Scholarships
The University of Haifa offers scholarships to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and provides information on relevant scholarships offered by external research funds and organizations. Some scholarships specifically target women and members of other groups. For a complete list of available funding opportunities for graduate and doctoral students, see the Authority for Advanced Studies. For funding opportunities for undergraduate students, see the Dean of Students website.
Exercising Your Rights
For information and assistance in exercising rights related to pregnancy, childbirth, parental status, breastfeeding, and reserve duty, see:
· Students – Ms. Ruth Raz Ben-Barak, Dean of Students Office, rbraz@univ.haifa.ac.il. Tel: 04-8240335
· Junior academic faculty – Committee of the Junior Academic Faculty
· Senior academic faculty – Ms. Liat Keren-Sahar, Human Resources Division, ikeren@univ.haifa.ac.il. Te: 04-8240875
· Administrative staff – Ms. Sarah Goren-Friedman, Human Resources Division, sgoren@univ.haifa.ac.il. Tel: 04-8240958
For information on accommodations related to fertility treatments, childbirth, adoption, custody, and foster families, see HERE.
For information on maternity rights of academic faculty members see HERE.
To lodge a sexual harassment complaint, contact the Commission of Sexual Harassment at the University of Haifa.
For additional sources of information on student and faculty rights, see:
Kol Zchut – Rights of students who are parents
Financial aid to mothers for daycare expenses
The Council of Higher Education – Parents’ Rights
Links to research
The team at the Beit Berl Academic College published a policy paper on research funding that examines the funding process and suggest practices to remove gender bias and obstacles in this process.
For the policy paper, see HERE.