The German
Israeli Foundation
For Scientific Research & Development

GIF was established in 1986 by an agreement between the Ministers of Science of the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Israel, as an additional instrument complementing the continuous fruitful ties in scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries.
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Job Vacancy – GIF Scientific Manager
GIF – the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development (www.gif.org.il) seeks to fill the position of Scientific Manager.

Successful GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting: Friends, Enemies, Frenemies: Ambivalences of Jewish-Muslim Relations
Organized by Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the workshop brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss key questions

Job Vacancy – GIF Scientific Manager
GIF – the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development (www.gif.org.il) seeks to fill the position of Scientific Manager.

GYSM: Friends, Enemies, Frenemies – Ambivalences of Jewish-Muslim Relations
A joint workshop organized by the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
supported by the German-Israeli Foundation, in

New Deadline for Nexus 2025 Pre-Proposal Submissions
Deadline extension for Nexus 2025 Pre-Proposal Submissions

Successful GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting: GU-TAU Winter School 2024
Goethe University Frankfurt and Tel Aviv University hosted December 3rd – 5th 2024 a joint Winter School on the topic
of Adaptive Cognition in

Berlin Science Week 2024: Artistic Freedom and Academic Freedom – Reflections on Current Events
The German Israeli Foundation, in collaboration with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, hosted a public

GYSM: Friends, Enemies, Frenemies – Ambivalences of Jewish-Muslim Relations
A joint workshop organized by the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
supported by the German-Israeli Foundation, in cooperation with the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, the Department
for Islamic and Middle East Studies and the Freigeist research group ´Invisible Architects´ at Heidelberg University,
the BMBF (Federal German Ministry of Education and Research), the DFG Research Training Group ´Ambivalent Enmity´,
and the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

New Deadline for Nexus 2025 Pre-Proposal Submissions
Deadline extension for Nexus 2025 Pre-Proposal Submissions

Successful GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting: GU-TAU Winter School 2024
Goethe University Frankfurt and Tel Aviv University hosted December 3rd – 5th 2024 a joint Winter School on the topic
of Adaptive Cognition in Noisy Environments .