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USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agriculture

Funds USDA and Israeli Ministry of Agriculture through bilateral agritech grants linking research deployment in both countries.

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USDA and Israel's Ministry of Agriculture are paired here through the BARD Foundation, the US-Israel Binational Agricultural R&D Fund. The record frames it as a joint agricultural research channel rather than a broad domestic grant program. Its focus is applied agricultural science with cross-border participation.

The named route, BARD US-Israel Binational Agricultural R&D, uses a royalty-back instrument and reaches up to 400,000. The listed sectors are agritech and biotechnology. That points to projects where field, crop, food, or biological research can move into practical use and where collaboration across US and Israeli partners is part of the value.

Teams that fit BARD tend to be research-led and collaborative, with a clear applied question and a route to adoption. The structure rewards joint work that links science to agricultural practice instead of generic lab research. Because the entry is narrow and focused, the most useful public reading is a bilateral research fund for agricultural innovation.

Last verified: 11 May 2026Source: www.usda.gov