National academic institute in Jerusalem
Israeli PresidentReuven Rivlin with the current and the former presidents of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Entrance to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and theCouncil for Higher Education in Israel . The garden of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities , based inJerusalem , was established in 1961 by theState of Israel to foster contact between Israeli scholars in thesciences andhumanities and create a think tank for advising the government on research projects of national importance. Its members include many of Israel's most distinguished scholars.[ 1]
The offices of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities are located next door to the official residence of thePresident of Israel and theCouncil for Higher Education in Israel inAlbert Einstein Square inJerusalem .
In the sciences, the Academy funds projects on thegeology ,flora , andfauna of Israel, and facilitates the participation of Israeli scientists in research at international projects, such as high-energy physics atCERN andsynchrotron radiation at theEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility .[ 2] [ 3] Alon Prize .
In the humanities, research is funded into the study of theTanakh andTalmud ,Jewish history ,Jewish philosophy , Jewish art, and theHebrew language , as well as Hebrew prose andpoetry .[ 2]
The Academy administers theEinstein Fellowships fund, which fosters relations between scientists from around the world and the Israeli academic community, theIsrael Science Fund , with an annual budget of $53 million, and a number of research funds based on grants from theAdler Fund for Space Research , theWolf Foundation , and theFulks Fund for Medical Research . The Academy also runs theIsrael Academic Center inCairo , which assists Israeli scholars with research intoEgypt andEgyptian culture , and facilitates cooperation with Egyptian academics.
The Academy has observer status at theEuropean Science Foundation , and runs exchange programs with the BritishRoyal Society , theBritish Academy , theSwedish Academy , and the National Research Council ofSingapore .
Statue ofAlbert Einstein in the academy garden, replica of the 1979 monument located at theUS National Academy of Sciences . Nobel Prize winnerAaron Ciechanover Shraga Abramson , TalmudSaul Adler , ParasitologyShmuel Agmon , MathematicsYakir Aharonov , PhysicsShlomo Alexander , PhysicsNoga Alon , MathematicsRuth Arnon , ImmunologyShlomo Avineri , Political scienceRobert Aumann , Mathematics, Nobel Prize (2005) in EconomicsDavid Ayalon , History of Muslim PeopleMeir Bar-Asher , Islamic StudiesAharon Barak , LawYehuda Bauer , Holocaust StudiesMalachi Beit-Arie , PalaeographyZe'ev Ben-Haim , Hebrew StudiesJoseph Bernstein , MathematicsYehudith Birk , Agricultural BiochemistryJoshua Blau , Arabic Language and LiteratureHaim (Howard) Cedar , Biochemistry, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular GeneticsIlan Chet , Agricultural BiotechnologyAaron Ciechanover , Biochemistry, Nobel Prize (2004) in ChemistryNili Cohen , LawSolly Cohen ,Experimental PhysicsYadin Dudai , NeurobiologyItzhak Englard , LawMichael Feldman , Molecular Cell BiologyMargalit Finkelberg , Classical PhilologyIsrael Finkelstein , ArchaeologyYohanan Friedmann , Islamic StudiesDaniel Friedmann , LawMordechai Akiva Friedman , TalmudDov Frohman , Applied physicsHillel Furstenberg , MathematicsGideaon Goldenberg , Linguistics and Semitic LanguagesAmiram Grinvald , NeurobiologyYoram Groner , Molecular biologyAvraham Grossman , Jewish StudiesDon Handelman , Anthropology, SociologyMenahem Haran , BibleHaim Harari , Natural sciencesDavid