The Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry’s Scholarships for Outstanding Doctoral Students (2024-2027)

We are pleased to announce the scholarship program of the Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry for outstanding doctoral students of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for the 2024/25 academic year. The aim of the scholarships is to enable outstanding doctoral students to devote most of their time and energy to research and study.

The Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry will grant three-year scholarships in the following fields:

1. A scholarship for research on the Holocaust and genocide (for researchers from Humanities [including Education], Social Sciences, Law, or Social Work).
2. A scholarship for research on Contemporary Jewry dealing with one of the following topics (for researchers from Humanities [including Education], Social Sciences, Law, or Social Work): Zionism, the State of Israel and Israeli society; research on Diaspora Jewry in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; creative cultural and religious activity in the Jewish world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; demography of the Jews.

The Scholarship

Application is open to students (in institutions of higher learning anywhere) who will be registered as doctoral candidates at the Hebrew University in the 2024/25 academic year. Those eligible to submit are: MA research students in the final year of their MA programs, students holding a research-track MA degree, and students in the first stages of the doctoral program (including students who have already submitted dissertation proposals, up to two years from registering for the degree). Eligibility for the grant requires registration as a doctoral candidate with HUJI's Authority for Research Students by September 30, 2024. MA students who wish to be considered for an Institute scholarship must apply to the Authority by that date for the 2024/25 academic year, and their registration will be conditional upon submission of all their requirements for their degrees by September 30, 2024. Scholarships granted to students whose degrees (including final evaluation of their final papers) are not complete by December 31, 2024, will be rescinded.

Students are eligible for a grant for a maximum of three years. The grant totals 16,000 USD per annum. Additionally, recipients are exempt from tuition. The scholarship will be paid beginning in October of each year, in monthly installments, throughout the three years or until the doctoral dissertation is approved (the earlier of the two).

Renewal of the grant from year to year is not automatic. Each year the Institute’s Scholarship Committee will examine the recipient's eligibility for the following year. The committee has the authority to withhold the grant if it finds that the recipient is not fulfilling the conditions of the grant as stipulated.

Scholarship Recipients' Obligations:

1. During the period of the grant, recipients are permitted to be employed in up to a half-time position.
2. Renewal of the grant for a second year is conditional upon successful transition from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the doctoral program, i.e., approval of the dissertation proposal.
3. Recipients of the scholarships are required to be present for at least three days a week in the offices allotted to them in the Institute of Contemporary Jewry. Their principal academic activity will be at the Hebrew University. Recipients of the grant must take part in the academic and social activities of the program. Travel abroad for a lengthy period of time during the tenure of the scholarship requires the approval of the Scholarship Committee.

 

In general, the Institute's scholarships are governed by HUJI’s rules for MA and doctoral fellowships.

Instructions for submitting an application:

The following documents must accompany the application:

1. Application form (available on the scholarship website) and curriculum vitae
2. Two letters of recommendation (including one from the academic adviser, if available)
3. A letter of commitment accepting responsibility for fulfilling the conditions of the scholarship (available on the scholarship website)
4. A sample research paper (such as a seminar paper, article, or comparable example of academic writing, up to 20 pages)
5. Official transcripts of grades for B.A. and M.A. degrees

 

Additional documents:

For students studying for the M.A.:

6. A statement of research plans (up to one page)

For students who have already completed their M.A.:

7. All evaluations of the M.A. thesis.
8. A statement of research plans (up to one page)

For doctoral students whose research proposal has been approved ("stage 2"):

9. An abstract of the research proposal
10. Certification of reaching stage 2 from The Authority for Research Students

 

Additional information and registration: http://scholarships.huji.ac.il

For further information: cjewery@savion.huji.ac.il

Last date to submit applications: July 08, 2024