The fellowships are in the amount of up to £2,000 a year for a period of one to three years, depending upon the status of the applicant’s research. Candidates are selected by a committee of the Israel Academy, whose decisions are subject to the approval of the Trustees of the Foulkes Foundation in London. Academy Member Gideon Rechavi of the Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University (see here for the full list of the Israel Academy’s advisory committee members). Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit annual progress reports to the Foundation.

 

Students from Israel pursuing an MD who have completed their pre-clinical studies and are concurrently pursuing a doctoral degree in the life sciences, with an approved doctorate program (Stage B). Eligibility for the current cycle is limited to applicants who have not yet completed their doctoral dissertation and are not expected to complete it by October 2026. Only candidates who have published at least one paper in a peer-reviewed journal (not necessarily as first author) are eligible to submit.

 

The guidelines and forms, in English and Hebrew, may be downloaded from the website of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities at the following links:

 

Address to submit applications: Applications, completed according to the guidelines, should be submitted to Dr. Yael Ben Haim, Manager of the Sciences Division, at the following e-mail: foulkes_application@academy.ac.il

 

Nadav Agam, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Daniel Davis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Amit Elad, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Itai Erlich, Technion- Technology Institute of Israel

Ori Moskowitz, Tel Aviv University

Yasmin Netanely, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Yadid Algavi, Tel Aviv University

Benjamin Assouline, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mevaseret Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Daniel Ostrovsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Erez Verman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Elyashiv Zangen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Amit Rimon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Maya Ziv-Agam, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Sivan Kijner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Michal Navon, Tel Aviv University

Adi Hovav (Lixenberg), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Noam Hadar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Hadar Israeli, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ohad Regev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Hadar Golan Berman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yehuda Wexler, Technion- Technology Institute of Israel

Leore Heim, Tel Aviv University

 

 

Once in three years, the Foundation presents the Senta Foulkes Award of up to £2,500. The next award for excellence in research will be granted by the Foulkes family in 2027.

 

Eligible for this special recognition prize are recipients of the Foulkes Awards, who have shown excellence in their research and their academic achievements. Priority will be given to doctors who have remained actively involved in medical practice. The applicant should describe the nature of these activities in her/his application.

Applicants should be at least 3 years past approval of their PhD and MD degrees (the latter of the two) at the time of submission.

 

2024: Dr. Moshe Giladi from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2021: Dr. Tamar Harel from the Department of Genetics at Hadassah Medical Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2018: Dr. Chamutal Gur, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2015: Professor Yael Houri-Haddad, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2012: Dr. Rabea Asleh, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology