Deadline: 15 March 2012
Open to: Doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world
Scholarship: US$15,000 each
Description
The Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. It aims to foster universal values of excellence, creativity, justice, democracy and progress and to promote the scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our world.
The Dan David Prize covers three time dimensions – Past, Present and Future – that represent realms of human achievement. Each year the International Board chooses one field within each time dimension. Following a review process by independent Review Commitees comprised of renowned scholars and professionals, the International Board then chooses the laureates for each field.
The Past refers to fields that expand knowledge of former times.
The Present recognizes achievements that shape and enrich society today.
The Future focuses on breakthroughs that hold great promise for improvement of our world.
Scholarship
The Dan David Prize is unique in that its laureates donate 10% of their prize money to graduate students in their respective fields, thereby contributing to the community and fostering a new generation of scholars. Laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each.
Eligibility
Ten scholarships are awarded to doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University.
The Dan David Prize is granted according to merit, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation.
In order to ensure that your research is relevant to one of this year’s chosen fields, please read the field definitions carefully before filling out the form.
Application
To apply, please fill the application form. For inquiries, please contact ddprize@post.tau.ac.il, tel: +972-3-6406614/5