PBC Fellowship Program for Chinese and Indian Postdoc Fellows 2702 views

The Council for Higher Education, the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) invites applications for 8th cycle scholarship Program form outstanding postdoctoral fellows from China and India for the 2019/20 academic year.

Number of fellowships: 55 Fellowships

Duration: Two years (October 2019 to October 2021)

Fellowship value:

• 115,000 NIS per academic year
• Of this amount, 69,000 NIS will be provided by the PBC, and at least 41,000 NIS will be provided by the Israeli university.
• The university will provide 5,000 NIS each year for the purpose of covering international travel expenses (the “travel budget”).

Guidelines for Application Submission

• Each university is entitled to submit up to 20 eligible candidates in response to this call for proposals.
• Each university shall independently evaluate its candidates and submit its selected candidates to the PBC, in order of preference.
• Candidates may only be submitted to the PBC by Israeli universities.
• The universities are responsible for setting the internal timetable for submission and evaluation.

Documents required:

• Completed application form and signed declaration
• Official letter from university signed by rector.
• Copy of official academic degree certificates in English (Bachelors, Masters, PhD if relevant).
• For candidates who have not yet finished their PhD, a confirmation from the relevant authority where the doctorate is being carried out, authorizing that the candidate will fulfill all of his/her academic obligations and is expected to receive his/her doctoral degree no later than during his/her first year of study in Israel.
• CV including list of publications, mentioning the impact factor of the journals in which the papers were published, if relevant.
• A summary of the doctoral dissertation (up to one page).
• A summary of the research plan in Israel, including the reasons for choice of institution and academic supervisor and the existing connection, if any, at the time of submission (up to 2 pages).
• Three recommendation letters, not including the Israeli supervisor.
• Letter of consent from the supervisor at the Israeli university. Letters should provide detailed information about the candidate’s potential contribution and reasons for taking on the candidate.
• All required information should be sent by the university in two separate PDF files: administrative (containing items 1-4) and academic (containing items 5-

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