UC Davis receives 55 submissions
For our 2026 call for proposals at UC Davis, 55 collaborator teams requested funding, the highest number received over six funding cycles.
Fifty-one teams submitted projects for full seed grant funding; four sought mobility awards. Thirty-one proposals included a request for undergraduate participation, representing 60% of all seed grant proposals.
UC Davis researchers representing more than 25 departments submitted projects covering a broad range of topics, including math, engineering, economics, human health, genomics, agriculture and conservation ecology.
For a competitive process, Calisrael strives for a minimum of 20 proposals (red line in chart above). All cycles have reached that goal, excepting our first.
UC Berkeley’s First-Ever Call Receives 39 Proposals
In its first round at UC Berkeley, and despite a short turn-around time for submissions, Calisrael received an impressive 39 proposals for collaborative research projects.
Thirty-seven teams applied for seed grant funding; two submitted for travel awards.
In comparison, when Calisrael launched at Davis, we received 11 proposals for our first round of funding. We are gratified that so many Berkeley researchers are anxious to seize an opportunity to team up with Israeli collaborators.
Those cooperators hail from all major research institutions: Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University, The Technion, Haifa University, Hebrew University, and Bar Ilan University, as well as the Volcani Institute and Geological Survey of Israel.