Rothschild Fellowships 2027/2028

The Rothschild Fellowships have been a mainstay of Yad Hanadiv’s support for excellence in Israeli academia since the programme was established in 1979. Their purpose is to help young scholars of outstanding academic merit and potential to advance in their respective fields.
Fellowships are awarded to PhD recipients from Israeli universities to pursue postdoctoral study abroad, enabling young researchers from all disciplines to make important contacts, learn new methodologies and techniques, gain direct access to significant scholarly resources and acquire experience and knowledge at leading centres of study in their fields.
Upon completion of their research and study abroad, Rothschild Fellows are expected to return to Israel and contribute to the calibre of academic research. The programme has supported 882 fellows to date.

ELIGIBILITY FOR ROTHSCHILD FELLOWSHIP
Candidates must be permanent residents of Israel.

• Candidates must have completed, or be in the course of completing, a PhD at an accredited institution of higher education in Israel. Applications must be nominated by the candidate’s university.
• Candidates are eligible only if their doctoral degree was awarded after November 2023 (candidates wishing to discuss an extension should contact the Rothschild Fellowships Secretariat at Rothschild.fellowships@yadhanadiv.org.il; exceptions may be considered).
• Candidates will be required to provide written confirmation from the relevant academic authorities that they have submitted their dissertation before departing for their host institution.
• Candidates will be required to arrange for confirmation, during 2027/2028, that they have been awarded a doctoral degree.
• Recipients of a Rothschild Fellowship will be required to begin the fellowship between 1 June 2027 and 1 December 2027. Candidates who begin their postdoctoral studies abroad before June 2027 may not apply. The Rothschild Fellowship may be used only to fund a first period of postdoctoral study abroad.
• Candidates holding a tenured position at an Israeli university will not be considered, except in rare circumstances.
• Candidates may receive supplementary funding of up to $75,000 per year. The following types of funding will not be taken into account when calculating supplementary funding: support from other sources for research grants, research related expenses or travel to academic conferences and symposia; and funding from other sources for health insurance or other employee-related benefits.
• Yad Hanadiv is a sponsor of Kalaniyot. Therefore, while applicants may apply to both programmes, those selected as Rothschild Fellows will not be eligible to receive overlapping funding from Kalaniyot during the tenure of their Rothschild Fellowship.
• Candidates are required to submit a financial declaration to the Rothschild Fellowships Secretariat whenever they receive supplementary funding or become eligible to receive such funding. Failure to disclose all supplementary funding or competing funding opportunities (i.e., the possibility of receiving another fellowship during the period covered by the Rothschild Fellowship) will result in the loss of eligibility.
• The purpose of the Rothschild Fellowship is to enable as many outstanding Israeli early-career researchers as possible to undertake a first postdoctoral fellowship abroad. A fellow who secures external funding exceeding $75,000 during the fellowship tenure, will lose eligibility for the primary fellowship award, though eligibility for travel and family support is retained.
• Rothschild Fellowships Application Guidelines - 2027/2028
• Fellows should not negotiate a reduction in external funding solely to remain within this limit. However, fellows remain free to decline an offer to participate in a postdoctoral programme elsewhere.
• Partial grants will not be awarded.

For more information and forms please contact Iris Goldwirth