Sponsor
Dan David Foundation
Description
The Dan David Prize celebrates scholars and practitioners whose work illuminates the human past and can enrich public discourse with a deeper understanding of history.
The Dan David Prize awards up to nine prizes of $300,000 each year to outstanding early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines. The Prize is given in recognition of the winners’ contribution to the study of the past and to support their future endeavors.
Eligibility
Nominees can come from any field related to the study of the human past, both within academia and outside it. Scholars, (from disciplines including history, archaeology, art history, digital humanities and human palaeontology), independent scholars, public historians, museum curators and documentary filmmakers are all eligible.
Anyone can nominate. Self-nominations will not be considered. 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. 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 (e.g. parental and care leave or duties, health-related leave and career changes).
Prize
The Dan David Prize awards up to nine prizes of $300,000 each year to outstanding early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
External Deadline | Applications must be submitted online using the nomination form provided on the Dan David Prize website by the external deadline. Please also submit an OR-5 and a completed application to research.services@uoguelph.ca by the external deadline. |
How to Apply
Nominators will be asked to provide the nominee’s CV and list of relevant work or publications, and to answer three brief questions.
Applications must be submitted using the nomination form provided on the Dan David Prize website by the external deadline. Please also submit an OR-5 and a completed application to research.services@uoguelph.ca by the external deadline.
For More Information
For more information, contact ailsakay@uoguelph.ca or see the Dan David Prize website.