Nominations are now open for the Dan David Prize to recognize and encourage 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 is an international award, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.

Criteria

• Nominees for the Dan David Prize may be individuals or organizations.
• The individual or institution being nominated has made a singular achievement or a series of achievements and continues to make a unique, profound contribution to humanity, on a global scale, in one of the selected fields for the year in which the nomination is being made.
• The Dan David Prize is granted according to merit, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality or political affiliation.
• Joint nominations of up to 3 candidates may be submitted.
• An individual or organization can only receive the Dan David Prize once for the same achievement and/or contribution.
• Anyone can nominate an individual or organization for the Dan David Prize. The only restriction is self-nomination.
• Self-nominations, including nominations for organizations in which the nominator is currently employed or serves as an officer, are not accepted.
• Prize winners are required to participate in the Award Ceremony and the Attendant Events.

For more information, visit Dan David Prize.