Congratulations to the GSI’s researchers who have been awarded research grants

Israeli researchers awarded prestigious grants for groundbreaking earthquake and phosphogenesis studies. Learn more.

Amir Sagy and Ittai Kurzon –the Israel Science Foundation grant: the Impact of three-dimensional heterogeneity in faults on earthquake mechanics, seismology, and seismic hazard assessment.”

Aya Schneider-Mor with Paul Hackley (USGS) – the U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation grant: “Organic Matter Dynamics and Phosphogenesis in Phosphorite Formations: A Comparative Study of the Mishash, Monterey, and Phosphoria Systems.”

Eyal Shalev with Michael Manga (University of California), Shaul Hurwitz (USGS), and Andrew Barbour (USGS) – Grant from the U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation: “Quantifying in-situ rock damage and its anisotropy in active tectonic regions using groundwater pressure changes and seismological observations.”