Weizmann Institute of Science | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

Israel

City

Rehovot

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Jonathan Katz	Washington University in St. Louis	Weizmann Institute of Science	Physics	Israel	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Leonard Sander	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Weizmann Institute of Science	Physics	Israel	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Scott Friedman	University of California, San Francisco	Weizmann Institute of Science	Medical Sciences	Israel	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Daniel Freedman	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Weizmann Institute of Science	Computer Science	Israel	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Zily Burstein	University of Chicago	Weizmann Institute of Science	Biology	Israel	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lilianne Mujica-Parodi	State University of New York-Stony Brook	Weizmann Institute of Science	Neuroscience	Israel	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alex Pottash	University of Maryland, College Park	Weizmann Institute of Science	Biology	Israel	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ben Israeli	Princeton University	Weizmann Institute of Science	Physics	Israel	2024-2025	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Sivan Abramson Refaely	Weizmann Institute of Science	University of California, Berkeley	Materials Science	Israel	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yair Israel Hartman	Weizmann Institute of Science	Northwestern University	Mathematics	Israel	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yehonatan Israel	Weizmann Institute of Science	Stanford University	Physical Sciences	Israel	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Rami Pugatch	Weizmann Institute of Science	Institute for Advanced Study	Physics	Israel	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hadas Soifer Yeger	Weizmann Institute of Science	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	Physics	Israel	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bat-Sheva Eylon	Weizmann Institute of Science	University of California, Berkeley , Carnegie Mellon University		Israel	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dan Atzmon	Weizmann Institute of Science	Oregon State University - Corvallis	Animal Science	Israel	1979-1980	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tamar Seideman	Weizmann Institute of Science	University of California, Berkeley	Chemistry	Israel	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Drorit Neumann	Weizmann Institute of Science	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Biology	Israel	1989-1990	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Avi Orr-Urtreger	Weizmann Institute of Science	Baylor College of Medicine	Medical Sciences	Israel	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nissim Ben-Arie	Weizmann Institute of Science	Baylor College of Medicine	Biology	Israel	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Orly Reiner	Weizmann Institute of Science	Baylor University , Baylor University , Baylor University	Biology	Israel	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vered Raz	Weizmann Institute of Science	University of Pennsylvania , University of Pennsylvania	Biology	Israel	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hagay Perets	Weizmann Institute of Science	Harvard University	Physics	Israel	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Eran Elinav	Weizmann Institute of Science	Yale University	Medical Sciences	Israel	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Avidan Neumann	Weizmann Institute of Science	Santa Fe Institute	Physics	Israel	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Oleg Krichevsky	Weizmann Institute of Science	Rockefeller University , Rockefeller University	Physics	Israel	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Roy Bar-Ziv	Weizmann Institute of Science	Rockefeller University	Physics	Israel	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ofer Yifrach	Weizmann Institute of Science	Rockefeller University	Chemistry	Israel	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sharon Reef	Weizmann Institute of Science	University of California, San Francisco	Biology	Israel	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program