Within the Third Short term scientific mission (STSM) Medsalt call, in 2018 four researchers were funded.

	STSM Title	Affiliation	Host institution
Luca Samperi	Estimation of Vp, density and thermal impedance of Messinian rock types, Sicily: Important physical parameters for seismic forward modelling.	University of Perugia	University of Haifa
Thomai Anagnostoudi	Salt-related gravity-driven tectonics in the Levant Basin: Insights from physical experiments	University of Haifa	CNRS-Lille1-ULCO
Konstantina Agiadi	The Messinian fish fauna of Cyprus and paleoenvironmental implications	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Geological Survey Department (Cyprus)
Paolo Censi	Zr/Hf ratio and Lanthanide distribution in halite. Might they represent suitable geochemical proxies of undisturbed primary salt minerals?	University of Palermo	Geological Survey of Israel