Guidelines towards Post-Doctoral Registration and Scholarships Allocation
A. Post-Doctoral Registration Procedures
Israeli Candidates are requested to register at the registration website: https://applicants.haifa.ac.il/adm/#/
They are required to upload registration documents on the registration website or to send them by email to the relevant department administrator.
List of required documents for registration and admission:
1. PhD degree certificate with date of graduation
2. Updated CV with list of publications
3. Planned research program
4. Post-doctoral academic supervisor’s recommendation (rank: senior lecturer or higher)
5. Head of department’s recommendation
6. Recommendations from two senior academic staff members from recognized academic institutes in Israel or abroad
International Candidates with Foreign Citizenship can register through the English registration site: https://applicants.haifa.ac.il/admEN
They are required to upload registration documents on the registration website or to send them by email to the relevant department administrator.
In addition to the above list of documents, international candidates with foreign citizenship are required to upload/send a photocopy of their passport.
Important links: Regulations in Hebrew and English, and extension form for continuing students.
Important Highlights Regarding Post-Doctoral Regulations:
- It is not possible to be admitted to postdoctoral studies if more than 5 years have gone by since the date of eligibility to the PhD Degree
- It is not possible to start postdoctoral studies without a PhD degree eligibility certificate
For more details about academic eligibility verification for post-doctoral admission, contact: Ms. Laurence Amar, Head of International Affairs and of Post-Doctoral Studies, claurence@univ.haifa.ac.il
B. Scholarship Allocation Process
Handled by Ms. Mor Arazi, Head of Post-Doctoral Scholarships Section, marazi@univ.haifa.ac.il
Scholarship allocation is possible only after completing departmental registration/extension for the relevant academic year.
Institutional Scholarship / Bloom Scholarship Request
Subject to a competitive call for proposals. Can be tracked on the website – Calls for Post-Doctoral Scholarships.
Research Budget Scholarship Request
The Supervisor must submit a scholarship request form in the staff application portal. Please upload the declaration form from the postdoctoral student receiving the scholarship from the researcher’s budget – declaration form in Hebrew or English.
For the Supervisor’s Attention:
If the form displays the “inactive” status, it means the candidate is not registered for the current academic year. If it displays “does not exist in the system”, it means they have not yet been accepted for post-doctoral training.
In both cases, contact the relevant department’s secretariat.
Remark for the Postdoctoral Student:
During the post-doctoral training, you may receive scholarships that will be transferred to you Israeli bank account only.
To do this, fill in your bank account details in the student portal -> Tuition tab (enter only numbers without punctuation marks or words). For assistance entering the student portal, contact the Help Center for student services. For inquiries about bank account details, contact the Tuition and Student Services Department via email: AMT-Fee-Department@univ.haifa.ac.il
For International Students Only: Online form to update bank account details in English.
Additional Information:
- Postdoctoral scholarship regulations apply to all kinds of postdoctoral scholarships at the University of Haifa
- Annual scholarship ceiling from all funding sources is 180,000 NIS
- There are additional employment restrictions to Postdoctoral students (see section 6 in regulations; additional employment declaration form)
- Scholarships are paid only to Israeli bank accounts
