Sec. 778. Grant program for increased cooperation on post-traumatic stress disorder research between United States and Israel
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It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program, should seek to explore scientific collaboration between American academic institutions and nonprofit research entities, and Israeli institutions with expertise in researching, diagnosing, and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of State, shall award grants to eligible entities to carry out collaborative research between the United States and Israel with respect to post-traumatic stress disorders.
The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the grant program under this section in accordance with the agreement titled Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel on the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation , dated September 27, 1972. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be an academic institution or a nonprofit entity located in the United States. The Secretary shall award grants under this section to eligible entities that— carry out a research project that— addresses a requirement in the area of post-traumatic stress disorders that the Secretary determines appropriate to research using such grant; and is conducted by the eligible entity and an entity in Israel under a joint research agreement; and meet such other criteria that the Secretary may establish.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such commitments and information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may accept, hold, and administer, any gift of money made on the condition that the gift be used for the purpose of the grant program under this section. Such gifts of money accepted under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury in the Department of Defense General Gift Fund and shall be available, subject to appropriation, without fiscal year limitation.
Not later than 180 days after the date on which an eligible entity completes a research project using a grant under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that contains— a description of how the eligible entity used the grant; and an evaluation of the level of success of the research project. The authority to award grants under this section shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date on which the first such grant is awarded.