Innovative impact with collaborators a world away

MIT-Israel seed funds support new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in Israel. Like all MISTI seed fund programs, our Israel program funds early-stage, open and publishable research projects with interested researchers at MIT and at academic universities and public research institutions. View past seed fund awardees here.

The GSF application cycle for 2023-2024 is now closed

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The GSF Application is now closed. Winners will be announced in early May. 

MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund

Through an annual call for proposals, the fund primarily supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues in universities in Israel. The newly launched MIT- Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund is open to MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with Israeli faculty at one of the following Institutions: Bar-Ilan University; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Tel Aviv University; University of Haifa; and the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Israeli colleague(s) must be identified and at least one MIT PhD student must be included in the proposal.

 All general Global Seed Funds criteria, application, and evaluation procedures apply.

$30,000

Priority will be given to projects that:

  • propose a balanced exchange between the MIT and Israeli participants
  • demonstrate complementarity between the MIT and Israeli teams
  • include MIT PhD students

MIT-Israel Broshy Medical and Healthcare Fund

The MIT-Israel Broshy Medical and Healthcare Fund welcomes MIT faculty from all disciplines to collaborate with researchers at all Israeli universities on medical and health related research.  Priority will be given for research collaborations (1) related to Brain and Cognitive Science research, or (2) with faculty at The Open University of Israel.

All general Global Seed Funds criteria, application, and evaluation procedures apply.

$30,000

Priority will be given to projects that:

  • propose a balanced exchange between the MIT and Israeli participants
  • demonstrate complementarity between the MIT and Israeli teams
  • involve undergraduate and graduate students

David Dolev

David Dolev, Managing Director, MIT Israel

Managing Director, MISTI programs in the MENA region