Where Talent Meets Opportunity
Faculty Recruitment: Bringing Brilliant Minds Back to Israel
Israel’s brightest researchers often pursue postdoctoral studies abroad, gaining access to cutting-edge facilities and global academic networks. While this experience is invaluable, it creates a critical challenge: how do we bring them back?Ìý
Without strong incentives, many remain abroad, contributing their expertise elsewhere instead of advancing Israel’s scientific and technological leadership.Ìý
To reverse this trend, BIU must offer world-class research environments, state-of-the-art labs, and competitive resources. Establishing endowed faculty positions, funding start-up labs, and providing robust research grants are essential to ensuring these scholars return and thrive.
Immediate Needs
Top Faculty Recruitments
Your support enables BIU to recruit top faculty from institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Oxford, and Yale. These scholars bring back cutting-edge knowledge, drive new discoveries, and mentor the next generation of Israeli researchers. Investing in their return is not just about academia—it’s about securing Israel’s future as a hub of global innovation.
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Your gift helps recruit world-class faculty—leaders in science, technology, and the humanities—who mentor students, drive groundbreaking discoveries, and strengthen Israel’s role on the global stage. Make your impact today.
Your Generosity In Action
In the 2024-25 academic year, BIU recruited 29 new faculty members—21 of whom completed post-doctoral degrees abroad. These scholars have returned to Israel to advance research in medicine, engineering, and the humanities, ensuring BIU remains a global leader in academia.Ìý
Where Academia Meets Preeminence
Among the new faculty members is Prof. Nissan Yissachar, a leading researcher in microbiome interactions, who left a prestigious fellowship at Harvard Medical School to establish his lab at BIU. Prof. Yissachar’s groundbreaking work has implications for treating autoimmune diseases and improving gut health, positioning BIU at the forefront of this vital field.Ìý
Where Cybersecurity Meets Academic Excellence
Dr. Gil Baram is a leading expert in cybersecurity and AI-driven cyber threats, whose work bridges academic research and real-world defense strategy. After completing research collaborations at UC Berkeley and Stanford, she returned to Israel to continue advancing the nation’s cyber resilience. At BIU, Dr. Baram brings her global perspective and deep technical expertise to train the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
Impacting tomorrow, today
Without investment in faculty recruitment, Israel risks losing its brightest talents to institutions abroad, weakening its position as a global research powerhouse, along with the economic prosperity, safety and security that accompanies it.Ìý
Need for Faculty
Recruitment
- 100 faculty in 7 years to drive innovation.
- $100M for recruitment and research.
- Global leadership starts with world-class scholars.
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Transform Potential Into Achievement
Every dollar helps bring world-class faculty to BIU—educators and innovators who shape minds, advance research, and strengthen Israel’s future.