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.

Scholarship 2010 General Information and Procedures
Procedures: Criteria for scholarship application:

• The applicant's 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 or pdf format, Ariel or Times New Roman Font, minimum size 12):

To be sent by email to ddprize@post.tau.ac.il

• Application form (completely filled-out).
• Full Curriculum Vitae.
• A one-two page description of the applicant's doctoral or post-doctoral research project and a list of applicant's publications (if relevant).
• Three separate, official letters of recommendation by recognized scholars in the field, one of which is the doctoral/post-doctoral supervisor, signed in PDF format.
• Authorization by the university that the applicant is a registered doctoral/post-doctoral student in the stated department and university, signed in PDF format.

Originals of letters of recommendation and authorization of studies should 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

The deadline for scholarship applications receipt is March 31, 2010.

Confirmation of receipt will be sent by email.

Tel Aviv University applicants are requested to note the following:

• The scholarship will be granted in bimonthly payments during the forthcoming academic year until payment of the scholarship amount is completed.
• Scholarship applicants who are the recipients of other Tel Aviv University scholarships/grants are requested to contact the Dan David Prize office to receive further information.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF APRIL 2010.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CEREMONY - May 10th 2010, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

Source: http://www.dandavidprize.org/index.php/scholarship-applications/scholarship-applications.html