Zuckerman Establishes $100M US-Israel Scientific Collaboration Fund

January 26, 2016 | Media mogul Mortimer Zuckerman is launching a $100 million program to promote scientific collaboration between the United States and Israel. The Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program, announced yesterdat at a New York event that featured Gov. Andrew Cuomo and several Nobel laureates, promises to provide over $100 million in scholarships and related educational activities for participating scholars and universities. The program, which will launch in the 2016-17 academic year, aims to foster collaboration between the “highest-achieving” American post-doctoral researchers and graduate students and “leading researchers” at Hebrew University, the Technion, Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science, according to a statement issued. Zuckerman’s foundation has committed to invest in the program over the next 20 years and plans to ensure the program continues “in perpetuity.” According to Forbes magazine Zuckerman has a net worth of $2.5 billion and through his foundation has supported an array of Jewish, medical and scientific institutions.