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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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

GIF Autumn School in Computational Life Sciences
The GIF Autumn School on Computational Life Sciences, held at DZNE Bonn from September 8–11, 2025, brought together German and Israeli graduate students and principal

Advanced Diagnostics in Neuroscience, Cardiovascular Medicine, Oncology and Infectious Diseases – Scientific Exchange Symposium between Sheba Medical Center and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, March 24, 2025 – In an era where global collaboration is more critical than ever, leading scientists from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and Germany’s

Award winning GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting: HUJI-FUB Digital Humanities Winter School
Building on the success of previous collaborations, Freie Universität Berlin (Institute of Classical Philology, Institute of Computational Ancient Studies, the University Library, and Ada Lovelace

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

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

Award winning GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting: HUJI-FUB Digital Humanities Winter School
Building on the success of previous collaborations, Freie Universität Berlin (Institute of Classical Philology, Institute of Computational Ancient Studies, the University Library, and Ada Lovelace Center for Digital Humanities) and the Center for Digital Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) jointly hosted the HUJI-FUB Digital Humanities Winter School 2025 from February 24 to 26 at FUB’s campus in Berlin-Dahlem.

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 and challenges in Jewish-Muslim relations.

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.