Dan David Foundation and Tel Aviv University offer scholarships to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields for the current year. Ten opportunities are awarded to doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University. Applications should be submitted till March 10, 2016.

Study Subject(s): The studentships are awarded in the chosen fields for the current year. The Dan David Prize covers three time dimensions: Past, Present and Future. The selected fields for 2015 are as follows: Past: Social history-New Directions; Present: Combatting Poverty; Future: Nanoscience.
Course Level: The studentships are available for undertaking doctoral and postdoctoral research program.
Scholarship Provider: Dan David Foundation and Tel Aviv University
Award can be taken at: Israel and Abroad

Eligibility: The prizes are granted to individuals or institutions with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity on the basis of merit, without discrimination of gender, race, ethnicity, color, religion, language, nationality, disability, or political affiliation.

Open for International Students: International students can apply for these Dan David scholarships.

Description:  The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields for the current year. Ten opportunities 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.

Number of award(s): Twenty opportunities are awarded (ten opportunities are awarded to doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University).

Duration of award(s): Not Known

What does it cover? The financial aid positions will provide US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields for the current year.

Selection Criteria: The Dan David Prize is granted according to merit without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation.

Notification: Confirmation of successful submission will be provided. A copy of the application material will be sent to the applicant by email.

How to Apply: The mode of applying is online. Applicants/Recommenders are requested to go to Recommendation Submission Form to attach the recommendation letters. In addition, originals must be sent by regular post.

Application Deadline: The application deadline is March 10, 2016.

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