Rothschild Fellowship | |
Awarded For: | Excellence in their field(s) |
Presenter: | Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) |
Country: | Israel |
Website: | Rothschild Fellows |
The Rothschild Fellowship program is a prestigious grant awarded annually by Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation).
The Rothschild Scholarship for Outstanding Young Researchers is a awarded since 1979 with the aim of helping outstanding young researchers with exceptional potential to advance in the field of scientific practice.[1] The candidates must have received a PhD from a university in Israel.
The generous Rothschild scholarships are awarded to postgraduate students who wish to pursue postdoctoral studies outside of Israel. According to the Yad Hanadiv website: Most of the scholarship recipients have been integrated into academic institutions in Israel, among them they have gained a leading status in their field and some of them even hold academic leadership positions in Israel.[2]
The scholarships are awarded in the fields of natural sciences, exact sciences, life sciences, humanities and social sciences and in the study of the brain, consciousness and language.