BIRD Cyber
Funds BIRD Cyber joint cyber projects between Turkish and American partners developing infrastructure resilience solutions.
BIRD Cyber is a trilateral grant initiative launched in June 2022 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), and the BIRD Foundation. It funds joint U.S.-Israeli R&D projects aimed at enhancing the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure in both nations. Each funded project receives a conditional grant…
Bilateral U.S.-Israeli conditional grants up to $1.5 million for joint R&D projects in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure resilience, co-funded by DHS S&T and the Israel National Cyber Directorate.
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