Weizmann Institute - Postdoctoral Fellowships

RGP / Research Grants and Projects Office

WEBSITE: Access the Feinberg Graduate School  Website

AWARD MECHANISM: Fellowships are offered every year for postdoctoral research in the research areas pursued at the Weizmann Institute. These include the Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Science Teaching, and Interdisciplinary Projects.
Fellowships are open to citizens of all nations, regardless of religion, race or sex. The fellowships are for studies at Weizmann Institute.

Koshland Scholar: Distinguished post doctoral fellowships, In addition to the usual stipend for postdoctoral fellows at the Institute, a Koshland Scholar will receive an increased annual travel allowance and a one time grant after his first year.

SCIENTIFIC AREAS: Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Science Teaching, and Interdisciplinary Projects

SUBMISSION DATE(S): 5 January 2012, 15 July 2012.

MODE OF APPLICATION: Guidelines and forms are available on the Feinberg Graduate School and applications should be submitted there as well.

Please note that foreigners are required to obtain the relevant visa (i.e. for a fixed-amount stipend: category A2; or for an employment contract: category B1 = work permit) prior to taking up an appointment at the Weizmann Institute:

  • Non-Israeli fellows receiving a post-doctoral fixed-amount stipend at the Weizmann Institute standard rate are required to obtain a category A2 [student] visa, with the assistance of the Feinberg Graduate School.
  • In the case of an external funding source which is willing to provide support only in the form of a salary with social benefits (as opposed to a stipend), the fellow must be engaged by the Institute as a Visiting Scientist on an individual contract. In order to obtain approval for Visiting Scientist status, the prospective host must contact the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate and follow their guidelines in this regard. The Visiting Scientsts Section will also assist in the procedures required for obtaining a B1 work permit visa. Please note that the procedures will be different, depending on the location of origin of the prospective Visiting Scientist:
    1. Foreigners intending to come to the Weizmann Institute from abroad, without having previously completed studies in Israel: the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate must be contacted to initiate the B1 work permit visa application procedure, long enough in advance for the prospective Visiting Scientist to receive the visa at an Israeli embassy/consulate (outside of Israel), prior to his/her arrival in Israel.
    2. Foreigners who are currently in Israel and hold a category A2 [student] visa: According to the laws of the State of Israel as regards foreign citizens (who do not possess Israeli citizenship), engagement by the Institute of such researchers will only be possible if they a priori leave Israel and then return to an appointment as a Visiting Scientist (conditional upon approval of the Ministry of the Interior, which must agree to issue a category B1 work permit visa for this purpose).
    It should be noted that the work permit approval process - a prerequisite to the approval of the status of Visiting Scientist - usually takes several months. Consequently, a Weizmann Institute researcher intending to host a Visiting Scientist who is not an Israeli citizen should begin the relevant procedures several months in advance of the desired start date. For further details regarding the issue of obtaining a work permit for a Visiting Scientist, contact the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate.

KEYWORDS:  Life Sciences, Chemistry,Physics, Mathematics, Science Teaching

LAST UPDATED: 4 December 2011