In September 2011 there was an ambitious scaling up in which BIRAX would be the vehicle for increasing the level of UK-Israel scientific collaboration.The BIRAX Regenerative Medicine initiative is a 5 years programme building on the success of the original BIRAX initiative, to deepen and promote collaboration between the UK and Israel in regnerative medicine.

The scheme will give generous support to joint high quality and ground-breaking UK-Israel research projects. These projects should offer the prospect of a significant institutions and invest in early stage collaboration between researchers, including PhD and Postdoctoral students.

The BIRAX Regenrative Medicine Is focusing on the great potential in scientific collaboration between the UK and Israel. This vision has been strongly endorsed and directed by the UK/Israel Life Sciences Council, a group of 19 leading scientists from both countries. The group contains four Nobel Prize winners, three members of the House of Lords, Presidnets of universities, and some of the most eminent and distinguished scientists in the world.

BIRAX is an initiative of the British Embassy, Israel and the British Council.

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