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$1M Grant Opportunity With the BIRD Foundation
February 25, 2016 at 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
If you are conducting R&D with a company in Israel or looking for a company, you may be eligible for funding of up to $1 Million from the BIRD Foundation.
Join Conexx and Metro Atlanta Chamber as they host Eitan Yudilevich, Executive Director of BIRD, the U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial R&D Foundation. Hear from Eitan during the BIRD Foundation Funding seminar and have the opportunity to schedule one-on-one meetings to determine if you qualify for funding.
The BIRD Foundation’s mission is to stimulate, promote and support industrial R&D of mutual benefit to the U.S. and Israel. Annually, BIRD awards more than 20 grants of up to $1 million per project to U.S.-Israeli joint ventures. BIRD is looking for projects in various industries including: Agriculture, Communications, Life Sciences, Electronics, Electro-optics, Software, Homeland Security, Renewable and Alternative Energy as well as other sectors of the hi-tech industry.
BIRD takes no equity in the joint projects and all services are free of charge. Past recipients of BIRD from the SE include Arris, Milliken, Pratt Industries, Precision Biosciences, Crawford Composites and Mueller Water Products.
