is an international prize which annually awards three prizes of US$ 1 million each 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. Read More about the prize
The Dan David Prize mourns the passing of 2002 Laureate Prof. Sydney Brenner (1927 – 2019). Hugely influential in the field of molecular biology, Prof. Brenner received the Prize in the field of Life Sciences for his extensive contributions, “which were exceptional both in their novelty and in their impact on biology.” Born in South Africa, Brenner subsequently received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2002. He died at the age of 92.
For facilitating the study of western civilization and its convergence with the ancient and... Read more »
Directeur UMR CNRS 6046 Laboratoire de Geobiologie, Biochronologie et Paleontologie Humaine... Read more »
Jerusalem has made one of the most important contributions to humanity for being the holy place... Read more »
Istanbul has made one of the most important contributions to humanity, for it embodies the... Read more »
Rome has made one of the most important contributions to humanity for its jurisprudence, its... Read more »
Prof. Israel Finkelstein holds the Jacob M. Alkow Chair in the Archaeology of Israel in the... Read more »
Professor of Archaeology and Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University... Read more »
Yo-Yo Ma is a world-renowned cellist whose inspirations go well beyond the concert hall. In... Read more »
Jacques Le Goff has been recognized as one of the leading historians of the European Middle Ages... Read more »
Tom Stoppard established himself as one of the few undisputed masters of the modern stage in... Read more »
Atom Egoyan, an Officer of the Order of Canada, is a critically acclaimed and prize winning... Read more »
Amos Oz, one of the most widely read Israeli writers in the world, published numerous novels,... Read more »
Paolo de Bernardis is Professor of Physics at the University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy. His... Read more »
Andrew E. Lange, Goldberger Professor of Physics at California Institute of Technology,... Read more »
Paul Richards is Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley. Prof.... Read more »
Giorgio Napolitano is the President of the Republic of Italy and is known for his dedication to... Read more »
Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Prof. Feldman has... Read more »
Dr. Robert Conquest, British historian and renowned writer and researcher on the Soviet Union;... Read more »
The Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Gilbert, a leading historian of the modern world and the official... Read more »
Sir Geoffrey Lloyd is currently Senior Scholar in Residence at the Needham Research Institute, a... Read more »
Mr. Krysztof Czyzewski is a renowned Polish publisher, writer and theater director, public... Read more »
Mr. Pierre Nora is public intellectual and publisher who helped establish the new... Read more »
Prof. Saul Friedlander holds UCLA's 1939 Club Chair in Holocaust Studies. He is considered one... Read more »
Prof. Peter R. Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Professor Emeritus,... Read more »
Prof. Alessandro Portelli is Professor Emeritus, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Prof.... Read more »
Prof. Inga Clendinnen was an outstanding historian who focused on social history and the history... Read more »
Prof. Arlette Farge is a Professor at the Center for historical research, Paris. She has... Read more »
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyGERMANY Prof. Svante Pääbo is the Director of... Read more »
Harvard Medical SchoolUSA Prof. David Reich, from the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical... Read more »
Max Planck Institute for the History of ScienceBerlin, Germany Prof. Lorraine Daston is an... Read more »
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA, USA Evelyn Fox Keller is Professor Emerita... Read more »
University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom Simon J. Schaffer is a Professor of the History... Read more »
Dr. W. Daniel Hillis has been selected for the first Dan David Prize in the category of 'The... Read more »
Frederick Wiseman is widely acclaimed as the most important person ever to lift a camera for... Read more »
James Nachtwey is no ordinary photojournalist. He has dedicated his life to documenting the... Read more »
The 2004 Dan David Prize for the Present Time Dimension in the field of Leadership: Changing Our... Read more »
Peter Brook, born in London, on March 21, 1925, is currently the Director of the International... Read more »
Goenawan Mohamad is one of the world's leading voices of moderate Islam. He has written... Read more »
Adam Michnik, a Polish journalist and activist, has made enormous contributions to freedom of... Read more »
Monica Gonzalez, a Chilean journalist and author, has established a reputation as Chile's... Read more »
Magdi Allam, born in Egypt and raised in Italy, is one of the leading journalists in Italy... Read more »
Zubin Mehta, is one of the world`s leading conductors. He is a vivid symbol of today`s... Read more »
Pascal Dusapin (born in 1955) is an outstanding figure within the world of contemporary music,... Read more »
Al Gore is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide... Read more »
Anthony Charles Lynton (Tony) Blair, former British Prime Minister, is one of the most... Read more »
