Science awards in Israel

Prof. Helmut Schwarz, Technical University of Berlin, winner of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Chemistry. Photo courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Chemistry for 2025 to German researcher for characterization of the gaseous state in electrolysis processes

The 2025 Wolf Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Professor Helmut Schwarz of the Technical University of Berlin for the quantitative characterization of active gas-phase intermediates to solve fundamental problems in catalysis.
Jeffrey Dangle, Brian Stacekevich and Jonathan Jones. Photos: Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2025: Recognizing groundbreaking discoveries in the plant immune system

The prize is awarded jointly to Professors Jeffrey Dangle, Jonathan Jones and Brian Stacekevich.
Prof. Pamela Bjorkman wins the 2025 Wolf Prize in Medicine. Photo: Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2025: Recognition of Prof. Pamela Bjorkman for her pioneering contributions to the understanding of viral defense mechanisms

Prof. Pamela Bjorkman from the California Institute of Technology won the prestigious award for developing innovative antibody-focused approaches to combat viruses and establishing an infrastructure for advanced vaccine research.
Illustrative epigenetics: depositphotos.com

The Technion will award the Harvey Prize to three groundbreaking researchers in the field of cancer epigenetics

Prof. Peter Jones, Prof. Steven Bailin and Prof. Andrew Feinberg will receive the Harvey Award in the field of science and technology for their contribution to the diagnosis of diseases and the development of treatments based on the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Two researchers at the Hebrew University will receive grants of 2 million euros each from the ERC

In addition, two outstanding researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were chosen to join the EMBO young researchers program
From right to left: Prof. Daniel Yekuthiali, Prof. Yoav Binyamini and Prof. Ruth Heller. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have won the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in Statistics

The King of Belgium's Baudouin Science Foundation awarded the prestigious Rousseau Prize in Statistics to Prof. Yoav Binyamini, Prof. Daniel Yekuthiali and Prof. Ruth Heller from the Department of Statistics and Performance Research at Tel Aviv University for
Genetic improvement of crops. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Wolf Prize in Agriculture to three winners for major discoveries in developmental biology of plants that contribute to crop improvement

The winners are Professor Elliot M. Elliot Meyerowitz from Caltech and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA, Professor Joanne Chory from the Salk Institute, USA, and Professor Venkatesan "Sundar"
Prof. Jose-Alain Sahl from France, 2024 Wolff Medicine Prize winners. Photo courtesy of the Wolff Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2024 for Ophthalmology Specialists for "Rehabilitation of Vision in the Blind Using Optogenetics"

The two, Jose-Alain Sahl from France, and Boutonde Roske from Switzerland promoted the field of genetic medicine for eye diseases, prevented blindness and restored sight to the blind
Prof. Adi Shamir. Courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics for 2024 is awarded jointly to Professors Adi Shamir and Noga Alon

"For their pioneering contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics and the theory of computer science."
Prof. Michael Mailer. Photo credit: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

$1.2 million grant to a chemist from Ben-Gurion University in the Negev 

The prestigious grant from the Human Frontier Science program was given to Prof. Michael Mailer from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and his international colleagues who will investigate how bacterial strains and their chemical signals affect human behavior, such as anxiety and stress
The University of Haifa awarded an honorary doctorate to Maurice Kahn. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

The University of Haifa awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in honor of entrepreneur and philanthropist Maurice Kahn

The title, which was awarded to Kahn as part of the events of the 52nd Board of Trustees of the University of Haifa, was awarded to him in recognition of his commitment to education and higher education and his support for the study of the Mediterranean Sea at the University of Haifa
Technion President Prof. Uri Sion awards Prof. Ada Yonat the honorary degree. Photo: Rami Shloush, Technion Spokesperson

The Technion awarded an honorary doctorate to writer David Grossman and Nobel laureate Prof. Ada Yonat

Prof. Ada Yonat from the Weizmann Institute of Science, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, received an honorary doctorate "in recognition of her pioneering contribution to the research of the ribosome - the universal complex for translating genetic information into proteins
Dr. Chaya Keller, 2024 Krill Prize winner. Courtesy of the Wolf Foundation

