Bird Foundation

bird is an acronym for israel-u.s. binational industrial research and development. the bird foundation's mission is to stimulate, promote and support industrial r&d of mutual benefit to the u.s. and israel. our primary vehicles include matching grant program and matchmaking services supporting israeli and u.s. companies engaged in joint r&d projects. we takes no equity in the joint projects and expect repayment only from actual revenues generated. bird supports approximately 20 projects annually. the bird foundation was established by the u.s. and israeli governments in 1977 to generate mutually beneficial cooperation between the private sectors of the u.s. and israeli high tech industries, including start-ups and established organizations. bird's scope extends to agriculture, communications, life sciences, electronics, electro-optics, software, homeland security, renewable and alternative energy and other sectors of the hi-tech industry. since its inception in 1977, bird has ap