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<p>The UK and Israel are co-operating in a wide range of areas in medical R&D,
with many successful partnerships across academia and business. The Britain Israel
Research and Academic Exchange Partnership has supported medical collaboration over
the last seven years, distributing 19 grants for joint research excellence totalling
over £8 million. Our Embassy in Tel Aviv and the British Council manage the programme
with private funding raised from a diverse coalition of non-Government organisations.
In 2018 the British and Israeli Governments signed an agreement covering a two year
£4 million bilateral programme to support business-to-business R&D collaboration
between Israeli and UK companies. Projects to receive funding will be announced later
this month with a number of medical R&D projects in contention.</p><p>The UK-Israel
Tech Hub at our Embassy also helps to create tech and innovation partnerships across
several sectors, including healthcare. One of their projects, the UK-Israel Dangoor
Healthcare Initiative, aims to create a pipeline of digital innovation for the NHS.
We are currently exploring further opportunities to expand cooperation in medical
R&D.</p>
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