Financial Aid for BA Students
International Aid
Army Aid
RRIS Aid
Volunteering for Scholarship
International Aid:
Canada
SAP (Students Assistance Program)
Canadian students who wish to take out student loans via their local SAP are welcome to contact the Financial Aid Department for further assistance.
AACI (Canada Scholarship Fund) www.aaci.org.il
This fund is intended for Israeli citizens holding Canadian citizenship, who are studying towards a Bachelors Degree at recognized universities and colleges in Israel.
Denmark
The Danish-Israeli study Foundation in memory of Josef and Regine Nachemsoh
http://exactsci-info.tau.ac.il/exact_sciences/site/temp/denmark.pdf
The Foundation grants with scholarships to Danish students for studies at universities and other institutions of higher education in Israel.
Application is available at http://disf.dk/Application.pdf
Finland
Kela http://www.kela.fi
Financial aid for students is intended to provide an income to financially needy students whose parents are not under obligation to finance their studies and who are not eligible for aid under some other provisions.
Financial aid is provided in the form of the following benefits: Study Grant, Housing Supplement and government guarantee for student loans.
France
PESSA Et Rebecca Blumenkoph http://www.casip-cojasor.fr/news/blumenkopf.htm
The fund promotes the stay in Israel of French students wishing to complete their studies. This scholarship will be awarded in consideration of the quality of the studies pursued and the financial status of applicants.
Germany
Child Support
The German Government awards the student's parents with monthly allowance.
Netherlands
IBGroep http://www.ib-groep.nl/particulieren/default.asp
Students up to the age of 30, having Dutch nationality, enrolled for a full-time higher education course of studies, are entitled for a governmental grant. This means a student railcard, a basic scholarship per month for a maximum period of 4 years and a loan for three years.
The fund for Dutch citizens www.milga-nl.org.il
Dutch immigrants and their descendants fund works closely with the Association of Jews from Holland, distributed annually for scholarships to students.
South Africa
Sam Cohen
A SA Private fund that support students with scholarships. The student has to contact Bronwen Kubelun at: Bkubelun@papilsky.co.za / 011-728-7433
Telfed www.telfed.org.il
The South African Zionist Federation (Israel), known as Telfed, support SA students who made Aliya and award them with educational scholarship from funds that have been donated by the public to assist students residing and studying in Israel.
Sweden
CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden http://www.csn.se/
CSN are working to determine and pay the Swedish student financial aid, grants and loans for those studying in Sweden and abroad. Study assistance consists of grants and loans. You also have the opportunity to borrow money for extra costs such as tuition fees, travel and insurance.
USA
Federal Loan (Fafsa) www.fafsa.ed.gov
American students are eligible for Stafford Loans as part of the Direct Loans program. Registration from January, 2013 until June 30, 2014 online at www.fafsa.ed.gov
Our schoolcode is: G40703.
Please contact us via e-mail upon receiving your SAR (Student Aid Report).
The American Jewish League www.americanjewishleague.org
The American Jewish League (AJLI) for Israel has a unique University Scholarship program that awards qualified American students with partial scholarship grants toward a year of study at one of Israel's prestigious Universities.
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Masa www.masaisrael.org
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israel Prime Minister’s Office co-sponsor the Masa project to encourage young Jews who are not Israeli residents to study in Israel. Students up to the age of thirty-one, who have not been to Israel on a long term program before, are eligible for a grant from Masa to go towards tuition at the Raphael Recanati International School. Students will receive an initial grant based on their country of origin and can apply for additional funding of up to $10,000 US which is awarded based on financial need. Application forms for Masa must be completed online at www.masaisrael.org Please note, Masa is an independent initiative and therefore its criteria for evaluating scholarship requests may differ from those used to evaluate requests for the Raphael Recanati International School Scholarships.
Nefesh Be'Nefesh www.nbn.org.il
To obviate the fiscal obstacles, Nefesh B'Nefesh provides significant financial assistance to eligible Aliyah candidates. All financial assistance is vested after a three year period. Any Aliyah candidate who emigrates from Israel within the designated three year period is obligated to return the financial grant to Nefesh B'Nefesh.
Ami http://www.ami-israel.org/
Ami supports the French community socially and financially. New immigrants from France/Belgium/Switzerland or Morocco can apply for Ami's needs-based scholarship.
HIAS www.hias.org.il
HIAS supports new immigrants from all countries. The scholarship awarded upon excellency, financial background and community service. Second year students can apply online 15/9 – 1/10.
Minhal Ha'studentim www.studentsolim.gov.il/StudentsOlim
The Government of Israel helps with tuition for an undergraduate degree for new Olim under the age of 27 and the cost of a graduate degree for new Olim under the age of 30 (provided the Oleh does not already have this degree from abroad and that the program that you choose is recognized by Minhal HaStudentim).
Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) www.ujc.org
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Army Aid:
Impact http://212.179.57.180/impact/AWIS_START_PAGE.ASP
IMPACT's scholarship program is open to former Israeli combat soldiers (rank that is lower than captain סר"ן), who are Israel’s future leaders. The scholarship is a needs based scholarship for soldiers that have completed full army service, studying for BA on the first year of school.
Recipients are required to complete 130 hours of community service each year of their scholarship.
Heseg http://www.heseg.com/register.html
HESEG Foundation provides full academic scholarships and living expenses to qualified applicants. Preference will be given to candidates who are recognized by HESEG as lone soldiers, who have come to Israel to volunteer in the IDF. This is a loan soldier's scholarship for first year students, applicants will need to show certificates of Excellency.
Gruss Fund www.gruss.org.il
For IDF veterans.
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RRIS Scholarship:
RRIS Needs Based Scholarship www.idc.ac.il/rrisscholarships
The Raphael Recanati International School offers needs based scholarship to students in need. The application will be available online only.
First year students can apply until October 1st.
Second and Third students can apply until August 1st.
You will be asked to provide information in regards to your needs and to attach relevant documents (paystubs, apartment lease etc.).
The scholarship committee releases answers asap.
Merit based scholarship
This scholarship is given by the dean. You don't need to apply, if relevant, it will be offered to you should the dean decide to award you the scholarship based on your previous performance.
Volunteering for Scholarship:
Perach http://www.perach.org.il/
It is "Big Brother" volunteering project, organized by the Student Union. You can apply on line and get a scholarship towards volunteering hours.
Pras http://www.telfed.org.il
The South African Zionist Federation (Israel), known as Telfed, offers to volunteer in the organization towards a scholarship.
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