The Zuckerman Israel Institute’s partnership with the Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHE) continues to boost excellence and cutting-edge research.
The State of Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE) determines policy for all Israeli universities and supports the Mortimer B. Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program, promoting and encouraging globalization and collaboration.
Since 2018, the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program has benefitted greatly from this strategic partnership. We salute this strong, fruitful, and trusted collaboration, a pinnacle of our success in advancing higher education in Israel.
With CHE support and funding, the Faculty Scholars Program – a significant part of the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program – expanded from four Israeli universities to eight.
The Program enables Israel’s research universities to recruit top candidates from North American institutions. Since 2016, the Zuckerman Program has established 52 labs at Israeli universities, supported by more than $70 million in joint funding from the Zuckerman Israel Institute, the CHE, and the universities.
Advancing Collaboration with the US and Canada
In 2018, the CHE recognized the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Postdoctoral Program as an essential initiative in strengthening collaborative ties between Israeli and North American institutions. The CHE contributed funding for US and Canadian postdoc scholars looking to conduct STEM research in Israel.
Each postdoctoral researcher is awarded a total of $126,000 over a two-year period.
2020-2022
The Zuckerman STEM Scholars Program joined the CHE in promoting and supporting gender equality in institutions of higher education. With matching funds, a special scholarship recognized a total of 28 outstanding Israeli female scholars who were accepted to postdoctoral programs in the United States or Canada.
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