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The Dan David Prize is the world’s largest history prize. Each year this international prize recognizes up to 9 outstanding early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines, awarding each $300,000 to acknowledge their achievements and support future work.
We are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2025 Dan David Prize are now open and we will be accepting submissions until September 30, 2024.
Nominees can come from any field related to the study of the human past, both within academia and outside it. The list of previous winners can be found here.
We are looking for researchers in disciplines such as history, archaeology, art history, digital humanities and human palaeontology, as well as independent scholars, public historians, museum curators and documentary filmmakers.
- Anyone can nominate.
- Self-nominations will not be considered.
- Renominations from previous years are encouraged.
Nomination requirements
- Nominees must be engaged in outstanding and original work related to the study of the human past, employing any chronological, geographical and methodological focus.
- Nominees should exhibit strong potential for future excellence, innovation and leadership that will help shape the study of the past for years to come.
- Academic nominees must hold a PhD and must have published at least one major piece of work, such as a book or a collection of articles related to a major project.
- Non-academic nominees are NOT required to hold a PhD, but must have completed at least one major piece of work, such as a book, major publication, exhibition, documentary film or public humanities project, and should demonstrate an ongoing engagement with topics related to history and the study of the past.
- Nominees should be no more than 15 years post-PhD (for academics) or 15 years after the release of their first major project (for non-academics), although due allowance will be made for career breaks (including e.g. parental and care leave or duties, health-related leave and career changes).
For more information and to nominate, go to dandavidprize.org/nominate/
The Dan David Prize is the flagship project of the Dan David Foundation, an independent charitable organization based in Liechtenstein. The Foundation supports research, higher education and breakthrough achievements in the humanities and sciences. The Prize is headquartered at Tel Aviv University.