Israeli Women’s Postdoctoral Award

Applications for the 2025 Cohort have closed. Questions about the program may be directed to israelpostdoc@schmidtsciences.org

• Eligibility & Program Details

  Applicants should be women who plan to complete their PhDs at an Israeli University the subsequent year and would like to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship abroad for the following year. Applicants’ research must be in the areas of mathematics, computer science, industrial engineering, or electrical engineering. The fellowship is expected to start within a year of the award announcement, with a possibility of being awarded another grant of the same amount for a second year based on research progress and Program guidelines.
  
  Each award recipient will receive a grant of $60,000 upon beginning a postdoctoral or early career research fellowship in her discipline at and has relocated to a major institution outside of Israel. The award will only be made to women who accept an offer of a fellowship in her discipline outside of Israel within a year of the award announcement. Awards will then be paid at the start of their stay abroad. This award is intended as an income supplement (and not a replacement of the hosting institution stipend/salary) that should enable recipients to pursue and focus on their research while maintaining other obligations.

• Selection

  Recipients of the award will be announced in the fall of each year, in time to permit them to apply for appropriate fellowships abroad and reference the award on their applications.
  
  Approximately 10 women per year will be competitively selected for this award. An international committee of distinguished researchers assists in evaluating the applications and identifying the award recipients. The Selection Committee considers all applications and recommends a list of award recipients. The final decision is made by Schmidt Sciences and Eric and Wendy Schmidt.
  
  The current Selection Committee is composed of the distinguished researchers below:
  
  • Noga Alon, Princeton University
  • Shiri Artstein-Avidan, Tel Aviv University
  • Hagit Attiya, Technion
  • Ron Brachman, Cornell Tech
  • Michael Elhadad, Ben Gurion University
  • Michal Feldman, Tel Aviv University
  • Katrina Ligett, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Stuart Feldman, Schmidt Sciences
  • Yoelle Maarek, Technology Innovation Institute
  • Elad Yom-Tov, Bar Ilan University
  • Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Technion