Dan David Prize – Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Scholarship
The Dan David Prize is a joint international corporation, 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 of individuals nominated for the Prize, by independent Review Committees 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.
The selected fields 2018 are:
- Past: History of Science
- Present: Bioethics
- Future: Personalized Medicine
1 year
$15,000
Applicant:
- May be a PhD student at any university in the world.
- May be of any gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation.
- Must propose a project that is relevant to this year’s selected fields.
- Self-nominations are not accepted.
- An individual or organization can only receive the Dan David Prize once for the same achievement and/or contribution.
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Contact
Ms. Smadar Fisher
Director, Dan David Prize
Tel-Aviv University
Tel: +972-3-6406614
Email: [email protected]