The goal of Academic Exchange (AE) is to deepen understanding of Israel within the American academic community.

AE provides educational missions to Israel for American scholars in the fields of Political Science, International Relations, International Law, International Economic Development, Modern History, and Middle-East Studies.

Programs offer the opportunity to learn about and experience the region through its religious, political, economic, social, and geographical dimensions; to meet with Israel's leading academicians, political and military leaders, entrepreneurs, artists; and with prominent Palestinian spokesmen and scholars.

AE, a non-profit organization has established this fellowship program in partnership with the Milken Institute, the Yitzhak Rabin Center, and the RAND Corporation.

 
 
 
The Milken Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan, publicly supported independent think tank. For the past 15 years, it has achieved international recognition for its innovative research programs, and for facilitating the exchange of ideas that improve the lives and economic conditions of diverse populations in the U.S. and around the world. Since 2003, the Milken Institute has had an active presence in Israel through its Milken Israel Center and its Koret-Milken Institute Fellows Program.
 
 
 
The Yitzhak Rabin Center is an Israeli-based nonprofit foundation that supports a variety of multifaceted educational and leadership programs to instill democratic values, narrow socio-economic gaps, and address problems of social divisiveness. In 2008, over 14,000 individuals from all over the world participated in various educational programs sponsored by the Rabin Center.
 
 
 
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. From its eight locations worldwide, RAND works with a global clientele to address the issues that matter most such as health, education, international security, law and business, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world’s preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years.