.esteri.it/mae/it/ministero/servizi/italiani/opportunita/accordi_coop_indscietec.html .