The Dan David Prize is the world’s largest history prize, recognizing up to 9 outstanding early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines each year. Each Dan David Prize winner is awarded $300,000 to acknowledge their achievements and support future work.
We are pleased to announce that nominations for the 5th cycle of the new Dan David Prize are now open. The deadline for nominations for the 2026 Prize is September 24, 2025.
Nominees can come from anywhere in the world and work in 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.
Nomination requirements:
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.