Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program

The Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program attracts high-achieving postdoctoral scholars from premier universities in the United States and Canada to do research at one of eight Israeli universities. Israeli citizens are not eligible. Candidates must hold a PhD degree from a leading American or Canadian university, or if still studying for a PhD, must submit their PhD thesis before October 1st. They should be planning to return to the United States or Canada to compete for an academic position. Candidates must obtain consent from a potential hosting supervisor at the Israeli university/universities to which they are applying. Participating universities include: Ariel University, Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information about the scholarship.

The Zuckerman Institute was established in 2015 to achieve the philanthropic vision of Mortimer B. Zuckerman to enhance collaboration and communication among the most promising scholars in science, technology, engineering, and math in Israel, the United States and Canada.