Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at Harvard University

The 2026 applications cycle is now closed.

Winners will be announced in May 2026.

The Fund at Harvard supports the development of new collaborative research between faculty members and researchers at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and their STEM counterparts at Israel’s universities.

2023-24 Laureates

Verification of quantum many-body localization

Anurag Anshu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Itai Arad
Professor of Physics Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Understanding and using chiral-induced spin-selectivity for nanoscale spintronics

Sascha Feldmann
Rowland Fellow Harvard Universtiy
Ron Naaman
Professor of Physics Weizmann Institute of Science

Trust and resilience in distributed cyberphysical networks

Stephanie Gil
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Harvard University
Michal Yemini
Assistant Professor, Bar-Ilan University

Nonlinear lattice dynamics and light-driven superconductivity in ladder cuprates

Matteo Mitrano
Assistant Professor of Physics Harvard University
Dominik Juraschek
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Tel Aviv University

Weizmann – Harvard connection for the biophysics of chromosome segregation errors

Daniel Needleman
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University
Ariel Amir
Professor (Full) Weizmann Institute of Science

A Harvard – Hebrew University astrochemistry collaboration

Karin Öberg
Professor of Astronomy Harvard University
Tamar Stein
Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Previous award recipients

Applying to the Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at Harvard University

Established in 2021, the Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at Harvard University aims to support the development of new research collaborations in STEM fields between faculty members and researchers in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS) and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and their counterparts at research institutions in Israel, including but not limited to: Bar Ilan, Ben Gurion, Haifa University, Hebrew University, Technion, Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science.

The intent of this Fund is to support travel and meeting expenses to catalyze new collaborations rather than provide support for the conduct of a research project, exchange of data or materials, or generation of intellectual property or confidential information.

Award Information:

Proposers may request up to $30,000 in direct costs. Indirect costs, or school assessments, should not be included in the budget request, as they will be accounted for at the time of award.
Awards from this fund may be used to support travel and meeting costs (i.e., airfare, hotels, per diem) to allow Harvard and Israeli scientists to explore common research interests and consider new international projects and collaborations.
Awards cannot be used to cover other expenses like salary, materials, equipment, tuition, etc.
Awards will have a start date of July 1, 2026, with a project period of two years.
Funds may not be used retroactively.
Approximately five awards are anticipated.

The 2026 applications cycle is now closed.

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