New Weizmann–Monash scholarship launched
The new Weizmann–Monash Scholarship aims to match global distinction at the WIS with the best Australia has to offer in student applicants, while helping young researchers build networks within the world of science in Israel and around the world.
Applications have opened for a newly launched scholarship program by the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), in partnership with the General Sir John Monash Foundation (GSJMF), for Australian science students to continue their postgraduate studies in Israel, at Weizmann’s prestigious Feinberg Graduate School.
Conceived by Jillian Segal – whose many leadership roles include serving on Weizmann’s international board, and being chair of GSJMF – the scholarship will be offered to either an MSc or PhD student, beginning in September 2024.
“John Monash himself would be extremely pleased to support graduate education at the Weizmann Institute of Science,” Segal said.
“Monash believed in excellence and innovation, and the Weizmann Insitute, in particular, exhibits both of these attributes.
“Any student fortunate enough to study there will undoubtedly have a wonderful, life-changing experience.”
Segal, and her husband John Roth, continue to contribute philanthropically to the Weizmann Institute, and their support played a key role in the establishment and fit-out of the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics, which opened in Sydney in mid-2017.
As chair of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Segal was central to bringing that facility into being in 2016, during a mission to Israel, led by then-NSW premier Mike Baird.
The new Weizmann–Monash Scholarship aims to match global distinction at the WIS with the best Australia has to offer in student applicants, while helping young researchers build networks within the world of science in Israel and around the world.
Located in Rehovot, Israel, the WIS is comprised of 250 experimental and theoretical research groups across five main faculties – Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Physics.
Insights that emerge from its laboratories help to provide a fundamental understanding of the biological, chemical and physical world, and lead to advances in medicine, technology and the environment.
By providing excellence in research projects in all scientific disciplines, as well as course studies conducted in English, its Feinberg Graduate School educates toward international leadership in scientific research and discovery.
GSJMF was established in 2001, and provides graduate scholarships to young Australians who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential and who wish to study overseas.
With such aligned goals and values, Segal and the GSJMF board expressed excitement about facilitating the continued education of brilliant Australian science graduates to study at the WIS, where they will be able to build lifelong networks within the world of science, in Israel and around the world.
Applications close on July 14, 2023. To apply, visit www.johnmonash.com/scholarships/apply-now.
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