BIRD Foundation to invest over $5 million for five new Israel-U.S. projects
Israeli companies AccuBeat, Mentaily Innovations, Newton Tech, and Tuned will partner with U.S. counterparts on projects spanning quantum hardware, mental health, and rehabilitation, as part of the new grants approved by the foundation.
$5.5 million in new grants have been approved by the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation to support five joint projects between American and Israeli companies.
Spanning innovations in hardware, medical devices, mental health, and rehabilitation, the approved projects are:
- AccuBeat (Jerusalem, Israel) and FieldLine Industries/Medical (Louisville, CO) to develop compact, low-power, miniature atomic clocks and magnetometers using innovative quantum technology.
- An Israeli company and Resolution Medical (Minneapolis, MN) to develop specialized catheters for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.
- Mentaily Innovations (Or Yehuda, Israel) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (Bethesda, MD) to advance an automated assessment to improve post-traumatic stress diagnosis (AI PTSD).
- Newton Tech (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Boston, MA) to develop high-throughput gait and movement analysis for clinical evaluation.
- Tuned (Gan Yoshiya, Israel) and Novidan Inc. (Golden Valley, MN) to develop an AI audiologist coupled with high-performance, low-cost hearing aids.
The BIRD Foundation facilitates collaboration between U.S. and Israeli companies in a range of technological fields through conditional grants of up to $1.5 million per project. These grants cover activities from R&D to early sales and marketing stages, and are not repayable if a project does not reach commercialization. The Foundation also assists companies in identifying strategic partners and fostering joint development.
“This new round of projects highlights the creativity and determination of U.S. and Israeli innovators who continue to push the boundaries of science and technology,” said Jaron Lotan, Executive Director of the BIRD Foundation. “From healthcare to advanced hardware, these collaborations demonstrate how joint efforts can shape a better future.”
The five grants were approved by the BIRD Foundation's Board of Governors during the organization’s meeting on September 16, 2025. The submitted projects were reviewed by BIRD staff and evaluators appointed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Israel Innovation Authority.
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.
In addition to the BIRD grants, the projects will leverage private-sector funding, resulting in a combined investment of $14 million across all initiatives.
“I hope that the collaboration facilitated through these new R&D projects will lead to positive developments for the companies behind these exciting technologies,” said Mike Molnar, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and co-chair of BIRD’s Board of Governors.