Ten winners of the Krill Award for Excellence in Scientific Research have been announced

The Wolf Foundation in cooperation with the Israeli research universities selected the team of promising researchers of the Israeli Academy for 2024
Prof. Zvi Maza, photo: Tel Aviv University

Professor Zvi Maza is the winner of the Israel Prize in the field of physics research for 2024 - an overview of his main discoveries

Professor Maza studied planets outside the solar system and even developed a method for discovering planets that allows expanding the search circle
2024 Blavatnik Prize winners. Courtesy of the Israel National Academy of Sciences

Three researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science will receive a grant of $100 each for their groundbreaking research  

Prof. David Harel, President of the Israel National Academy of Sciences, said: "Today we recognize the great achievements of the best young Israeli scientists. This recognition is especially important at the present time, when Israel is going through one of the
Shlomo Heblin. Source: Nagard, Wikimedia Commons.

Prof. Shlomo Heblin won the Bakhuis Roozeboom medal

The medal was awarded to Prof. Heblin from the Department of Physics by the Royal Academy of Science of the Netherlands for groundbreaking research in the fields of physics and networks
Prof. Zvi Piren. Photo: Noam Chai

For the first time, Israeli researchers will participate in a black hole and neutron star research group

Professor Zvi Piren, head of the Schwartzman Chair at the Rakah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University and Professor Amir Levinson from Tel Aviv University will take part in a research group of the prestigious Simmons Foundation as part of an international collaboration
Prof. Katlin Crico (courtesy of István Sahin-Tóth)

The Technion announced the winners of the 2024 Harvey Prize: mRNA researchers whose research helped develop corona vaccines, and a theoretical physics researcher

The prestigious prize will be awarded to the developers of the corona vaccine Professors Katelyn Crico, Drew Weissman and Peter Callis and to Prof. Helen Quinn for solving one of the greatest mysteries in physics
Prof. Yitzhak Weitz. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Prof. Yitzhak Weitz won the Saint-Georges Prize for the promotion of cancer research for 2023

His important contribution included a host of breakthrough insights and discoveries, publications and collaborations in the field of cancer research
The winners of the Wolf Prize for 2023 at a ceremony in the Knesset together with President Yitzhak Herzog, Minister of Education Yoav Kish and Chairman of the Wolf Prize Foundation Prof. Dan Shechtman. Photo courtesy of the Wolf Foundation

The Wolf Prizes in Science and Art for 2023 were awarded at the Knesset

Eight winners and trailblazing winners from five countries received the Wolf Prizes for the Arts and Sciences last night. The prestigious Wolf Prize, known as the second most important prize in the world after the Nobel Prize, was awarded this year in the fields of chemistry, medicine,
Prof. Yossi Shilo. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Prof. Yosef Shilo was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences

Prof. Shiloh is the 43rd Israeli researcher elected to the US National Academy, alongside Nobel brides and grooms such as Prof. Ada Yonat, Prof. Dan Shechtman and Prof. Aharon Chachanover
Dr. John Mather (right) presents Dr. Eliad Peretz with the NASA medal for extraordinary achievements at a ceremony of the Friends of the Technion Association in the USA. Photo: Association of Friends of the Technion in the USA (ATS)

The prestigious NASA medal for extraordinary achievements to Israeli Dr. Eliad Peretz

While still a doctoral student, Dr. Peretz, a graduate of the Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Engineering at Technion, began working at NASA after it and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) appointed him a research fellow and awarded him a grant of more than half a million
Winners of the 2023 Creel Award for Young Scientists. Photo: Keren Wolff

The Wolff Foundation has awarded the 2023 Creel Prizes for Scientific Excellence to promising young researchers

Researchers who develop an artificial testicle that will allow infertile people to give birth to a biological child; who examine the dynamics of fasting and its consequences on diabetes and obesity; who develop innovative technologies for treatments against cancer and other diseases and more
Gazit is the winner of the Israel Prize in the field of environmental science and sustainability research, which is awarded this year for the first time. Prof. Avital Gazit. Photo: Courtesy of the photographer

