11-Feb-2019 - Mario Pagliaro has delivered today to the Israel Science Foundation the evaluation report of an important research project in materials science

"Your review will play a major role in our decision making process and contribute to the advancement of scientific research in Israel", wrote the chairperson of the ISF to Italy's Research Council scholar based in Sicily.

Dr Pagliaro evaluates research projects for numerous leading research agencies.

Besides Israel Science Foundation, the list includes French Research Agency, Royal Society,  Pazi Foundation, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Research Foundation - Flanders, Estonian Research Council, Poland National Science Centre, and German Academic Exchange Service.

The aim of the ISF is to promote and support scientific research of high quality through allocation of grants in a large range of fields.

The ISF awards grants in all fields of exact sciences, life sciences, humanities and social sciences to Israeli researchers at Israeli universities, other institutions of higher education, research and medical centers.

Awarded on the basis of scientific merit grants are are selected on the basis of scientific excellence and vetted through a competitive peer-review process, involving thousands of scientists in Israel and abroad every year, who carry out this essential mission on a voluntary basis.

In 2016, the ISF received and reviewed 2,363 proposals from all scientific disciplines, out of which 831 were selected for funding.