Grants and Fundraising

1989‑1992 $ 58,000, Israeli Academy of Science, Intergenerational transition of attachment

1991‑1994 $ 500,000, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Development of Infants and daycare

1992‑1994 $ 65,000, US‑Israel Bi‑National Science Foundation (BSF), Infant attachment in Israeli kibbutzim and socio‑emotional development 11‑years later (jointly with Prof. Gary Resnick)

1993‑1995 $ 50,000, Israeli Academy of Science, Intergenerational transition of attachment

1993‑1994 $ 19,700, Israeli Academy of Science, $19,700, University of Haifa (matching funds), Award for Scientific Excellence for Computerized Coding System of Videotaped Experimental and Natural Observations.

1994-1996 $ 50,000, Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Education, Assessment of quality of Israeli infant daycare centers

1994-1996 $ 30,000, Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Health, The development of infant-mother attachment and infant sleep patterns

1995-1997 DM 300,000, German-Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, A three generations study on the transmission of Holocaust traumatic experiences. (with Klaus Grossmann and Marinus van IJzendoorn).

1996-1997 DM 60,000, Koehler-Stiftung, A three generations study on the transmission of Holocaust traumatic experiences (with Klaus Grossmann)

1997-1999 IS 880,000 ($ 270,000), Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Education, Assessment of quality of intervention programs for parents with young children (with Nina Koren-Karie).

1998-1999 $ 80,000 Israeli Academy of Science, Award for Scientific Excellence for a system for digital storage and retrieval of video information (with David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie)

1999-2002 $ 120,000 Israeli Academy of Science, The development of representations and communication in mother and children during the first seven years of life: An attachment perspective (with David Oppenheim).

2002-2003 $ 60,000, Israeli Academy of Science, Award for Scientific Excellence for a system for digital storage and retrieval of video information (with David Oppenheim).

2005-2007 IS 220,000 ($50,000), Ministry of Education, Bedouin mothers empowered as educational leaders in their community (with Tirtsa Joels).

2006-2010 € 700,000, German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Regulation of Developmental Transitions in Second Generation Immigrants in Germany and Israel (with Yoav Lavee, University of Haifa and Rainer Silbereisen and Bernhard Nauck Universities of Jena and Chemnitz, Germany).

2009-2011 € 35,000 the Van Leer Foundation. Supporting Parents and Preventing Behavior Problems in Israeli and Palestinian Toddlers: Development and training of a culturally-sensitive adaptation of the VIPP-SD parent training program – The Al Quds, Haifa and Leiden Consortium for Early Childhood Development. (with Eyad El Hallaq, Al-Quds University and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Leiden University).

2013-2015 $50,000, Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Education, Assessment of class climate in preschools and kindergartens and its impact on an intervention program based on the CLASS model.

2014-2015 $25,000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel, Evaluation of MASHAV kindergarten intervention program in Ghana (with Yair Ziv).

2015-2019 $360,000, Ministry of Economy, Israel, “Beginning settings” project (with Yair Ziv).

2008-present $385,000, Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation. Grant to support projects of graduate students in child development projects (based on annual renewal).

2014-2020 $950,000, Vital Capital Fund, grant to support graduate students in child development from developing countries.

2014-2019 $55,000, Two Lilies Fund, grant to support graduate students in child development from developing countries.

2015-2020 $943,000, Open Society Foundation, grant to support graduate students in child development from developing countries.