From a child who grows tadpoles to a laureate of the Israel Environmental Prize

A true environmental pioneer: Prof. Avital Gazit, a leading researcher in the field of freshwater bodies - is the recipient of the Israel Prize for Environmental Sciences and Sustainability, which is awarded this year for the first time. "I don't get the award for being
Prof. Amnon Shashua at a Mobileye event as part of the CES 2023 conference held in Las Vegas. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Israel Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Amnon Shashua, founder of Mobileye

In the reasons for the award committee it was stated that Shashua is the ambassador of Israeli excellence, daring and creativity in the world
Prof. Emmanuel Peled. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Prof. Emmanuel Peled from the School of Chemistry is the winner of the Israel Prize in the field of chemical research and chemical engineering

According to the award committee "His groundbreaking research in understanding the mechanisms of operation and degradation of batteries are used to develop advanced generations of batteries worldwide"
Prof. Avital Gazit. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Israel Award to Prof. Avital Gazit from the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University

Prof. Gazit is an expert on freshwater bodies, and worked to preserve the Kinneret and the winter pools
Prof. Ehud Gazit. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Prof. Ehud Gazit was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors of the USA

The rank of fellow in the NIA is considered the highest recognition given to inventors from academia who have created inventions that have a decisive impact on the quality of life, economic development and the well-being of society
European Research Council. PR photo

ERC grants to dozens of researchers from all universities (Rashi

ERC Starting Grants are designed to help young and promising scientists advance their research, form research teams and pursue the realization of bold and original ideas. The nomination and the candidates are required to show potential for scientific breakthroughs, intense ambition
Prof. Ado Kaminer. Photograph of the Technion barges

A researcher at the Technion won an award on behalf of the Schmidt Foundation (founded by one of the founders of Google) in the amount of 2.5 million

According to the foundation's statement, "Prof. Kaminer will develop algorithms that mimic human creativity. Inspired by his experience as an experimental physicist, a field where surprising results drive discoveries and stimulate creativity"
Prof. Noga Alon. PR photo, Tel Aviv University

Prof. Noga Alon from Tel Aviv University and Princeton won the prestigious Shaw Prize for Mathematics and will receive 1.2 million dollars

Since there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics, two prizes have become the substitute - the Field Prize for young scientists under the age of 40 and the Shaw Prize, which is actually awarded for lifetime achievement
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky. Photography by David Salem - a pair of productions courtesy of the A.M.T. Award

The Grover Brain Research Award from Yale University was awarded to Prof. Haim Sompolinsky from the Hebrew University

The award was given to Sompolinski for his pioneering contribution to theoretical and computational neuroscience. This is the first time that the prize is awarded to an Israeli scientist
Award ceremony for the outstanding students in the Faculty of Medicine 2022. Photo by Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University awarded the Topor Award to outstanding medical students

The winners are: a volunteer in medical aid for the underprivileged and a social activist for needy families
From the right: Prof. Dan Farr, Prof. Leo Kuri, Prof. Jonathan Burnett, Prof. Michal Feldman and Dr. Roi Tzahar

Tel Aviv University's Kader Award for Research Excellence for 2022 was awarded to four outstanding researchers

The criteria for selecting the winners: groundbreaking research, quality of teaching, winning research grants from competitive funds, quality and quantity of scientific publications and status in the international academic community
Prof. Oded Lifshitz. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Prof. Oded Lifshitz is a recipient of the A.M.T. for archeology for 2022

Prof. Oded Lifshitz, head of the Nadler Institute of Archeology in the Lester and Sally Antin Faculty of Humanities, was announced as the recipient of the A.M.T. (art, science, culture) for 2022. The award will be presented to him in a ceremony held during
Scientist in the lab. Illustration: shutterstock

Israeli researchers this week received a flood of ERC grants - the European Research Council

Among others: three ERC grants were awarded to three researchers from Tel Aviv University, three from the Hebrew University - some of them for the third time, four from the Technion and one researcher from the University of Haifa. Grant value: 2 million euros each
The winners from the Krill Prize awarding ceremony together with Prof. Dan Shechtman and Reut Yanon Berman, CEO of the Wolf Foundation. Photo: Lior Daskel, Jos Productions

