Israel Awards: Eligible Institutions

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The nomination period for the 2027 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel is now open. Eligible Institutions can submit their nominations through the SurveyMonkey Apply Platform.

Important deadlines:

  • Age limit exception requests are due Tuesday, July 7th, 2026.
  • The nomination period will close on Tuesday, July 28th, 2026.
Please contact the Blavatnik Awards in Israel Team at blavatnikawardsisrael@nyas.org with any questions.

Eligible Institutions

The universities below, in chronological order by year of founding, are eligible to submit up to nine nominations: three in each subject category that the Blavatnik Awards recognize.

Research institutes and university hospitals that operate under the umbrella of a parent university should ensure their young faculty members are incorporated into the selection process of the nominees of that university. If your institution does not appear on our list and would like to submit nominations, please send a brief statement of interest to blavatnikawardsisrael@nyas.org.

If you are interested in being nominated, please contact your institution’s Institutional Contact (listed below). They will be able to provide information about your institution’s internal selection process. Please note that self-nominations will not be accepted.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ariela Fleger

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Michal Meyer

Weizmann Institute of Science

Anat Reis

Tel Aviv University

Dan Peer

Bar-Ilan University

Iris Goldwirth

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Valeriya Loktionov

The University of Haifa

Mouna Maroun

The Open University of Israel

Nava Segal-Lichtenstein

Ariel University

Yonatan Ben Tzoref

Reichman University

Dafna Schwartz