Call for Proposals

Accelerating Growth through U.S. - Israel Strategic Partnerships

The Next Opportunity to Submit U.S.- Israel

Joint Proposals to the BIRD Foundation

To be considered, a project proposal should include:

• R&D cooperation between two, unrelated companies, one registered in Israel and the other in the U.S. The companies should jointly apply for BIRD support.

• Research and development topics within the scope of this call include but are not limited to: Life Sciences, Cleantech, Communications, Electronics, Software, Homeland Security (HLS), etc.
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• The jointly developed technology or product(s) must have considerable innovation.

• Significant commercial potential.

The maximum conditional grant per project is up to $1 million per project (up to 50% of the R&D costs associated with the joint project)

Timetable and deadlines:
Executive Summaries (using BIRD's template) – September 10, 2013
Full Proposals (following BIRD's detailed instructions) – October 17, 2013
Decisions – December, 2013

Please refer to BIRD's website for submission details - www.birdf.com

For further inquiries please contact:
In Israel: Ms. Einat Spivak, einat@birdf.com,Tel: 972-3-6988300
In the U.S.: Ms. Michal Miasnik, michalm@birdf.com,Tel: 650-752-6485

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