Grants
Ulpan Scholarships Summer 2024
THE APPLICATION IN NOW CLOSED!
The application will close on April 30, 2024.
Ulpan Scholarships for intensive Hebrew language programs in Israel (summer 2024) are available for BA, MA and PhD students, and early career scholars of Jewish Studies.
These scholarships have been funded through the generous support of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.
Applicants may apply to any of the Summer Ulpan programs offered by the following universities:
Applicants may apply for up to 1,500 GBP towards their tuition and housing costs and, in cases where housing is not required, the remainder of the grant may be used towards flight tickets at the discretion and under the conditions of the World Union of Jewish Studies.
In order to be eligible to receive an Ulpan Scholarship from WUJS, applicants must be:
- EU citizens or citizens of another European non-EU member country (Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom).
- Based at a European University.
- One of the following:
- BA students, who have completed at least the first two years of their degree and intend to pursue graduate degrees in Jewish Studies.
- MA/PhD students, researching a topic within the field of Jewish Studies.
- Early career scholars of Jewish Studies, who received their doctoral degree no more than five years ago.
- Able to demonstrate the relevance of Hebrew language skills to their research interests.
Applicants for Ulpan Scholarships will have to apply BOTH to the educational institution for the study program as well as to the World Union of Jewish Studies for the grant. Successful candidates will receive the grant on condition that they are accepted to the Ulpan program. They will be required to participate in the program and submit a final report and certificate of completion of the course to the World Union of Jewish Studies.
For the application form, click here.
Ephraim Urbach Grants
Congratulations to the 2023 Ephraim E. Urbach Fellowship Recipients:
Bick, Shraga, Israel/USA Yale University — The Praying Body in Late Antiquity.
Chen, Elnatan, Israel Academy of the Hebrew Language – Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Biblical Exegesis in the Language Ages: From Islam to Christianity.
Holzer-Kawalko Anna, Israel Leo Baeck Institute – Vanishing Heritage, German-Jewish Libraries in Post-war Czechoslovakia.
Strakhova Anastasiia, Ukraine/USA Duke University – Selective Emigration: Border Control and the Jewish Escape in Late Imperial Russia, 1881-1917.
The International Ephraim E. Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies is funded and administered by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (MFJC) in cooperation with the World Union of Jewish Studies. Its purpose is to assist a limited number of outstanding recent recipients of the Ph.D., within the last three years, in a field of Jewish studies in publishing their first book, launching their scholarly career, and/or furthering research in their area of special interest.
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Applicants must be nominated by the Head of the Department at which their PhD was awarded. The Fellowship is designed for scholars who completed their dissertations with distinction, and who show promise of achieving distinguished academic careers
The applications are evaluated by an international panel of experts and committees of the World Union of Jewish Studies and the MFJC.
The Fellowship provides a stipend of up to $15,000 for one year. Past recipients include applicants from programs at: Bar-Ilan University, Ben Gurion University, Brandeis University, Ecole Pratique des Hautes, Etudes, Paris, Hebrew University, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York University, Stanford University and the University of Geneva.
Nominations letters (with the applicant’s name and contact information) and further inquiries, please send to [email protected].
For more information, click here.
Book Publishing Support Grant
The Application is now CLOSED.
Once a year the World Union of Jewish Studies will give Book Publishing Support Grant, for early career scholars without research funds, and who have never held a tenured position at a university.
Early career scholars, who are current WUJS members (The link for 2023 membership dues can be found here), and are required to fund at least part of the expenses of the publication; may apply for the book publication grant.
The grants of up to 5,000 NIS each will be paid directly to the publishing houses of the successful applicants.
All applicants must submit the following in the form linked here:
Call for Applications: Collaboration in the field of Jewish Studies for the academic year 2023/24
The grant is now CLOSED – for special cases, please contact us by email until Nov. 30, 2023.
The World Union of Jewish Studies is seeking to collaborate with research institutions and individual scholars in organizing conferences, workshops, and guided tours in the field of Jewish Studies for the academic year 2024/25.
Proposals may draw on the academic and logistic, as well as financial resources of the World Union of Jewish Studies.
Applicants must submit the following:
1. Project Abstract (including clarification about the value of the project for the advancement of Jewish Studies, target audience, and expected number of participants).
2. Detailed budget proposal (expenses and other sources of funding).
3. A short paragraph (up to 100 words) elaborating how the World Union of Jewish Studies is expected to support the project (financial support only, or additional assistance with organization and academic content).
4. Schedule for the planning and preparations
5. CV of the main organizer/s.
The form is open for applications throughout the year.
We advise you to submit your request as early as possible, as soon as you have the required information about the event.
For questions and comments, contact the World Union of Jewish Studies at [email protected]
The Matanel Prize for Jewish Thought
Awarded for best original book in Jewish Thought, published in Hebrew in the past three years (2020-2022).
The winners of 2022 are:
Prof. Avraham (Rami) Reiner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on his book, Rabbenu Tam: Interpretation, Halakhah, Controversy.
Prof. Oded Israeli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on his book, R. Moses b. Nachman (Nachmanides): Intellectual Biography.
The Application is now CLOSED.
The prize of USD 25,000 is awarded for the best original book in Jewish Thought, published in Hebrew in the past three years (2020-2022), which is suitable for a wide readership. The book should be at least the second one published by the author who is expected to be also involved in social and educational activities.
Authors and publishers may submit nominations.
Applicants are required to fill out the application form (in Hebrew), and must submit the following:
- CV (English or Hebrew)
- List of main publications (up to 2 pages)
- Two letters of recommendation that explain why the book deserves the prize. The recommendations may be sent directly to the World Union of Jewish Studies [email protected].
- Five copies of the book must be sent to:
The World Union of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabin World Center of Jewish Studies, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem 9190501, Israel
No further documents will be considered.
The submission deadline is Sunday, May 1, 2022.
The upcoming Matanel Prize for Jewish Thought is expected to be awarded during the 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies in Summer 2022 (8-12 August).
The publisher shall ensure that the winning books are decorated with a wrap-around band indicating “Matanel Prize for Jewish Thought 2022″.