The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics - Call for Nominations for the Year 2024
The Center for Physics and Chemistry of Living Systems at Tel Aviv University awards the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics to acknowledge exceptional achievements and contributions to research in the field of biophysics. This year, an amount of $100,000 will be presented, with no age limit applied for the prize candidates. The prize will be awarded to the recipient(s), in person, at Tel Aviv University in a scientific symposium, which is tentatively planned to be held in August 2024.
Tel Aviv University administers the prize through an advisory committee comprised of the university’s President and Rector as ex-officio members and others who have been selected by the President and the Rector.
The prize coordinators are Professors Gili Bisker, Yuval Ebenstein, and Yair Shokef.
A selection panel composed of outstanding scientists in the field will be appointed, reflecting an international and geographical diversity and including the prize coordinators.
Nominations for the prize can be made by individuals belonging to one or more of the following categories:
- Members of the Tel Aviv University Senate and members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Presidents, Rectors, Vice-Presidents, Provosts, Deans in the Natural Sciences, Medicine & Engineering
- Professors in recognized institutions of higher learning and research in Israel and abroad
- Previous prize laureates
All nominations should be submitted by email before March 15h, 2024, to: sbiophys@tauex.tau.ac.il
Each nomination should include:
- Three to five letters of recommendation. Each recommender can support only one nominee.
- Nominee's short CV, up to 3 pages
- List of publications
- A brief research summary, up to 2 pages
- The form attached below
Faculty members at Tel Aviv University are not eligible to receive the prize. Self-nominations cannot be accepted.
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