deadline: 1 December 2024
IIAS: Open Call for Individual Fellowships 2026-2027
The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship at the IIAS for the 2026-2027 academic year. Topics may cover any research area from any discipline. Fellows spend their residency at the IIAS, located at the Edmond J. Safra Givat Ram campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Residencies are open for either 10 months or 5 months.
deadline: 5 December 2024
Max Planck-Weizmann Joint Postdoctoral Program
MPG, based in Germany, and WIS, located in Israel, have joined forces to offer a postdoctoral programme that promotes scientific collaboration and fosters interdisciplinary research. The programme has a duration of 4 years, with an equal distribution of time between MPG and WIS. This structure allows fellows to benefit from experiencing both institutions. Applicants must start the programme within four years of their Ph.D. graduation.
deadline: 17 December 2024
Joint Seed Funding Freie Universität Berlin / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
With the goal of facilitating research cooperation in the framework of a stragic partnership, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) have established a joint seed funding scheme. The 2025 call is open to collaboration of HUJI and FUB scientists in all fields. The joint funding scheme aims at supporting first steps of research collaboration (typically 5,000 – 10,000 euros per proposal).
new deadline: 22 January 2025
Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025 / 2026 academic year is open to researchers in any academic discipline at eligible institutions in Israel. The program offers a two-year fellowship, with the option to extend for a third year. Exceptional postdoctoral researchers worldwide from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Candidates must secure an academic sponsor based in Israel before applying.
deadline: spring 2025
zukunft.niedersachsen
With the funding programme ‘Research Cooperations Lower Saxony – Israel’, the Ministry of Research and Culture in Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation support scientifically outstanding projects by researchers from Israel and Lower Saxony. The programme is explicitly aimed at scientists at an early career stage. It addresses different disciplines in different years. The current call for application invites proposals from the Life Sciences and Medicine.
continuous | no deadline
Young Scientists Exchange Program (YSEP)
In order to encourage young scientists to engage themselves in the Water Technology Research Programme in the framework of the German-Israeli Cooperation, BMBF and MOST have initiated a young scientists exchange program in 1999. The programme is open to Israeli and German diploma/M.Sc.-students, post graduates, doctoral degree students, and post doctorates candidates who wish to spend a training period in Israel or Germany for up to 6 month, but not less than 1 month.
deadline: 15 November 2024
Scholarship programme of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament and Israel
Since 1988, the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament has provided the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts with scholarship funds to foster German-Israeli relations. Funding can be requested for study and practical stays of 1 to 6 months, for events and for study trips. This is not a merit-based scholarship. The programme primarily pursues an intercultural approach and aims at international understanding.
new deadline: 14 November 2024
Eureka: Germany and Israel Call for Projects 2024
Eureka is a cross-border initiative for cooperation projects in market-oriented research and development. It aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the member states through innovation projects. Partners should include at least one Israeli and one German commercial company. The current call fosters ready-to-market solutions in all technological and application areas for products or technology-based services or methods. Successful applicants will receive a Eureka label.
deadline pre-proposals:
13 November 2024
Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call
The Joint Transnational Call (JTC) “Water for Circular Economy” is launched in the framework of the European partnership Water4All and supports research and innovation projects to improve water security in the long term. Both Germany and Israel take part in this funding measure. A total of around 36 million euros is available. Projects will run for 3 years. Applications will be submitted in two phases.
deadline: 30 October 2024
ISF-DFG Call for Joint Israeli-German Basic Research Projects
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) are pleased to announce the launch of a call for joint Israeli-German research projects in all Fields of the Sciences and the Humanities. It is expected that each partner contributes substantially to the common project. The Israeli partner is required to pre-register at ISF by 14 October. The German partner nust be registered in DFG’s elan system by 23 October 2024.
deadline: 23 October 2024
COST Open Call 2024
COST is a European funding initiative for the creation of research networks, called COST Actions. Both Israel and Germany are participating in COST. Researchers can create a network – based on their own research interests and ideas – by submitting a proposal to the COST Open Call. COST Actions have a duration of 4 years. It is also possible to join ongoing Actions. Proposals can be submitted in any science field. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged.
deadline: 18 September 2024
Postdoc Grants in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Jerusalem)
This year the Academic Committee of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows will select up to 8 exceptionally gifted young scholars. Fellows receive a monthly stipend and are strongly encouraged to move to Jerusalem. Scholarships are granted for a maximum of 4 years, beginning 1 October 2025, on the basis of a detailed proposal of a research project of major scope and innovative character.
deadline: 15 September 2024
Scholarship Program for Bavarian and Israeli Early Career Researchers
The Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Arts has set up a funding programme for early career researchers from Bavaria and Israel. These scholarships subsidy a one-month stay abroad at an Israeli or Bavarian research institute. The programme welcomes applicants from all fields of research and aims to open up new opportunities for participants to further develop their academic careers and strengthen their international ties.
deadline pre-proposals: 14 August 2024
Cancer Research Cooperation: Call for new Projects 2024
The DKFZ–MOST programme in cancer research aims to enhance and expand scientific collaboration between scientists from the DKFZ and all academic institutions in Israel. Calls for the submission of proposals are opened every year in spring. On average, 20-30 pre-proposals are submitted. Full proposals are then invited from a short list of about 15 pre-proposals and 6 projects are finally selected. Projects start in September and run for 3 years.
deadline: 21 June 2024
Minerva Fellowships 2024 / 2025
The Minerva Fellowship Programme (funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research) enables Israeli and German scientists to complete a research stay at institutions in the respective other country. Younger scientists (graduates and postdocs) get the possibility to further their scientific background while they conduct a research project at their host institution. If you apply in June, the earliest possible start of the fellowship is 1 December of the same year.
