but the United States must continue to look for more effective treatments. Several leading hospitals, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations in Israel dedicate research and services to treating PTSD. 3. Grant program for increased cooperation on post-traumatic stress disorder research between United States and Israel (a) Sense of Congress 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 academic institutions and nonprofit research entities in the United States and institutions in Israel with expertise in researching, diagnosing, and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. (b) Grant program (1) In general 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. (2) Agreement The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the grant program under this section in accordance with the Agreement on the United States-Israel binational science foundation with exchange of letters, signed at New York September 27, 1972, and entered into force on September 27, 1972. (c) Eligible entities 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. (d) Award The Secretary shall award grants under this section to eligible entities that— (1) carry out a research project that— (A) addresses a requirement in the area of post-traumatic stress disorders that the Secretary determines appropriate to research using such grant