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| Rothschild Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in their field(s) |
| Country | Israel |
| Presented by | Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) |
| First awarded | 1979; 46 years ago (1979) |
| 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. 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.
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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.