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Funder name: Friends of Israel Educational Foundation

Correspondant: Mr John D A Levy
Correspondant title: Administrator
Address: Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East, PO Box 42763
London
N2 0YJ
Country: UK
Telephone: +44 20 8444 0777
E-mail: info@foi-asg.org
Website: http://www.foi-asg.org
Funding objective / Areas of interest: The object of the ASG is to advance research collaboration between scholars in Britain and Israel by organising academic workshops and conferences in Israel and to educate the lay and academic public on innovations and new discoveries devised by Israeli researchers. Each academic year ASG offers 20-30 Isaiah Berlin Israel Travel Awards, modest travel bursaries (which cover return air fare and a small additional sum) for travel to Israel, which are awarded to individual British academics developing new collaborative projects with academic colleagues in Israel.
Type of funding available: Small individual travel bursaries for British scholars, in any field of enquiry, to travel to Israel.
Beneficiary type:
Eligibility criteria: British academics in any field of enquiry may apply. Scholarships are only available to post-doctoral applicants. Priority is given to: First-time visitors to Israel; To scholars who have been in regular correspondence with colleagues in Israel and received personal invitations to lecture / explore joint research programmes in Israel; British scholars interested in obtaining research data for comparative Anglo-Israeli studies.
Exclusions / restrictions: Grants are not generally made to British scholars who have merely been invited to participate/present at international meetings held in Israel.
Example grants: Dr Michael Short (£300); Dr Mark Powell (£300); Professor Stephen Shalet (£205); Professor Rosenfield (£2,108); Professor Lesser Crabbe (£3,150).
Application guidelines: Applicants should submit by post: a detailed CV, a summary of reasons for wanting to visit Israel & the names of Israeli counterparts or correspondents. Applications are considered each year in March and again in November.
Trustees: Sir Walter Bodmer (President); Aviva Petrie (Treasurer); John D. A. Levy (Director).
Additional information: Members of the ASG National Council include:

Prof Vernon Bogdanor, University of Oxford
Prof R F Boucher, University of Sheffield
Sir John Boyd, University of Cambridge
Prof Glynis Breakwell, University of Bath
Prof Sir Kenneth Calman, University of Durham
Prof Dame Averil Cameron, University of Oxford
Prof Sir Colin Campbell, University of Nottingham
Prof Sir Philip Cohen, University of Dundee
Prof Sir Graeme Davies, University of London
Sir Howard Davies, London School of Economics
Prof C R W Edwards, University of Newcastle
Prof John Friend, University of Hull
Prof Alan Gilbert, University of Manchester
Prof Malcolm Grant, University College London
Baroness Greenfield, The Royal Institution
Prof Peter Gregson, Queen`s University of Belfast
Prof Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Gavin Henderson, Trinity College of Music
Prof Stephen Hill, Royal Holloway College
Prof Christine King, Staffordshire University
Prof David S Latchman, Birkbeck College
Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht, University of Cambridge
Prof Simon Lee, Leeds Metropolitan University
Prof Peter Mathias, University of Cambridge
Prof David Melville, University of Kent
Prof Jerry Morris, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Prof Sir Howard Newby, University of the West of England
Prof Daphne Osborne, Open University, Oxford
Prof Sir Gareth Roberts, University of Oxford
Prof Steve Smith, University of Exeter
Prof Christopher Snowden, University of Surrey
Sir Richard Sykes, Imperial College
Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge
Prof Richard Trainor, King’s College London
Prof V D VandeLinde, University of Warwick
Prof Paul Webley, School of Oriental & African Studies
Prof Sir David Williams, University of Cambridge.
Information sources: Charitable Commission website, Annual Progress Report 2007, Internet (www.foi-asg.org).

Areas of Interest

Contemporary Studies, History of the Jewish People, Jewish Studies and Resources, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic), Other, Bible and Related Literature

Beneficial Areas

Regions
Europe

Countries:
UK

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