Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Slifka Center administers the following opportunities for Yale students.

The Elisa Spungen Bildner ’75 and Robert Bildner ’72 Israel Travel Grant is awarded through Slifka Center and provides opportunities for Yale undergraduates to develop a deeper appreciation for the land of Israel and for their identity as Jews. This year, three $1500 fellowships (or multiple smaller grants) will be awarded. Recipients are encouraged to share their experiences with the Yale community by giving a presentation at Slifka Center upon their return to campus. Further information and application materials are available at Slifka Center.   Click here to download the 2010 Bildner Grant application.

William and Miriam Horowitz and David and Iris Fischer Judaica Project Funds are awarded through Slifka Center and seek to promote projects by Yale students (not restricted to undergraduates) that will increase understanding of Jewish history, culture, or religious thought. A project could involve art, film, music, travel, study, theater, reading or writing. Two stipends of $3000 are awarded (One Horowitz, one Fischer). Further information and materials are available at Slifka Center.  Click here to download the 2010 Horowitz Fischer Grant application.

The Blanksteen Curatorial Fellowship at the Jewish Museum in New York provides stipends in the amount of $5000 each for three Yale students (not restricted to undergraduates) to participate in a full-time summer internship at the Jewish Museum. Applicants must provide a cover letter, resume and a personal statement describing the relevance of the potential internship to the student’s larger goals.

ALL application forms and supporting materials must be received by 4:30pm on Friday, March 5, 2010.  Either delivered to:

Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
c/o Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
80 Wall St.
New Haven, CT 06511
or mailed to:

(title of grant applied for)
Attn: Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
P.O. Box 209077
New Haven, CT 06520-9077

Questions may be addressed to Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt – lauren.holtzblatt (at) yale.edu

Slifka Center has information on travel, work and study programs in Israel, Europe, Latin America and across the United States. Contact Lauren Holtzblatt at Slifka Center at 432-1134 for additional resources, tips and ideas on how to make your ideal travel or study experience happen. Please consider supplementary sources of funding through your hometown Federation, Yale Club and synagogues as well as your Master’s office and national organizations interested in your field of study.