The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and post-doctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields.

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.

The fields within the three Time Dimensions for 2006:
PAST: Preserving Cultural Heritage: Individualsf Contributions
PRESENT: Journalists of Print Media
FUTURE: Cancer Therapy
The deadline for scholarship applications is March 30th, 2006.

Guidelines:
Criteria for scholarship application:
The applicantfs doctoral or post-doctoral research is in one of the selected fields for the year in which the application is being made.

The applicant is a registered doctoral or post doctoral student at a recognized university at the time of receipt of scholarship.

For doctoral students applying: The research proposal must be officially approved by the university department in which he/she is studying.

Required documents (in ENGLISH only, doc rtf of pdf format, Ariel or Times New Roman Font, minimum size 12):
To be sent by e-mail to ddprize@post.tau.ac.il:
Application form (completely filled out).
Full Curriculum Vitae.
A one-two page description of the applicantfs doctoral or post-doctoral research project and a list of applicantfs publications (if relevant).

To be sent by post to
Ms. Smadar Fisher, Director, Dan David Prize
Eitan Berglas Bldg/119
Tel-Aviv University
P.O. Box 39040 Ramat Aviv
Tel-Aviv 69978
Israel

Three separate, official letters of recommendation by recognized scholars in the field, one of which is the doctoral/post-doctoral supervisor.

Authorization by the university that the applicant is a registered doctoral-post-doctoral student in the stated department and university.

Confirmation of receipt will be sent by e-mail.

To access scholarship application forms click here: Scholarship Application Forms.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF APRIL 2006.

Reference:
http://www.dandavidprize.org/scholarships.html