Opportunities
On this page we collect current job offers, tenders and research grants that are sent to us by our network.
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Announcements of the Polytechnic Society Foundation: Research into Jewish Life in Frankfurt am Main (Deadline: May 20, 2025)
The Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize is awarded for an outstanding completed academic work on the Jewish history of Frankfurt. It is endowed with €10,000.
The Arno Lustiger Award honors outstanding work/research projects at various qualification levels of the academic career or independent research projects and is endowed with € 3,000.
Young academics in particular are to be encouraged to actively take up and implement research projects on Frankfurt's Jewish history.
Wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d, 60 %) Forschungsprojekt zur Israelberichterstattung
Am Tikvah Institut gUG ist ab dem 01. Juli 2025 eine Stelle (60 %) für eine:n wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in (w/m/d) im Projekt „Das Israelbild in deutschen Print- und Onlinemedien“ zu besetzen. Die Vergütung nimmt Bezug auf TVöD Bund (Entgeltgruppe 13 [Stand 2024]). Das Projekt wird vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages gefördert. Die Projektlaufzeit ist bis Ende Mai 2027 geplant. (Deadline: 25. Mai 2025)
European Summer University for Jewish Studies Hohenems, July 6 - 11, 2025 - On Jewish Universalism and Particularism
The 15th European Summer University for Jewish Studies Hohenems will - in its usual broad interdisciplinary perspective - explore the historical, political, religious and cultural dimensions of the paradigm of chosenness
and political, religious and cultural dimensions of the paradigm of chosenness. Jewish history and scriptural interpretation, philosophy and tradition, literature and art are full of bitter disputes about universalism and tribalism - and ultimately also about the question of whether laws exist
the question of whether there are laws and human rights to which even divine authority must adhere.
The Summer University for Jewish Studies Hohenems 2025 is open to students from all disciplines.
Preference will be given to students from the participating universities in Bamberg, Basel, Budapest, Innsbruck, Munich, Vienna and Zurich.
(Deadline: May 31, 2025)
Call for Proposals: Institute for Advanced Israel Studies Fellowship 2025-2026 - Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora (Deadline: May 31, 2025)
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University is pleased to announce the theme for the 2025-2026 Institute for Advanced Israel Studies: Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora.
This hybrid fellowship will feature a virtual workshop series throughout the year, and an in-person conference at Brandeis university.
The 2025-26 fellowship seeks to transcend the typical focus on Israel as a migration-absorbing country in the context of Aliyah, ideologically motivated Jewish immigration. Instead, it aims to explore the dynamic and evolving experiences of Israeli identity beyond Israel, as it intersects with new trends of migration, and multilayered cultures in diverse destinations. It also analyzes the ways this identity intertwines with the increasingly diverse Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian diasporas, as well as other diasporas of Israeli residents without Israeli citizenship.
VIENNA RUPERT RIEDL PRIZE 2025 (Deadline: May 31, 2025)
The Club of Vienna invites young researchers whose work is related to evolutionary epistemology to apply for the Vienna Rupert Riedl Prize. Funding is available for theoretical and practice-oriented work from the humanities, social sciences and economics as well as the natural and technical sciences. The papers can be written in German or English and must not be older than three years (from 2022). Papers that have already been submitted once cannot be considered a second time.
Call for applications: Marko Feingold Prize for a dissertation in the field of Jewish Studies
The Marko Feingold Prize is aimed at young academics from all disciplines of Jewish Studies, i.e. historians, literary or art scholars, philosophers, linguists, religious scholars, Judaists and others. The prize-worthy dissertation should deal with a topic of Jewish history, culture or religion from a cultural or social science perspective, independent of epoch. (Deadline: June 1, 2025)
Apply now: "Uncertainty" doctoral scholarships available for the second time (deadline: June 30, 2025)
Uncertainty has become a defining characteristic of global crises - and describes the unpredictable social, economic and political dynamics worldwide. In Europe, the rise of right-wing populism is jeopardizing democracy. Geopolitical upheavals such as the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, but also the uncertainty on Wall Street caused by the trade war between the USA and China as well as the lack of trust in AI, climate change and health crises are confronting us with new, complex challenges. In addition, the massive political restructuring of education, science and research in the USA in particular is threatening academic freedom - and will have further consequences. Accordingly, the topic of "uncertainty" is also becoming increasingly important in academic and public discourse when it comes to the effects of uncertainty on individual and social decision-making processes. This uncertainty leads to a fundamental need for orientation - for individuals, but also in groups and societies.
The interdisciplinary, international scholarship program "Uncertainty " of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS responds to current diagnoses of uncertainty. It brings together perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, economics and law from doctoral students who shed light on this topic in all its complexity. "Uncertainty" includes scholarships for various doctoral phases. In addition, the program promotes ideas, interdisciplinary exchange, mutual learning and networking through workshops and annual conferences.
The first call for applications for the scholarship program took place in 2024, the stream of the kick-off event "Uncertainty: on a current diagnosis and ways of coping with turbulent times" can be found here.
Scholarships are currently being advertised for a second cohort from the beginning of 2026. Further information and the current call for applications can be found here.
NLI Resnick Fellowships for Senior Academics and Emerging Scholars- Call for Applications
The National Library of Israel invites scholars to apply for the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Fellowships. Fellows will be in residence at the National Library in Jerusalem for a period of one to two months during the summer of 2026. (Deadline: June 30, 2025)
- Two Senior Fellowships will be awarded to tenured (or tenure-equivalent) professors.
- Two Emerging Scholar Fellowships will be awarded to academics holding full-time positions who completed their doctoral degrees within the last four years.
Both fellowships provide a generous stipend and a substantial digitization allowance.
The Resnick Fellowships are designed for scholars whose research will significantly benefit from in-person, on-site access to the NLI's unparalleled collections, including:
- Judaica collection
- Israel collection
- Islam and the Middle East
- Humanities
- Israeli and Jewish Music
- The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Both fellowships are open to academics who are not residents of Israel. Further Information
The "Forum Junge Wissenschaft" is a series of events organized by the Katholische Akademie in Berlin e.V., the Guardini Stiftung e.V. and the Görres-Gesellschaft
"Call for Thesis" (Deadline: July 15, 2025)
The "Forum Junge Wissenschaft" format is intended to give students the opportunity twice a year to present their theses to an audience in an academic but non-university setting at the Catholic Academy in Berlin. We are looking for theses with a religious focus that have already been completed. The selected theses will be presented in spring.
The Jewish Museum Hohenems is looking for a Director (m/f/d), full-time, starting April 1, 2026 (deadline: July 31, 2025)
You have a relevant degree, in-depth knowledge of Jewish history and the present, experience in the exhibition sector and in a management position in a museum or comparable cultural or scientific institution. We offer a position with social relevance and international attention.
You can find the detailed job advertisement here:
Job advertisement Head of JMH 2026
Please send your application by e-mail with the usual documents, preferably naming references and stating your salary expectations and possible starting date to bewerbung(at)hohenems.at.
Thyssen reading time
Six months of support based on the no gain, no loss funding model for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, especially those with particularly strong administrative responsibilities at German universities (such as rectors or presidents, professors, deans, heads of clusters of excellence). (Deadline: July 31, 2025)