Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra
Jerusalem 91904
Israel
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The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), established in 1975, is dedicated to the advancement of research and learning at the highest level. Each year the Institute hosts 3-5 collaborative Research Groups. The members of the Groups create multidisciplinary learning communities of academics from around the world who engage in IIAS joint research projects, free of their normal teaching obligations and administrative duties. The Institute attracts scholars who constitute the vanguard in their various disciplines. In addition to Research Groups that convene for a period of up to ten months, the IIAS annually hosts six Advanced Schools representing the following disciplines: Economic Theory, Theoretical Physics, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and Computer Science & Engineering. The Advanced Schools, each directed by a scholar of international standing, attract doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars from all over the world, who are given an opportunity to interact with leading scholars involved in their respective fields of research.
The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies offers a range of fellowship opportunities for scholars from Israel and abroad, across all academic disciplines. Each year, the IIAS hosts an international community of fellows in Jerusalem, providing them with the time, space and academic environment to pursue original research and engage in sustained intellectual exchange.
Fellows participate either as members of Collaborative Research Groups or as Individual Fellows. Research Groups bring together scholars around research questions of common interest, combining collaborative thinking and dialogue with the advancement of individual research. The Institute hosts several Research Groups each year, typically composed of scholars from Israel and abroad and representing a wide range of disciplines and research fields. Individual Fellowships enable experienced researchers to pursue independent projects while taking part in the academic and communal life of the Institute.
The IIAS also offers dedicated fellowship frameworks, including the joint NLI–IIAS Fellowship with the National Library of Israel, which allows established scholars based outside Israel to divide their residency between the two neighboring institutions, and the Challenges to Democracy Program, which brings together scholars for collaborative research on changing themes related to democracy and its contemporary challenges.
Across its fellowship programs, the IIAS seeks to foster innovative and original research, long-term scholarly interaction, and the exchange of knowledge within an international academic community. Fellows are based at the Institute on the Edmond J. Safra Campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and take an active part in the intellectual life of the IIAS during their residency.
The IIAS is located on the Edmond J. Safra Givat Ram Campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, near the main entrance to the campus.
Each Fellow is provided with a private office and computer, together with Wi-Fi, IT support and administrative assistance. The Institute also offers shared academic and social spaces that encourage informal interaction and scholarly exchange.
Fellows have access to the libraries and academic resources of The Hebrew University, as well as to the nearby National Library of Israel. International Fellows are provided with subsidized accommodation near the campus during their residency.
The IIAS offers Fellows the space, resources and academic community needed to pursue focused research in the heart of Jerusalem