A new $5.5 million investment was approved by the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation for five projects centered on hardware, medical devices, mental health, and rehabilitation innovations.
In addition, leveraging private-sector funding will allow a combined investment of $14 million, a statement by the foundation explained. “The five newly approved projects bring the total number of BIRD-supported collaborations to over 1,100 during the Foundation’s 48 years of activity,” they added.
The statement also noted that the total of BIRD's investments since its inception is over $406 million, with joint projects' direct and indirect revenues exceeding $10 billion according to their estimates.
Five new BIRD projects
The first project is centered on the development of compact, low-power, miniature atomic clocks and magnetometers using innovative quantum technology. Accubeat is developing the technology in Jerusalem, in collaboration with Louisville’s FieldLine Industries/Medical.
In the second, an Israeli Company is working alongside Resolution Medical (from Minneapolis, MN) in developing specialized catheters for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.
Mentally Innovations from Or Yehuda and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (Bethesda, MD) are working to advance an automated assessment to improve post-traumatic stress diagnosis (AI PTSD).
Newton Tech, a Tel Aviv-based company, and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston are in talks to develop high-throughput gait and movement analysis for clinical evaluation.
Finally, Tuned from Gan Yoshiya is working alongside Novidan Inc. to develop an AI Audiologist, coupled with High-Performance, Low-Cost Hearing Aids.
“The BIRD Foundation continues to spark groundbreaking collaborations, this year spanning atomic clocks, advanced catheters, AI for PTSD diagnosis, VR-based rehabilitation, and intelligent hearing aids that address global health and technology challenges,” said Dr. Alon Stopel, Chief Scientist of Innovation at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, and co-chair of BIRD’s Board of Governors.
The deadline for submission of Executive Summaries for the next BIRD cycle is November 20, 2025. Approval of projects is scheduled to take place in March 2026.