for outstanding contribution in the fields of science technology culture or social welfare country israel presented by the dan david foundation first awarded 2002 official website http www.dandavidprize.org jimmy wales accepting the dan david prize at the tel aviv university 2015 the dan david prize grants annually three prizes of us 1 million each for outstanding achievement . fields are chosen for past present and future . the dan david prize is awarded for innovative and interdisciplinary research . prize laureates donate 10 percent of their prize money to doctoral scholarships for outstanding ph.d. students and postdoctoral scholarships for outstanding researchers in their own field from around the world . 1 contents 1 history 2 laureates 3 references 4 external links history edit the dan david foundation was founded in 2000 with a 100 million endowment by romanian born israeli businessman and philanthropist dan david . 2 the founding director was professor gad barzilai . the foundation and tel aviv university award the prizes . the first awards ceremony took place at tel aviv university on may 2002 . in 2016 catherine hall of university college london rejected the dan david prize . she said this was an independent political choice undertaken after many discussions with those who are deeply involved with the politics of israel palestine . the british committee for universities of palestine bricup described her move as a significant endorsement of the campaign to end ties with israeli institutions . 3 laureates edit 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 4 frederick wiseman 5 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 e. hansen jerry olson sarah kurtz 2008 past creative rendering of the past amos oz tom stoppard atom egoyan present social responsibility al gore 6 future geosciences ellen mosley thompson & lonnie thompson geoffrey eglinton 2009 past astrophysics history of the universe paolo de bernardis andrew e. lange paul richards 7 present leadership tony blair 7 future global public health robert gallo 7 2010 past march towards democracy giorgio napolitano present literature rendition of the 20th century margaret atwood amitav ghosh future computers and telecommunications leonard kleinrock gordon e. moore michael o. rabin 2011 past evolution marcus feldman present cinema and society coen brothers 8 future ageing facing the challenge cynthia kenyon gary ruvkun 2012 past history biography robert conquest sir martin gilbert present plastic arts william kentridge future genome research david botstein eric lander j. craig venter 2013 past classics the modern legacy of the ancient world sir geoffrey lloyd present ideas public intellectuals and contemporary philosophers michel serres leon wieseltier future preventive medicine esther duflo alfred sommer 2014 past history and memory krzysztof czyzewski pierre nora saul friedlander present combating memory loss john a. hardy peter st. george hyslop brenda milner future artificial intelligence the digital mind marvin minsky 2015 past retrieving the past historians and their sources peter brown alessandro portelli present the information revolution jimmy wales future bioinformatics cyrus chothia david haussler michael waterman 2016 past social history new directions inga clendinnen arlette farge present combatting poverty anthony b. atkinson francois bourguignon james j. heckman future nanoscience paul alivisatos chad mirkin john pendry references edit the dan david prize the true worth of dan david haaretz israel news . haaretz . retrieved 2010 02 02 . prominent feminist historian rejects israeli academic award haaretz 22 may 2016 ; uk historian declines israeli prize citing conflict with palestinians times of israel 22 may 2016 ; haggai matar famed feminist british historian refuses prestigious israeli award 972 magazine 22 may 2016 ; bds victory feminist historian refuses 300 000 israeli prize telesur 22 may 2016 . 2003 present print & electronic media james nachtwey . tel aviv university . retrieved 4 november 2015 . laureates 2003 . tel aviv university . retrieved 4 november 2015 . al gore present 2008 laureate dan david prize tau archived may 3 2008 at the wayback machine . a b c laureates 2009 . dan david prize . retrieved 2010 02 02 . coen brothers win 1m dan david prize . bbc news . 16 may 2011 . retrieved 17 may 2011 . the pair were given the dan david prize awarded to people who have made an outstanding contribution to humanity at tel aviv university in israel . external links edit official website includes complete list of all laureates by year . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dan david prize & oldid 721701842 categories international awardsisraeli awardsawards established in 20022002 establishments in israelhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 23 may 2016 at 15 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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