$100 million MAVRI initiative funded by government and philanthropists will create positions and carve out time for doctors who also want to work in the lab

Multidisciplinary projects, including research on cancers, Crohn's, and rare diseases, get NIS 32 million ($9.9m) in grants from Israel Precision Medicine Partnership initiative

Multidisciplinary projects, including studies on autism, cancers and trauma, get NIS 60 million ($17 million) in grants from Israel Precision Medicine Partnership initiative

Some 30 projects will be funded $50,000-$200,000 apiece; researchers will share their findings in a bid to tackle the deadly pandemic