Dan David Prize
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The Dan David Prize annually gives three $1 million prizes to honor achievements aimed at understanding or affecting the world. There are three categories of prize — the Past, Present and Future. The topics vary from year to year. Of the three $1 million prizes, each year the laureates donate 10 percent of the money for 20 scholarships around the world, and 20 scholarships at Tel Aviv University.
The Prizes have been offered each year since 2002, making the Dan David Prize a relative newcomer to the arena of large global prizes.
[edit] Laureates
| Year | Theme | Laureate |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Past - History | Warburg Library |
| Present - Technology, information and society | Daniel Hillis | |
| Future - Life sciences | Sydney Brenner, John Sulston, Robert Waterston | |
| 2003 | Past - Paleoanthropology | Michel Brunet |
| Present - Print & electronic media | James Nachtwey, Frederick Wiseman | |
| Future - cosmology & astronomy | John Bahcall | |
| 2004 | Past - Cities: Historical legacy | Rome, Istanbul, Jerusalem |
| Present - Leadership: Changing our World | Klaus Schwab | |
| Future - Brain sciences | Robert Wurtz, Amiram Grinvald, William Newsome | |
| 2005 | Past- Archaeology | Graeme Barker, Israel Finkelstein |
| Present - The Performing Arts: Film, Theater, Dance, Music | Peter Brook | |
| Future - Materials science | Robert Langer, George Whitesides,C.N.R. Rao | |
| 2006 | Past - Music | Yo-Yo Ma |
| Present - Journalism | Magdi Allam, Monica Gonzalez, Adam Michnik, Goenawan Mohamad | |
| Future - Treatment of cancer | John Mendelsohn, Joseph Schlessinger | |
| 2007 | Past - Historians | Jacques Le Goff |
| Present - Contemporary Music | Pascal Dusapin, Zubin Mehta | |
| Future - Quest for Energy | James Hansen, Jerry Olson, Sarah Kurtz |
[edit] History
The Dan David Prize was founded by international businessman and philanthropist Dan David in May 2001.
The Dan David Prize Award Ceremony use to take place at Tel Aviv University, but in 2007 the ceremony will take place in Opéra de Paris. In the subsequent years the award ceremony will alternate between Tel Aviv and Paris each year.
