Fulbright Israel is looking for the brightest and most innovative scholars who aspire to research in Israel and join the Fulbright heritage.
Fulbright Israel administers the Fulbright Academic Program in Israel, and plans to award up to three U.S. postdoctoral scholars who seek to pursue research at the Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Grants are open to researchers in all academic disciplines and support research programs in Israel for up to 20 months.
Each candidate should try to arrange his/her institutional affiliations at the Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design independently, including development of the research program for the proposed visit. According to Fulbright Israel policy, Fulbright postdoctoral fellows must hold official postdoctoral fellow status at their host institutions in Israel, including access to campus resources.
Applications close on September 16, 2024.
- To be eligible for a Fulbright fellowship, candidates must have received their Ph.D. degrees no earlier than July 2020. Additionally, applicants must receive their Ph.D. before they leave to Israel to begin their postdoctoral work.
- The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design must provide grantees with Postdoctoral status, including access to campus resources (such a letter is not required at the time of application).
- Each candidate is responsible for arranging their institutional affiliations at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design independently, including development of the program of work for the proposed visit through contacts at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
- We accept applications from all disciplines. If you are a researcher outside the creative field, please note that we expect applications to address the interaction between your discipline and the areas of interest at Bezalel. Please visit Bezalel’s website to review examples for the cross-disciplinary research and activities at the institution.
Applicants and their grants must meet all of the following requirements at the time of application, unless specific exemptions apply:
- U.S. citizenship (permanent residence is not sufficient).
- Sound physical and mental health: selected candidates are required to submit a Medical History and Examination Report before their grants can be finalized.
- Grants shall not authorize engagement in pastoral, missionary, or other professional religious activities.
- Grants shall not authorize engagement in activities for which a license to practice medicine or nursing is required.
- Applicants are required to disclose any prior convictions of a felony or a misdemeanor, including Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), but excluding minor traffic violations. FFSB regulations can be found here (Chapter 600/Section 626 Ineligibility Factors).
$95,000 ($47,500 per academic year for two years).