BIRD General Program
Supports United States and Israel partners to jointly commercialize hi-tech innovation, including cybersecurity, life sciences, and manufacturing.
The BIRD Foundation General Program provides conditional grants to pairs of unrelated companies — one U.S.-registered, one Israel-registered — to jointly develop innovative hi-tech products with significant commercial potential. BIRD is a bilateral foundation established in 1977 jointly by the U.S. and Israeli governments; since inception it has approved over 1,000 projects. The program covers all…
Joint U.S.–Israeli commercial R&D across any hi-tech sector, from advanced manufacturing and cleantech to life sciences, cybersecurity, and semiconductors.
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