Study at Yale with Fox International Fellowship 

 

Are you PhD student? Submit your candidacy to the Fox International Fellowship scholarship for an opportunity to study at YALE!

 

Application dates for 2026 will be published later. Check back for updates.

 

Make an Impact

PhD students are encouraged to apply and use their research to contribute to international change

Join the Fox Network

Expand your horizons by being a part of an influential and esteemed group of researchers and policy-makers

Flexibility to Research

Experience Yale through your dissertations, theses, or research that’s waiting to be explored.

 

About the Fox International Fellowship

 

The Fox International Fellowship scholarship is for excellent PhD students passionate about connecting with renowned faculty and leaving a global impact through scholarly exchanges and collaboration.

As with every year, Yale and Tel Aviv University embark on their mutual academic commitment through the Fox International Fellowship Program. TAU PhD students can participate in this one-of-a-kind exchange program between Yale and 20 partner universities within the Fox network.

For those that become fellows, doors unlike anywhere else open up. By having access to workshops, classes, and events that are unique to Yale, life-changing connections can be cultivated through the Fellowship. This is an opportunity you wouldn’t want to miss out on. 

Apply to begin your journey to becoming a true thought leader today.

 

What Are the Requirements?

 

To become part of the program, one must meet the qualifications that the Fellowship sets out, as the main expectation is that our students will hold a long-standing track record as “citizen scholar ambassadors.” 

The fellowship aims to serve as an academic bond between nations through global-civic discourse, cultivating spaces and conversations for leaders on a wide-reaching, cross-cultural scale. Due to this, the Fox International Fellowship is awarded on account of both the research proposal and the personal leadership qualities of the candidate.

Graduate students must submit research proposals that will be pursued independently for an academic year at Yale. Such research proposals can include dissertations, continuations of projects you’ve always wanted to get to, or anything that may come to mind that has the capacity to impact the world.

 

Who Can Apply?

 

PhD students from the following faculties are encouraged to apply:

• Management
• Law
• Social Science
• Humanities
• Public Health
• Environmental Studies

 

 

How to Apply

 

Applications are accepted through this link by January 2, 2025

The application must include the following documents

1. Copy of the Fox Yale application form  
2. Two letters of recommendation from faculty members using the official form (attached). The recommendation letters should be uploaded by the recommenders using this link.
3. Official transcript of your grades.

*Suitable candidates will be invited to be interviewed in Mid January.

 

• More about the fellowship
• FAQs

Contact outexchange@tauex.tau.ac.il for further information

 

 

Testimonials

 

Attay Kremer, 2024-2025 Fox International Fellow

"I'm nearing the end of my PhD, so it was a very productive decision to come to Yale.

It’s a very small place with little going on. You can really focus on your research. It's a very rich academic environment, and the humanities are very strong at Yale.

Most of the PhD students are very close knit and they are quite good at welcoming newcomers. 

Presenting at the Fox Fellowship seminar is a good opportunity for working on concretizing your ideas."

 

Read Kremer's full testimonial here

 

Yafit Shachar, Fox International Fellow

This experience contributes a lot to me as a person. It allows me to be an active part of a diverse academic environment that is focused on research, broadening horizons, changing perspectives, and meeting fascinating and inspiring women and men every day.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience studies and research at an elite university, meet exceptional researchers, make connections, and be exposed to groundbreaking research that will impact the world of tomorrow.

 From a research point of view, Yale's resources contribute greatly to my doctoral research and the pace of its progress; I work with a supervisor on the topic I am focusing on, and present my research to other academics from around the world through the many platforms the university has to offer. The Fox Fellowship is an enriching experience like no other. Do not hesitate to apply."

 

 Jamila Elnashef, 2018-2019 Fox International Fellow

 "The Fox program at Yale University is not a standard student exchange program, but a mentoring program that enables academics' pedagogical and personal development.

During this program, I was exposed to various projects managed by the professor in charge, Prof. Ben Kashur, in which he mentored program participants in our various research and methodology and held an important pedagogical dialogue with us throughout the program. In addition, as part of Fox's program, Prof. Kashur promoted several seminars and lectures by guest lecturers who sought to empower the construction of our academic habitus, intending to expose us to the American Academic culture, particularly in the Ivy League.

Furthermore, I participated in several workshops held as part of the Fox program and within Yale University in general, which sought to provide direct training for the development of writing and presenting skills of research, improvement of academic language, correct use of body language, and content delivery. These workshops helped me hone critical thinking, and scientific writing of research proposals, resumes, various official letters, and articles.

During the fellowship, I took part in several seminars in the faculties of philosophy, sociology, history, and management and was able to make connections with leading researchers in various fields of interest.

Making connections and building academic dialogue with Yale professors and professors from other institutions such as Harvard and MIT helped me refine and focus my research and provide different perspectives for future research concepts."