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Exciting Scholarship Opportunities: Azrieli International Visiting PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships
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We are pleased to announce the call for applications for two prestigious fellowships.
Azrieli International Visiting PhD Fellowship
The online application for the Fall 2025 cohort is now open and will close on April 22, 2025. This fellowship offers PhD students the opportunity to conduct short-term research at leading universities in Israel. It provides a monthly stipend of 12,000 ILS for up to four months.
Applicants planning to arrive for the Spring 2026 semester can apply starting from September 1, 2025.
Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-27
The application period begins on September 1, 2025, and ends on November 19, 2025. This fellowship supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines at Israeli academic institutions. Fellows receive a monthly stipend of 14,000 ILS for up to three years.
Important Information
Candidates for both fellowships must secure an academic sponsor in Israel before applying.
We kindly ask universities, research institutions, and international colleagues to share these opportunities with potential applicants.
For further details and application guidelines, visit the Azrieli Fellowships Program website.
Best regards,
Dafna Frumer and the Azrieli Fellowships Program Team
PhD-fellowships Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
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The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships of 2 to 3.5 years to outstanding junior scientists worldwide who wish to pursue an ambitious PhD project in basic biomedical research in an internationally leading laboratory.
There are three deadlines each year: 1 February, 1 June, 1 October.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards MD fellowships of up to 18 months to outstanding medical students to pursue ambitious, experimental projects in basic biomedical research worldwide. Fellowship holders must study human medicine in Germany and change cities and institutions for at least ten consecutive months to work in an internationally renowned laboratory. Applications can be submitted at any time, but no later than three months before the change of location or the intended start of the research.