Post Doctoral Fellowships for Academic Jewish Studies

Institutions should be able to make a case that the post-doctoral fellow will make a significant contribution to their department and conduct ground-breaking research during their fellowship.

The fellowship programme includes online seminars and workshops designed to foster networking and collaboration between their fellows. These events include skills based workshops and opportunities to present work-in-progress. Recipients are expected to participate in these events throughout their fellowship.

Topics

• All topics within the broad field of Jewish Studies are considered eligible for the Foundation’s Jewish Studies grants. The Foundation particularly welcomes applications from those engaged in the study of contemporary Jewish life in Europe from a social science perspective and those whose proposals involve digital humanities research techniques.
• In principle, projects only tangentially related to Jewish Studies are unlikely to be successful, nor will projects devoted to an individual or individuals who happen to be Jewish, but whose historical importance is not significantly contingent on that biographical fact. Secondary school education, informal education and documentary films will not be funded within the context of the Academic Jewish Studies grant programme.

Funding Information

• Maximum award amount: £35,000 per annum
• Duration: 2 years

Eligible Costs 

• In general, the full salary cost for employing a post-doctoral fellow as well as additional travel and research costs may be applied for within this grant category.

Ineligible Costs

• Institutional overheads will not be funded which include the costs of grant administration, maintaining, heating, and insuring the building in which your department is housed, as well as the taxes your university pays for that building.

Eligibility Criteria 

• To be eligible to receive a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Foundation, the post-doctoral applicant must be based in Europe (either a European citizen or holder of a valid European residency permit) and the host institution must be based in Europe (both EU and non-EU states). They are not currently accepting applications from institutions in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
• Institutions must be able to demonstrate how the presence of a post-doctoral fellow will strengthen Jewish Studies at their institution. Post-doctoral candidates must either have received their doctoral degree no more than 7 years before the application deadline or intend to submit their doctoral dissertation by June 2025.
• Individuals who have already received a post-doctoral fellowship from the Foundation may not apply for another one, even at a different host institution.
• These fellowships are awarded based on the candidate’s academic merit, though some consideration will also be given to the degree of geographic mobility demonstrated by the candidate, both in his/her current choice of institution and in his/her previous academic career.

For more information, visit Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.