The Wolf Foundation has awarded the 2022 Creel Prizes for Scientific Excellence to ten young scientists

Among this year's prize winners: researchers who have developed new treatment strategies for cancer, Alzheimer's and autism spectrum disorders; A researcher examining the formation of bacteria in babies and their health effects; and researchers whose discoveries are applied in the field of cryptocurrencies
AMT award winners from the Hebrew University. Photo: Hebrew University spokeswoman, Teng Mingyu

The winners of the AMT awards for 2022

Prof. Ruth Lapidot, Prof. Hermona Shurk and Prof. Gideon Shelah-Lavi from the Hebrew University and Prof. Oded Lifshitz from Tel Aviv University are among the winners of the A.M.T.
Prof. Yehoshua Zak, winner of the Israel Prize. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Prof. Yehoshua Zak - winner of the Israel Prize in Physics and Chemistry

The award was given to Prof. Zak for "developing mathematical tools such as 'Zak transformation' and 'Zak phenomenon' used to decipher the phenomena of electrical conduction in a magnetic field. These tools enable the prediction of materials with unique properties for building
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The Dan David Prize for 2022 will be awarded to 9 researchers in the fields of history and archaeology

Each of them will receive an award of $300,000 for achievements in researching the past and as support for their future work.
Life science. Illustration: depositphotos.com

ERC grant of NIS 12 million for two studies from Bar Ilan

One of the studies that won the grant deals with the study of the genes that cause sex reversal, and the other deals with the microbiome and intestinal diseases
Prof. Ilana Gozes. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Prof. Ilana Gozes won the American Academy of Medicine award for Alzheimer's research

The study offers an innovative approach based on artificial intelligence to improve the ability to find the most suitable drug cocktail for the patient based on his genetic information
Prof. James Rice. Public image, Harvard University

The Technion will award the prestigious Harvey Award to Prof. James Rice from Harvard University

Prof. Reiss, who received an honorary doctorate from the Technion in 2005, is an expert on geological processes such as landslides, tsunamis and earthquakes
In the photo (from right to left): Haim Baer, ​​Yossi Bar Natan, Lena Kreindlin, Prof. Shefi Goldwasser, Hana Zahar and attorney Hanina Brands. Photo: Israel Hadari

Honorary Doctorate and Honorary Fellow titles for personalities and excellence awards for researchers

As part of the events of the Board of Trustees of Tel Aviv University, several ceremonies were held in which signs and degrees were awarded to people who influenced science, honorary Dr. degrees and more * Among the recipients of the degrees: Dr. Erna Berry,
From right to left: Reot Yanon Berman- Executive Director of the Wolf Foundation, Prof. Dan Shechtman- Chairman of the Wolf Foundation, Prof. Giorgio Parizzi, Rector Antonella Polimani, Dror Idar- Ambassador of Israel in Italy

Nobel followed Wolf again in the same year: and this time Prof. Giorgio Frisi

The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded today to Prof. Giorgio Parisi is just a small number of the names of Nobel Prize winners over the years, who previously won the prestigious Wolf Prize, of the Wolf Foundation.
Sandy Sherman and CEO of the Wolf Foundation Reot Yanon-Berman. Photo: The Wolf Foundation

The Great World Journey for the Wolf Foundation Awards

After two years in a row in which it was not possible to hold the Wolf Prize awarding ceremony in the Knesset, the foundation's senior officials, led by the Chairman Prof. Dan Shechtman and the Executive Director Reut Yeinon-Berman, traveled around the world and held ceremonies in the universities of
Prof. Eli Keshet. Photo: Keren A.M.N.

Prof. Eli Keshet, Hebrew, winner of the Israel Prize in the field of life sciences research

In its reasoning, the committee stated that: "The Israel Prize in the field of life sciences research for the year 2018 is awarded to Prof. Eli Keshet, from the Hebrew University, for his pioneering contributions in understanding the mechanism by which oxygen-deficient conditions stimulate the growth of