Community Scholarships
Active scholarships for high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students — tuition, stipends, and career mentorship. Exact count updates below.
12 scholarships
Upcoming deadlines
Scholarships open right now with deadlines coming up — apply before they close.
Application guides
Not a list of scholarships — how you actually apply. Documents, motivation letters, why applications are refused, and what happens after you submit.
How to apply for a scholarship — the process from start to answer
The real calendar of the scholarship season, who applies to whom, what happens between submission and the December answer, and what to do if you are refused.
The documents: exactly what to upload, and where people trip
The document list for each track, from the granting bodies' own pages — including the small requirements that get an application sent back: the open appendix in the same file, bank-account ownership, parents' payslips.
Why applications are refused — and what is actually scored
What the granting bodies say they score, what they do not score, and which quiet threshold conditions sink an application before anyone reads it.
Marom vs the Students Authority vs VATAT — who qualifies for what, and what can be combined
A comparison of the three government funding tracks, from the bodies' own pages: who falls into which, what each gives, and why you cannot hold two.
Empowered Ethiopian Women (Ma'atzimot)
A scholarship for Ethiopian-Israeli women, with a dedicated gender lens — a community women-led initiative advancing education and employment.
Excellence & Leadership in Employment — Olim Beyahad
A 10-month employment program for community graduates and final-semester students — group sessions, personal accompaniment and an assessment centre. There is no cash stipend.
Fidel Association
An association for the education and social integration of Ethiopian-Israelis, founded in 1997 — youth centres, young leadership, STEP UP, parent workshops and more.
HUJI Dean of Students — Ethiopian-Israeli Students Office
An institutional service from the Hebrew University Dean of Students for Ethiopian-Israeli students — not a nationwide scholarship, but local institutional support.
ISEF Fellowship
Tuition and living-cost scholarships for Ethiopian-Israeli students in master's and PhD programs at Israeli universities.
Marom Scholarship — Council for Higher Education
A national CHE/VATAT scholarship for Ethiopian-Israeli students, ₪10,000 a year, operated by Perach. The registration system was checked on 24 Oct 2026 and is closed; it shows an opening of 28 Feb 2027 — after four official pages promised a window opening in September.
PERACH Tutoring Stipend
Stipend for students who tutor community children during the academic year. Side employment that fits study schedules.
Scholarship for Ethiopian-Israeli Law Students in memory of Adv. Zvi Meitar
A ₪5,000 scholarship for Ethiopian-Israeli law students, administered by Tebeka and funded by the Meitar family foundation and the Meitar law firm. The last published cycle closed on 30.4.2025.
Tech-Career — Technology Training
A technology training centre for young Ethiopian-Israelis, running for over 20 years. Over 88% of graduates go into hi-tech. Classes are afternoons, twice a week — you can keep working.
The Yoel Program — Ethiopian-Israelis to Quality Academia
A support programme for students of the Bar-Ilan pre-academic mechina, established and operated by the Chiburim association — a dormitory scholarship, daily reinforcement, and a mentor during the degree.
Tuition Scholarship — Students Authority (Ministry of Aliyah)
The extended eligibility track for olim from Ethiopia: tuition up to 100% of the university tariff plus a ₪600/month subsistence stipend. 2026-27 registration is open — 1 Oct for continuing students, 10 Nov for new ones.
VATAT Doctoral & Post-doctoral Scholarships (diversity populations)
The Ethiopian-specific track was abolished. Since 20.3.2024 Ethiopian-Israelis are one of several eligible diversity groups in a single merged programme — and applications go through your institution only, never directly.