The Weizmann Prize for Research in the Exact Sciences named after Dr. Chaim Weizmann is a prize awarded by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality to Israeli researchers in the exact sciences and is intended to encourage and stimulate them in their research in these subjects. The prize was established in 1944 on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, and is awarded once every two years in the presence of the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The amount of the last prize stood at 18,000 NIS (~$4,900).[1]
| Year of Winning | Winner's Name | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Prof. Saul Adler | Honorary prize for his research in parasitology and the chemotherapy of tropical diseases[2] | |
| Prof. Franz Ollendorff | For his research Vision as a Technical Problem[3] | ||
| Dr. Bruno Rosenfeld | For his research The Irreversible Conversion of Ascorbic Acid | ||
| 1950 | Dr. Kurt Mendel | For research on the vitality of citrus tree branches | |
| Prof. Aharon Katzir and Prof. Ephraim Katzir | For research on polyelectrolytes and water-soluble poly-amino acids[4] | ||
| 1951 | Dr. Leah Bechovski | ||
| Prof. Joseph Gillis, Prof. Israel Dostrovsky and Prof. C.R. Liouallen | |||
| Prof. Fritz Feigl | Honorary prize for his numerous contributions to analytical chemistry research | ||
| 1952 | Dr. Hugo Boyko | ||
| Dr. Sidney Goldstein | Honorary prize for his developments in applied mathematics | ||
| Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky | |||
| Dr. Yehuda Hirschberg | For his discoveries in the field of photochromism | ||
| 1953 | Prof. David Ginsburg | Syntheses in the field of natural materials, especially the synthesis of morphine | |
| Dr. Avraham Komrov-Camron and Dr. N. Hornstein | For their research on the virulence of the rabies virus | ||
| Prof. Yoel Rakah | Honorary prize for his research in group theory and in the field of atomic and nuclear spectroscopy | ||
| 1954 | Prof. Michael Zohary | For his book Geobotany | |
| Prof. Andor Fodor | Lifetime achievement award | ||
| Prof. David Shapira | Synthesis of sphingosine | ||
| 1955 | Dr. Yosef Tzvi Yafe | Research in infrared spectroscopy | |
| Prof. Markus Reiner | Honorary prize | ||
| Dr. Harry Zvi Tabor[5] [6] | Research on the use of solar energy | ||
| 1956 | Shmuel Agmon | Research in mathematical analysis | |
| Prof. Ernst David Bergmann | For his work in the field of organic chemistry and for promoting theoretical and practical science in Israel | ||
| Dr. Ephraim Frei | Theoretical research works that led to the construction of new devices for measuring electric current | ||
| 1957 | Prof. Chaim Leib Pekeris | ||
| 1958 | Prof. Isaac Berenblum | Honorary prize for his research in experimental biology, especially on neoplastic diseases | |
| Prof. Shneior Lifson | Problems in the statistical mechanics of polymers | ||
| 1959–1960 | Dr. Yoram Avidor | The mechanism of penetration of various substances into living cells | |
| Dr. Michael Rabin | For his work in mathematical logic, including decision theory and computer theory | ||
| Prof. Gabriel Stein | The entirety of his work in the field of radiation chemistry | ||
| 1961–1962 | Dr. Pesach Hevroni | ||
| Prof. Gerhard Schmidt | |||
| Prof. Igal Talmi | |||
| 1964–1965 | Dr. Moshe Rudolf Bloch | ||
| Prof. Yuval Ne'eman | For his work in the classification of elementary particles | ||
| 1968 | Prof. Francis Krichevsky | ||
| Prof. Nathan Rosen | |||
| Prof. Shmuel Shtrikman | |||
| 1971 | Prof. Heinrich Mendelssohn | For his pioneering work in the modern research of vertebrates in Israel | |
| Prof. Alexandra Polikov-Meiber | |||
| 1973 | Prof. Haim Harari | ||
| Prof. Joshua Jortner | |||
| 1978 | Prof. Nachama Kosover and Prof. Edward Kosover | ||
| Prof. Nathan Sharon | |||
| 1979 | Prof. Raphael Levine | ||
| 1984 | Prof. Yakir Aharonov | For his research on the foundations of quantum theory and its physical-philosophical significance and for the discovery of the Aharonov-Bohm effect | |
| Prof. Solly J. Cohen | |||
| Prof. Shmuel Shaltiel | |||
| 1987 | Prof. Yoseph Imry | ||
| Prof. Avram Hershko | |||
| Prof. Adi Shamir | For innovations in applied mathematics and computer science for encryption and decryption of ciphers | ||
| 1993 | Prof. Amnon Aharony | ||
| Prof. Dan Shechtman | |||
| Prof. Zvi Lipkin | |||
| Prof. Yitzhak Steinberg | |||
| 1998 | Prof. Gideon Alexander | ||
| Prof. Zeev Luz | |||
| Prof. Joseph Klafter | |||
| Prof. Moshe Shapiro | |||
| 2005 | Prof. Hagai Netzer | For his contribution to astrophysics, especially the study of active galactic nuclei and measuring the masses of giant black holes | |
| Prof. Itamar Procaccia | For his contribution to the theory of nonlinear systems in the field of chemical physics | ||
| 2007 | Prof. Uri Cheshnovsky | ||
| Prof. Dan Tawfik | |||
| 2009 | Prof. Shlomo Havlin[7] | For his contribution to understanding dynamics in disordered systems and complex networks, and for developing models for the phenomenon of synchronization in nature. | |
| Prof. Zvi Mazeh | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | Prof. Jacob Bekenstein | For his life's work in understanding the thermodynamics of black holes and quantum gravity | |
| Prof. Yonina Eldar | For her groundbreaking work in efficient sampling in information theory | ||
| 2013 | Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob[8] | For his innovation in applying physical methods to biological communities, such as bacteria, neural networks, and tumors. And for his work characterized by out-of-the-box thinking and breaking into a new research field. | |
| Prof. Shimon Yankielowicz | For his contribution to gauge theory and supersymmetries and his work in the last decade on the duality of gauge theories and gravity theories. | ||
| 2015 | Prof. Yaron Silberberg | For his groundbreaking achievements in the study of the interaction of light and matter and quantum optics. | |
| Prof. Ilan Marek | For his exceptional achievements in developing innovative methods for the synthesis of organic compounds | ||
| 2017 | Prof. Tova Milo | ||
| Prof. Gilad Haran | |||
| 2019 | Prof. Daniella Goldfarb | ||
| Prof. Eli Zeldov | |||
| 2021 | Prof. Nirith Dudovich | For developing experimental methods and innovative theoretical frameworks for studying quantum phenomena occurring in very short time scales. | |
| Prof. Michael Elad | For his work in the field of sparse representation models for signal processing.[9] | ||
| 2023 | Prof. Asya Rolls | For her groundbreaking work in demonstrating the interactions between the brain and the immune system. | |
| Prof. Avishai Gal-Yam | For his work in the field of supernova research. |