BARD is a competitive funding program for mutually beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic and applied research of agricultural problems, jointly conducted by American and Israeli scientists. 

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Guidelines  http://www.bard-isus.com/documents/index/3

BARD Priorities
While BARD will continue to fund agriculturally relevant and scientifically meritorious work in all disciplines of agriculture, the Board of Directors identified the following areas as priority areas for the coming years:
• Increased Efficiency of Agricultural Production: including sustainable development, efficient use of resources, economic evaluation of policies and regulatory issues, crops that yield higher value per unit, etc.
• Protection of Plants and Animals against Biotic Stress: including pest genetics in biological environments, invasive species and emerging diseases.
• Agricultural Production Challenges in Increasing Marginal Conditions, such as tolerance to drought, salinity, high temperature & nutrient stresses, etc.
• Food Quality, Safety and Security including improved assessment & detection methods, food nutritive value in relation to human health, functional foods, ensured/increased quantity/supply, postharvest treatments, etc.
• Water Quality & Quantity including efficient use of low quality water (gray, black, saline), improved economic return for water in agriculture, crop response to soil & water quality and its constituents, impact of nutrients on water quality, etc.
• Functional Genomics and Proteomics that deal with important agricultural issues including production and protection traits, genetic optimization and increased yield, etc.
• Sensors and Robotics linking biological phenomena with sensors or otherwise bridging into the field of bioengineering, nano-technology, precision agriculture, labor reduction, etc
• Sustainable Bio-Energy Systems including biofuel production systems, reduced energy costs, renewable resources, reduced greenhouse gases, diversified farm economy, etc