{"id":38280,"date":"2025-08-04T15:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/?p=38280"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:45:21","slug":"dr-igal-berenshtein-awarded-prestigious-grant-for-marine-protected-areas-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/dr-igal-berenshtein-awarded-prestigious-grant-for-marine-protected-areas-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Igal Berenshtein Awarded Prestigious Grant for Marine Protected Areas Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38280\" class=\"elementor elementor-38280 elementor-38279\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70e25fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70e25fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdb94ab\" data-id=\"fdb94ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70ea4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d70ea4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"drigalberenshteinawardedprestigiousgrantformarineprotectedareasresearch\">Dr. Igal Berenshtein Awarded Prestigious Grant for Marine Protected Areas Research<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a954d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a954d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94901ce\" data-id=\"94901ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c80720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c80720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are proud to congratulate <strong>Dr. Igal Berenshtein<\/strong> from the Department of Marine Biology, on receiving a prestigious research grant from Yad Hanadiv and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.<\/p><p>Dr. Berenshtein leads the project in collaboration with fellow researchers from the Charney School, the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR), and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.<\/p><p>The research focuses on understanding how larval fish and other marine organisms settle and establish populations within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along Israel\u2019s Mediterranean coast. 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