15 UK-Israeli Science Projects Get Funded by The British Council

israel-education-birax-imageThe Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) has selected 15 projects for £365,000 in research grants, promoting UK-Israel academic cooperation. The projects, selected from top universities in the UK and Israel, range from an ultra long laser for secure communications to the study of Aramaic magical texts and the role of nasal defense in polluted environments (full list of BIRAX awards at the bottom of this post).

The Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) was launched in July 2008 by British PM Gordon Brown and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. The joint program was created to tighten the research and academic cooperation between the UK and Israel, following a series of academic boycotts on Israel. The grants are awarded for the purpose of joint scientific research and exchange opportunities.

The Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership is funded by a mix of private and public funding from the UK and Israel. The largest supporter of the scheme is the Pears Foundation from the UK (£550,000). The scheme is also supported by UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal, £200,000) and has the full backing of the British and Israeli governments which provide financial support through the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the UK and the Ministry of Science and Technology in Israel. The scheme is managed by the British Council from their offices in Israel. The scheme will run for five years and the next call for proposals is expected to be announced in December 2009.

Below is a short summary of the 15 BIRAX Winners for 2009:

A SYSTEMS-LEVEL DISSECTION OF TELOMERE BIOLOGY
Principal Investigators: Prof Martin Kupiec, Tel Aviv University and Prof David Lydall, Newcastle University

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