Since 1971 the National Institute of Psychobiology in Israel has funded over 400 Israeli scientists. Dr. Bernard Lerer, a psychiatry professor at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center told a Florida audience about some of the medical breakthroughs that the NIPI has helped develop.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-01-09/news/fl-jjbs-lerer-0110-20130109_1_research-grants-scientists-parkinson