The goal of the postdoctoral fellowships in nuclear physics established by The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities is to expand and enhance academic excellence in this discipline in Israel. The fellowships are intended for outstanding young researchers interested in going abroad for postdoctoral training in nuclear physics at a leading foreign institution, for whom this will be their first postdoctoral training abroad. 

The COVID-19 pandemic raised many challenges for the scientific world in general and for young researchers in particular. In response, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities established an emergency fellowship program for outstanding Israeli postdoctoral researchers who were unable to complete their postdoctoral research programs abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an immediate response to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities funded ten Emergency Fellowships for Ukrainian Researchers in April 2022 to allow them the opportunity to continue their scientific work in Israel for a duration of three months. 

Following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities funded Emergency Fellowships for Russian Researchers who had to flee the country because of their disagreement with the government’s policy.