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Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD)

Connects Israeli actors to Horizon Europe opportunities through advisory support, proposal coaching, and international partnership preparation.

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Programs9
Active grants4
Total grants6
About

Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD) is Israel's official National Contact Point for Horizon Europe and the wider EU Framework Programmes. It operates through the Israel Innovation Authority and serves universities, companies, research organisations, and public bodies that want to work in European R&I programs. Its mandate is advisory and representational: matchmaking, proposal …

Programs & grants under this funder
IIA Track 37 — Horizon Europe Consortium Participation Support

Connects Israeli government reimburses proposal-writing and partner-search costs for Israeli industrial companies joining Horizon Europe consortia at rate.

1 grant
IIA Track 37 — Horizon Europe Consortium Support
Closed
— pool
EIC Accelerator (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Invests Blended EU grant and equity for Israeli deep-tech small and medium-sized enterprises commercialising breakthrough innovations from demonstration to market grant.

1 grant
EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal
Open
— pool·120 days
EIC Pathfinder (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Funds early-stage Israeli teams through EIC Pathfinder support routes coordinated by ISERD within Horizon Europe opportunities.

1 grant
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
Open
— pool·70 days
EIC STEP Scale Up (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Invests in Israeli scale-up companies developing deep technology, cleantech, biotech, or digital platforms.

1 grant
EIC STEP Scale Up — Q3 & Q4 Cutoffs
Between cycles
— pool
EIC Transition (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Funds EU grants to take previously EU-funded research results from lab to market development stage to development stage one.

European Research Council Grants (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Funds EU frontier research grants for Israeli PIs Starting Consolidator Advanced Synergy Proof of Concept excellence as sole criterion.

1 grant
ERC Advanced Grant
Open
— pool·8 days
Horizon Europe Pillar 2 Collaborative R&I Clusters (via ISERD)

Funds EU consortium grants covering of project costs for Israeli entities joining international research consortia across six thematic clusters climate digital.

MSCA Doctoral Networks (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Funds EU grants for international consortia running joint doctoral training programmes across academic and non-academic organisations Israeli institutes can be consortium.

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (via ISERD) — Horizon Europe

Funds EU grants covering years of salary and research costs for PhD researchers joining Israeli or EU host organisations any nationality.

1 grant
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships — ISERD)
Open
— pool
Parent entityIsrael Innovation Authority
Last verified: 26 May 2026Source: innovationisrael.org.il