One of Canada's most renowned writers, Margaret Atwood is a prolific writer who has produced... Read more »
Amitav Ghosh is an lndian-Bengali novelist whose work offers a panoramic treatment of... Read more »
Minnesota born in the 1950's, Joel and Ethan Coen have worked closely as a creative pair who... Read more »
William Kentridge is an internationally renowned artist whose work deals with poignant political... Read more »
Prof. Michel Serres has been professor of philosophy at Clermont-Ferrand, Vincennes, Paris since... Read more »
Noted American intellectual and philosopher and Literary Editor of The New Republic, a foremost... Read more »
Prof. John A. Hardy is the Head of the Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Chair of... Read more »
Prof. Peter St. George-Hyslop is the Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Department... Read more »
Brenda Milner is the Dorothy J. Killam Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and a... Read more »
Mr. Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia and member of the Board of Trustees, Wikimedia... Read more »
Prof. Sir Anthony B. Atkinson Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Honorary... Read more »
Prof. François Bourguignon, Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics. He is one of the... Read more »
Prof. James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the... Read more »
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA Read more »
King's College LondonLondon, United Kingdom Read more »
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Prof. Robert H. Waterston (born 1943 in Michigan, USA) obtained a bachelor's degree in... Read more »
Prof. Sydney Brenner's sustained contributions during the course of a scientific career spanning... Read more »
Prof. John Bahcall made fundamental and lasting contributions to an astonishing number of... Read more »
Dr. William T. Newsome bridges the fields of neurophysiology and perceptual psychology. Through... Read more »
Dr. Amiram Grinvald of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department is considered the world... Read more »
Dr. Robert Wurtz Dr. Robert H. Wurtz has made one of the most salient discoveries in cognitive... Read more »
C.N.R. Rao is the Linus Pauling Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced... Read more »
George Whitesides is Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers Professor at the Department of Chemistry and... Read more »
Robert Langer is the Kenneth L. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at... Read more »
John Mendelsohn, MD, combines experience in clinical and laboratory research with administrative... Read more »
Joseph Schlessinger, PhD, has been the William H. Prusoff Professor and Chairman of the... Read more »
Dr. Hansen, affiliated with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, is one of... Read more »
Over the past two decades Sarah R. Kurtz and Jerry M. Olson have made exceptional and profound... Read more »
Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson, Professors at the Ohio State University, USA, are a... Read more »
Geoffrey Eglinton was Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow in Earth Sciences at the... Read more »
Robert C. Gallo, MD, is the Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School... Read more »
Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of... Read more »
Dr. Gordon E. Moore is a visionary. His prediction in 1965, widely known as "Moore's Law",... Read more »
Prof. Michael O. Rabin, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, Boston, and at the... Read more »
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco... Read more »
Professor of Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard... Read more »
Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics; Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative... Read more »
Founding Director, Broad Institute Harvard and MIT and director of its Genome Biology Program,... Read more »
Founder, Chairman, and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD and La Jolla,... Read more »
Renowned French economist, Esther Duflo, is Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development... Read more »
Alfred Sommer, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg... Read more »
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science... Read more »
Prof. Michael S. Waterman is Professor of Biological Sciences, of Mathematics, of Computer... Read more »
Prof. David Haussler is a Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the University... Read more »
Dr. Cyrus Chothia is Emeritus group leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural... Read more »
Prof. Paul Alivisatos is the University of California (UC) Berkeley's Samsung Distinguished... Read more »
Prof. Chad A. Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Prof. of Chemistry, Prof. of Chemical and... Read more »
Prof. Sir John Pendry FRS, the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, is a condensed... Read more »
NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUSA Read more »
Astronomical Observatory Warsaw UniversityPOLAND Read more »
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA Read more »
University of WashingtonSeattle, WA, USA Read more »
Johns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, USA Read more »
2016 Dan David Prize
