The Avraham Harman Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry’s
Three-Year Scholarships for Outstanding Doctoral Students

2023/24-2025/26

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 2023/24 -2025/26 academic years. The aim of the scholarships is to enable outstanding doctoral students to devote most of their time and energy to research and study, for researchers from the Humanities [including Education], Social Sciences, Law, or Social Work.

The Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry will grant three-year scholarships in the following fields:
1. At least one scholarship for research on the Holocaust, genocide and their echoes in memory and culture.
2. At least one scholarship for research on Contemporary Jewry dealing with topics such as (but not limited to): Zionism, the State of Israel and Israeli society, research on Diaspora Jewry in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the Israeli-Arab conflict, creative cultural and religious activity in the Jewish world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, demography of the Jews.

Application is open to students (in institutions of higher education anywhere) who will be registered as doctoral candidates at the Hebrew University in 2023/24 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, students in a direct PhD track, 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 1 August 2023.

MA students who wish to be considered for an Institute scholarship must apply to the Authority by that date for the 2023/24 academic year and their registration will be conditional upon submission of all their requirements for their degrees by September 30, 2023. Scholarships granted to students whose degrees (including final evaluation of their final papers) are not complete by December 31, 2023 will be rescinded.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 (except for students who have an exemption as part of their employment as teaching assistants). 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. If the recipient of the Institute’s scholarship wins a similar scholarship from another source, then he/she will have to choose between them. In any case, the scholarship will not be split and it is possible that scholarship doubling will be limited. 

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 are required to be students of the Hebrew University throughout the entire period  of their doctoral studies. 
4. Recipients of the scholarships are required to be present for at least three days a week, including Tuesdays, in the office 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, in particular in the Institute’s Fellows’ Seminar. 
5. Travel abroad for a lengthy period of time (semester or a year) during the tenure of the scholarship requires the approval of the Scholarship Committee. The recipient must submit a request to the scholarship committee ahead of time. The request must include the following documents: 
a. Explanation about the importance of the travel and its contribution to the research.
b. Approval of the supervisor, including an explanation about the way that contact will be maintained during the time abroad.
c. Confirmation from the host institute or the host researcher indicating whether the stay will be financed by the host. 

The scholarship of a student who travels without the approval of the committee will be withheld. 
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 (on the scholarship website) and curriculum vitae
2. Two letters of recommendation (one from the academic adviser if available)
3. A letter of commitment accepting responsibility for fulfilling the conditions of the scholarship (on the scholarship website)
4. A sample research paper (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:
From students studying for the M.A:
6. A statement of research plans (up to one page)
From students who have already completed their M.A:
7. All the evaluations of the M.A. thesis.
8. A statement of research plans (up to one page)
From 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

 

Registration at the link here
Last date to submit applications: 28.04.2023
For further information: karinc@savion.huji.ac.il