About
Columbia-Kalaniyot is a faculty-driven effort to advance knowledge through the contributions of scholars and students without regard to national, religious or ethnic origin. We focus on two main goals that are mutually reinforcing: building a stronger Columbia campus community and deepening ties with Israeli researchers.
Once funding is in place, through fellowships and seed grants, Columbia-Kalaniyot will bring the brightest researchers from Israel to Columbia as postdoctoral fellows and sabbatical visitors, empowering them to get involved in collaborative cutting-edge research, deepening academic ties and showcasing the brilliance of the startup nation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to deepen Columbia's ties with Israeli researchers and work with university administration to ensure an inclusive campus.
Our Values
- Respectful co-existence: Living, learning, and working together undeterred by differences of perspective and disagreements
- Mission focus: Focusing on the university mission of research, education, and entrepreneurship
- Excellence: Focusing on academic accomplishments and academic entrepreneurship
- Open collaboration: International open academic collaborations with leading institutions around the world
Our Vision
Columbia researchers cooperate to advance knowledge without regard to their national, ethnic, or religious background.
Dear Members of the Columbia Kalaniyot Board,
We were pleased to learn of your establishment of a Kalaniyot chapter at Columbia University. The efforts of your broad and distinguished group of faculty and staff exemplify Columbia’s commitment to its academic mission and priorities of fostering inclusive excellence, inquiry, and engagement.
We understand that the purpose of the Kalaniyot program is to foster collaborative research, interdisciplinary curricular offerings, and public engagement around shared global challenges by bringing outstanding postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars from Israeli academic institutions to our campus. While at Columbia, they would engage in advanced research in a variety of fields, including basic and applied sciences, medicine, law, and business, and multidisciplinary dialogue with our faculty and students.
This initiative offers Columbia an exceptional opportunity to deepen our global partnerships, enrich our academic community, and further Columbia’s mission of knowledge inquiry and dissemination across institutional boundaries. As you identify potential fellows and scholars, we very much look forward to supporting the appointment of qualified individuals and to working with you and the cognizant Deans and offices of postdoctoral and faculty affairs to make such appointments in accordance with all university policies and processes.
We are excited at the potential this program has to attract exceptional talent to our academic community, and grateful for your efforts to bring them to our campus. We look forward to welcoming the first cohort of Kalaniyot postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars to Columbia!
Sincerely,
Angela V. Olinto
Provost
Professor of Astronomy and of Physics