Israel-UK Fund BIRAX Completes £7M Investment

July 20, 2017 | The British Council and British Embassy in Israel have announced the achievements of the multi-million-pound program BIRAX (Britain-Israel Research Academic Exchange), which develops scientific collaboration between Israel and the UK. Launched by the prime ministers of the UK and Israel in 2011, BIRAX has brought together more than 1,000 scientists from 120 institutions, and resulted in breakthrough research published in 30 leading scientific publications. The report on the five-year program shows that the fund has invested £7 million in 15 joint research projects in the field of regenerative medicine.