The President Scholarships program for doctoral students in the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University of Jerusalem is intended to allow stipend receivers to spend most of their time and effort studying and researching. The program is an integral part of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
During the winter semester of each academic year, a notice will be released with information for future applicants.
Application is open for any students who will be enrolled as doctoral students in the following year. Applicants may be graduate students completing their thesis that year, students holding a graduate degree in the academic track, or students who are in the early stages of their doctoral studies (even after approval of their proposal), but no later than two years from enrolment at the begining of 2026/27. For students who have served in reserve duty since the beginning of their doctoral studies, the number of reserve-duty days will not be counted toward the calculation of doctoral “seniority.” That is, PhD students who, at the start of the scholarship in the 2026–2027 academic year (תשפ״ז), have completed more than two years since the beginning of their studies (i.e., began before the start of the 2024–2025 academic year, תשפ״ה), but who served in reserve duty during those years—will not have their reserve-duty days counted toward the total number of years used to determine eligibility to apply.
Eligiblility for the scholarship entails registration for a doctoral degree no later than July 1st, 2026.
Students of a graduate degree in the academic track applying for the stipend will enrol as conditional students for the following academic year, complete all academic requirements by September 30th and present an approval for their degree no later than December 31st.
Students are eligible for a scholarship for four years at the most. Doctoral students who are in stage 2 at the time of submitting the application will be given the scholarship for 4 years, provided that in the year 2026/27 they begin the third year of the doctorate.
The yearly scholarship is 75,000 NIS. The students in the Faculty of Humanities receive an additional 15,000 NIS per year, altogether 75,000 NIS. Additionally, the recipients will be exempt from tuition (except those who already receive a tuition exemption as Teaching Assistants).
For more information, see our Questions and Answers page, or contact Abigail Rosenstein, Honors program coordinator, at Msacc@savion.huji.ac.il.
Students receiving the stipend commit to the following requirements:
- Students receiving the stipend will not work at any paid work for a duration exceeding 11 weekly hours, (under rare circumstances, the Vice Rector may approve employment of up to 22 weekly hours.
- Students receiving the stipend must be present for at least two days a week in the workspace dedicated to them.
- The students’ main academic activity will be within the university.
- Students will participate in the various academic and social activities of the program.
- Continuation of the stipend from year to year is not automatic. The Stipend Committee will examine students’ eligibility every year, and is entitled to cancel the stipend for the following year if it reckons that the student does not meet the stipend’s requirements. A condition for receiving the stipend during the second year is passing from Stage I to Stage II of the doctorate (i.e., approval of the proposal).
- Should the need to travel for extended periods of time (a semester or longer) arises, students must provide a detailed request to the Stipend Committee. The Committee will consider the request and pass it`s recommendation to the Vice Rector’s final decision. The stipend of a student travelling without approval will be revoked.
The Application for 2026/27 is closed.
The call for Applications for 2027/28 is expected to be published in December 2026.
Please note that applications are submitted via the scholarship website only: https://scholarships.ekmd.huji.ac.il/Pages/default_he.aspx
For additional information contact Abigail Rosenstein, Honors Program Coordinator