Grants and Funding
THEMO (2016-2022), 3M USD
PI: Roee Diamant (U. Haifa)
Topic: Development and Maintenance of the Texas A&M - University of Haifa Eastern Mediterranean Marine Observatory
Ongoing Research Support
H2020 BG-14 EU Research Grant; 11/17-11/20, 2.3M Euro
Beneficiaries: Diamant (Haifa, Coordinator), Paolo Casari (Imdea, PI), Konstantin Kebkal (Evologics, PI), Michele Zorzi (U. of Padova, PI)
A Holistic Opto-Acoustic System for Monitoring Marine Biodiversities
Ministry of Science: Israel – Germany collaboration; 11/18-11/21, 750k Euro
Beneficiaries: Diamant (Haifa, PI), Yaron Toledo (Tel-aviv University, Coordinator), (Evologics, PI), Michael Walter (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft - und Raumfahrt, PI), Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, PI)
An interdisciplinary approach for current field reconstruction using data assimilation, radar remote sensing, and novel submerged acoustic drifters
Ministry of Science: Israel – Portugal collaboration; 1/20-1/22, 200k Euro
Beneficiaries: Diamant (U. Haifa, Coordinator), Nuno Cruz (INESC TEC, PI), Itzak Makovski (CI)
QuALTOS: Quality Assurance in Long Term Observation Systems
Ministry of Science; 1/20-1/23, 850k NIS
Beneficiaries: Diamant (U. Haifa, Coordinator), Morel Groper (U. Haifa, PI), Ayah Lazar (IOLR, PI)
IW HUNTER: SMART DRIFTERS TO RECORD SPATIAL EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL WAVES
Ministry of Energy; 1/20-1/23, 285k NIS
Beneficiaries: Diamant (U. Haifa, Coordinator), Yaniv Levy (NPA, PI)
An Autonomous System to Detect Submerged Marine Animals during Acoustic and Seismic Surveys
NATO SPS Research Grant; 5/17-7/20, 330k Euro
Beneficiaries: Diamant (Haifa, PI), Paolo Casari (Imdea, Coordinator), Lutz Lampe (U. of British Columbia, CI)
Protecting Marine Infrastructures from Intruding Divers and Submerged Mines
Israeli Ministry of Security; 11/18-11/20, 500k NIS
Beneficiaries: Diamant (U. Haifa, Coordinator)
Underwater acoustic communications and networks
Completed Research Support
Diamant 09/2009-09/2013 (PI), Four Year Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Independent Scientist Award
Developing scheduling protocols for broadcast transmission in underwater acoustic networks and optimizing network throughput.
Diamant 05/2010-05/2013 (PI), Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Government of Canada, Independent Scientist Award
Exploring algorithms for self localization of underwater mobile nodes (AUVs and divers) and performing self-navigation in shallow water.
Diamant 07/2016-12/2016 (PI), EDEN Postdoctoral Scholarship, European Union Design of Underwater Acoustic Networks.
Diamant 07/2016-12/2016 (PI), Visiting Researcher, University of Padova, Design of Underwater Acoustic Networks.
FMF Research Fund, MAFAA'T, Israel Defense Ministry; 01/17-01/19, 300k USD (PI)
Developing underwater navigation schemes with no prior estimate of a motion model.
Research Fund, Israel Natural Authority; 01/17-01/18, 25k Euro (PI)
Does the Achziv Natural Park Supports the Conservation of Slipper Lobsters?