Dan David Prize
Three prizes of US$ 1 million each are annually awarded for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world. Each year fields are chosen within the three Time Dimensions - Past, Present and Future.Selected Fields 2012
Dan David Prize Laureates
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2009 Past Astrophysics-History of the Universe
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Paul Richards is Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley... -
2007 Present - Contemporary Music
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Pascal Dusapin (born in 1955) is an outstanding figure within the world of contemporary music, where he is regu... -
2010 Present - Literature: Rendition of the 20th Century
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Amitav Ghosh is an lndian-Bengali novelist whose work offers a panoramic treatment of twentieth-century history fro... -
2007 Past - Historians - Authors of Major Works of History
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Jacques Le Goff has been recognized as one of the leading historians of the European Middle Ages ov... -
2002 Future - Life Sciences
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Prof. Robert H. Waterston (born 1943 in Michigan, USA) obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from P... -
2004 Future - Brain Sciences
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Dr. William T. Newsome bridges the fields of neurophysiology and perceptual psychology. Through his outstanding... -
2007 Future - Quest for Energy
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Dr. Hansen, affiliated with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, is one of the small handf... -
2010 Present - Literature: Rendition of the 20th Century
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One of Canada's most renowned writers, Margaret Atwood is a prolific writer who has produced more than forty volu... -
2004 Past - Cities: Historical Legacy
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Rome has made one of the most important contributions to humanity for its jurisprudence, its language and the importa... -
2004 Future - Brain Sciences
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Dr. Amiram Grinvald of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department is considered the world leader in fun... -
2009 Past Astrophysics-History of the Universe
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Andrew E. Lange is Goldberger Professor of Physics at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, ... -
2011 Future - Ageing-Facing the Challenge
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Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Califor... -
2004 Past - Cities: Historical Legacy
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Jerusalem has made one of the most important contributions to humanity for being the holy place where mono... -
2005 Past - Archaeology
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Professor of Archaeology and Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of C... -
2009 Past Astrophysics-History of the Universe
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Paolo de Bernardis is Professor of Physics at the University La Sapienza in Rome, Ita... -
2008 Future - Geosciences
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Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson, Professors at the Ohio State University, USA, are a scientific t... -
2008 Future - Geosciences
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Geoffrey Eglinton is Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow in Earth Sciences at the U... -
2005 Future - Materials Science
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George Whitesides is Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical... -
2002 Past - History
for facilitating the study of western civilization and its convergence with the ancient and modern cultures of Islam, Judaism, and early ChristianityRead more...
The Warburg Librar... -
2006 Present - Journalists of Print Media
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Goenawan Mohamad is one of the world's leading voices of moderate Islam. He has written extensively and eloquen...
2012 Events
- Jun 10, 12 Award Ceremony
- Jun 11, 12 Scholarship Award Ceremony
- Jun 12, 12 - Jun 13, 12 Symposia
