For Haifa Faculty
Welcome to the Haifa Faculty Opportunities! Here, you’ll find a diverse range of resources and updates, including funding opportunities, academic programs, collaboration initiatives, and upcoming meetings and events. Stay connected to explore ways to enhance your academic journey and professional growth.
Ongoing Funding Opportunities
Israel Institute Visiting Faculty Program
The Murray Galinson San Diego – Israel Initiative
The Leichtag Foundation
The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Fulbright Program
Academics, Scholars, and Researchers Exchange Programs
UNC Global Partnership Awards
Erasmus+ Mobility Project 2025-2026
The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
Joint session with colleagues from Bavaria: Capacity Building through Erasmus+
MIT-Israel Seed Funds for Faculty Collaboration 2025-2026
MGSDII: Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative
Call for Scholars – KALANIYOT
Current opportunities:
Call for applications – KALANIYOT
The Kalaniyot Foundation has opened a new Call for Applications for its Postdoctoral Fellows and Sabbatical Scholars programs, offering researchers the opportunity to conduct research at partner universities in the United States. The program supports academic collaboration, professional development, and meaningful engagement with U.S. academic communities through funded research stays.
Israel Institute,Visiting Faculty Program
The Visiting Faculty Program provides full financial support for Israeli scholars to spend a sabbatical year teaching about modern Israel at leading universities in the United States. This program is designed for experienced academics who wish to expand their international teaching experience while contributing to the academic study of Israel abroad. Participants receive comprehensive funding to cover their stay, allowing them to focus on teaching, research, and professional networking. This initiative is part of the Israel Institute’s mission to advance the academic study of Israel globally.
ERASMUS+ Mobility Program 2025-2026: Call for Academic and Administrative Staff
We are pleased to announce the opening of a new call for academic and administrative staff within the framework of the ERASMUS+ program for the academic year 2025-2026.
For Academic Staff:
To advance the process, please contact tvalchevp@staff.haifa.ac.il at least three months before the intended travel date to ensure that, according to the agreement with the university you wish to collaborate with, there is an allocation for the trip.
For questions and further details, please contact Ms. Teodora Penkov, International Cooperation Coordinator, at email: tvalchevp@staff.haifa.ac.il.
For more details see here.
The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies invites applications for the Visiting Faculty and Scholars Program
Visiting Scholars
Applications for the visiting scholars program will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with a final deadline of April 1, 2026. The Institute will consider applications for a semester or for the full academic year.
Please submit your application by email or send any questions to rlgolbert@law.berkeley.edu.
For more details see here.
The Division of Global Engagement and the Research Authority at the University of Haifa invite researchers to submit proposals for funding Joint Research with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for 2026. The program aims to promote and support new collaborative research initiatives between the two institutions, with a focus on projects that demonstrate strong potential for significant research outputs, joint publications, and future external funding. The call is open to all research fields and requires collaboration between principal investigators from both universities. The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
For more details, see here.
Joint Research Fund 2026 – Call for Proposals
The Division of Global Engagement and the Research Authority invite researchers at the University of Haifa to submit proposals for funding under the University of Haifa–University of Connecticut Joint Research Fund. This initiative aims to encourage and support new collaborative research partnerships between scholars at both institutions, with a focus on projects that demonstrate strong potential for significant research outcomes and future external funding opportunities.
Proposals must include a Principal Investigator from the University of Haifa and a Principal Investigator from the University of Connecticut, and projects will be funded for a period of 18 months starting from June 2026.
Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Application deadline: April 15, 2026.
Fore more information, see here.
GIF Young Scientists’ Meetings (GYSM) – Funding Opportunity
Supported by the German-Israel Foundation, the GIF Young Scientists’ Meetings (GYSM) fund small, focused 2–3 day workshops that bring together early-career researchers from Israel and Germany to foster long-term bilateral collaboration. The program provides €20,000 to cover travel, accommodation, and meeting costs, with proposals accepted with no deadline.
SILK Summer School – Italy
Researchers are invited to participate in the SILK Summer School (Sustainability, Innovation, Legacy, Knowledge), held in Como, Italy, from June 3–11.
The program offers a multidisciplinary setting to explore social and cultural transformation, sustainability, and heritage through field research, design thinking, and engagement with the Lake Como innovation ecosystem.
For Details and applications, please see here.
The Massada Fellowship Program supports short-term (up to three weeks) research visits between scholars at Israeli institutions and the University of Oxford, aimed at fostering new or ongoing academic collaborations. Open to all disciplines, the program accepts rolling applications that include short bios of both partners, a brief project description, and proposed visit dates. Up to five new fellowships and one returning fellowship are awarded annually, with funding of up to £4,500 covering travel and related expenses. Priority is given to collaborations involving fellows from Worcester College, Oxford, though this is not mandatory.
For applications and information please contact the program director at: naomi.rokotnitz@worc.ox.ac.uk
And should include:
- short bios of the candidate and collaborating partner – 40-50 words each
- description of the collaboration project / joint undertaking proposed in Oxford/Israel (a paragraph)
- possible dates for the fellowship