AWARDS & GRANTS

  Year                                    Grants & Awards

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​​​​​​​2025            Israeli Ministry of Education (PI)  - Teacher Training Division  $300,000
                    Development, implementation, and supervision of an in-service

                    principal training program for a leadership cohort in the

                    Jerusalem District (25–50 prospective principals annually)

 

 

2025           Invited Academic Delegation - Policy and Society Department, UCL, London

 

2025          Winner, ranked 1st in the Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Education’s 2024                     Excellence in Academic Writing, based on the Margalit-Belfer Index (which                      considers both the number of publications and their academic ranking).

 

 

 

2023        Best Paper Award – AERA SIG Organizational Theory

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Benoliel, P. & Schechter, C. (Early online publication, 2023). Smart Collaborative    ecosystem: Leading complex school systems. Journal of Educational Administration.

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2020          Outstanding Reviewer in the 2020 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence

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2018-2019  Chief Scientist – Israel's Ministry of Education (PI)                NIS 80,000

                    An extension of a granted research to analyze

                    qualitative data from Israeli Ministry of Education

                          (with Prof. Shapira, Prof. Schechter and Dr Klein)

                         "Successful School Leadership as a Means for

                          Retaining Novice Teachers: Towards Developing

                          a School Ecological  Culture Measure"  

 

2016-2018     Chief Scientist – Israel's Ministry of Education (PI)                   NIS 299,750

                          (with Prof. Shapira, Prof. Schechter and Dr Klein)

                          "Successful School Leadership as a Means for

                          Retaining Novice Teachers: Towards Developing

                          a School Ecological  Culture Measure"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

2013                 The Highly Commended Award Winner  

                           2012 Emerald/EFMD  Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards  

                           in the Education and Leadership strategy category

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2010                  Research financing fund, University of Haifa                                                NIS 3,000

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2010                  PhD Excellency scholarship, University of Haifa                                         NIS 48,000

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2009                Grant for article publication,  University of Haifa                                         NIS 500