Harel , Natural SciencesEhud Hrushovski , MathematicsElhanan Helpman , EconomicsAvram Hershko , Biochemistry, medicine, Nobel Prize (2005) in ChemistryYoseph Imry , PhysicsBenjamin Isaac , HistoryJoshua Jortner , ChemistryYosef Kaplan , Jewish Studies, HistoryBenjamin Kedar , HistoryEitan Kohlberg , Asian and African StudiesAsher Koriat , PsychologyRaphael Levine , ChemistryAlexander Levitzki , Biological chemistryAlexander Lubotzky , MathematicsRaphael Mechoulam , ChemistryDavid Milstein , ChemistryDavid Navon [he ] , PsychologyRuth Nevo , English LiteratureAbraham Nitzan , ChemistryAriel Porat , LawMichael O. Rabin , MathematicsAriel Rubinstein , EconomicsLeo Sachs , BiologyMichael Sela , ImmunologyUri Seligson , HematologyShaul Shaked , Iranian Studies, Religious StudiesAdi Shamir , Applied mathematicsDan Shechtman , Materials EngineeringSaharon Shelah , MathematicsUri Sivan ,Yechezkel Stein , MedicineIzchak Steinberg , Physical ChemistryZehev Tadmor , Chemical Engineering polymersIgal Talmi , Particle PhysicsDaniel Weihs ,Meir Wilchek , BiophysicsItamar Willner , ChemistryMenahem Yaari , EconomyAda Yonath , Structural Biology, Nobel Prize (2009) in ChemistryHanoch Albeck , TalmudShimshon Amitsur , MathematicsDavid Asheri , Classical StudiesHaim Beinart , Jewish StudiesJacob Bekenstein , PhysicsZvi Ben-Avraham , GeophysicsMichael Confino , Russian and Eastern-European HistoryHillel Daleski , English LiteratureAmos de-Shalit , PhysicsBen-Zion Dinur , Jewish StudiesIsrael Dostrovsky , Physical ChemistryAryeh Dvoretzky , MathematicsShmuel Eisenstadt , SociologyEzra Fleischer , Hebrew LiteratureDavid Flusser , Religious StudiesAbraham Fraenkel , MathematicsGad Tedeschi , Civil JusticeDavid Ginsburg , ChemistryJonas Greenfield , Linguistics and Semitic LanguagesLouis Guttman , SociologyGeorg Haas , ZoologyAaron Katzir , Physical ChemistryEphraim Katzir , BiophysicsYehezkel Kaufman , BibleAbraham Kogan , AeronauticsDorothea Krook-Gilead , American Literature, English LiteratureJacob Licht , BibleSaul Lieberman , TalmudShneior Lifson , Physical ChemistryYoram Lindenstrauss , MathematicsHans Lindner , PhysiologyZvi Lipkin , PhysicsBenjamin Mazar , Archeology, Jewish StudiesIsaac Michaelson , OphthalmologyShlomo Morag , Hebrew LanguageYosef Naveh , Epigraphy, PalaeographyYuval Ne'eman , Astrophysics, physicsHenry Neufeld , CardiologyFranz Ollendorff , Electronics, Electrical ResearchDon Patinkin , EconomicsChaim L. Pekeris , Applied MathematicsIlya Piatetski-Shapiro ,MathematicsLeo Picard , GeologyShlomo Pines , PhilosophyAmir Pnueli , Applied mathematicsHans Jakob Polotsky , LinguisticsJoshua Prawer , HistoryGiulio Racah , PhysicsMarkus Reiner , Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (deceased 1976)Haiim B. Rosén , LinguisticsNathan Rosen , PhysicsNathan Rotenstreich , PhilosophyDov Sadan , Yiddish Language and LiteratureJefim Schirmann , Hebrew LiteratureGershon Scholem , Jewish MysticismMoshe Segal , BibleGershon Shaked ,Hebrew LiteratureNathan Sharon ,Molecular BiologyAriel Shisha-Halevy ,LinguisticsChone Shmeruk ,Yiddish LiteratureShmuel Shtrikman ,Applied PhysicsMenahem Stern ,Jewish StudiesHayim Tadmor , Assyriology, History of the Ancient Near EastJacob Talmon , Modern HistoryYoram Tsafrir ,ArcheologyNaftali Herz Tur-Sinai ,Hebrew LanguageEfraim Urbach ,TalmudHaim Ernst Wertheimer ,Pathologic PhysiologyChaim Wirzubski ,Classical StudiesIsrael Yeivin ,Hebrew LanguageMoshe Zakai , Electrical EngineeringJacob Ziv , Electrical EngineeringMichael Zohary ,Natural Sciences BotanyBernhard Zondek ,Natural Sciences ObstetricsIsrael Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Wikimedia Commons
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