Wyndham Deedes Memorial Travel Scholarship

The Anglo-Israel Association annually awards a limited number of travel scholarships to Israel. The Scholarship is in memory of its Founder, the late Brigadier Sir Wyndham Deedes, CMG, DSO who served as Chief Secretary to the British Mandatory government of Palestine. The objective of the awards is to enable graduates of British universities, who are normally resident in the UK to make an intensive study of some aspect, (sociological, scientific, cultural, economic, etc.) of life in Israel. The study should be in an area that would be of direct interest to those working in that field in the UK.

Eligibility

Applicants must be of British nationality, who, intend to remain resident in the UK. The scholarships are open to men and women, normally under 35 years of age, who have graduated from a British university.

Conditions

Applicants must undertake to spend at least six weeks in Israel within twelve months of the date of the award and also submit a report on their project of not less than 5,000 words within twelve months of the date of their return from Israel. The Association retains the right to publish the reports. Alternatively, students may arrange publication of their findings in professional journals, mount exhibitions or mount lectures for the relevant professional body.

Selection

Awards are decided by a selection Committee that meets annually. The initial selection procedure is carried out following the closing date, when those short-listed are informed and given the date and time of their interview. The interviews take place in London. The closing date is 31st July annually.

Value

Each Scholarship is worth up to £2,000 and is intended to be a contribution towards the travel and subsistence expenses incurred in visiting Israel.

Recent Studies

The following are examples of recent studies made with the help of the Wyndham Deedes Memorial Trust fund

Agriculture
- Afforestation in Israel

Arts
- Glass in Israel

Education
- An exploration of alternative approaches to education in Israel in the context of cultural differences with the UK.
- Sign language interpreting in Israel
- Methodologies and practices used in the teaching of Hebrew and English as a foreign language.
- Education of children with autism with special reference to parent training and in inclusion.
- Museums and young people: what are Israel’s museums doing to attract young people and how do they make their collections relevant to them
- The contribution of education to developing a culture of peace in Israel
- The socio-political-economic circumstances in which particular theologies are formed.
- The ways democratic and tolerance education are being used to foster reconciliation between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel and between Israel and Palestine.

Environment
- Holocene climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
- To identify and analyze legislation designed to address different aspects of climate change
- Re-evaluation of the evolution of Israel’s Coastal governance framework 2000-2010
- Experiences of Ecotourism in Israel

History
- The economy of Byzantine Palestine: Trade and pottery at Sumaqa in the Carmel
- Interpretation of culture in Israel’s key museums
- The significance of chipped stone took assemblages of the 2nd and 1st millennium BCE in the Levant

Industry & Commerce
- Waste Management
- Irrigation Demand in Israel
- A comparison of Developments in the law relating to international trade

Medicine
- Review of Medical Physics Technology developed at Tel Aviv University
- Psycho-diagnostic Chirology
- Comparative Study into working therapeutically with adults with a mental health condition in England and Israel
- The management and proposed treatment for multiple sclerosis
- Israeli Healthcare and model of Modern Emergency Medicine
- Micro RNA regulation of human embryo implantation

Natural History
- Fish distribution and Abundances of the south coast of Israel
- Coastal resource management in Israel

Religion
- Modern Judaism for non-Jewish “A” level students

Science
- A two year project first clinical testing then studying the progress in optical telecommunications in Israel.

Application

An application form may be downloaded here or is obtainable from the Anglo-Israel Association direct at Wyndham Deedes Memorial Trust fund, PO Box 47819, London NW11 7WD (Tel. 020 8458 1284). On the form applicants must include a statement of not less than 300 words detailing their interest in Israel and outlining the projected study, giving the names of individuals and of institutions willing to advise and assist. Aapplications are to be submitted by 31st July annually, accompanied by a relevant letter of recommendation, for example from your University Department. If acknowledgement of receipt of application is required, then a stamped addressed envelope must be enclosed.

Click here to download a Wyndham Deedes Scholarship application form, applications are to be submitted by 31st July



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