Office of Research

The 2017 Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation

Limited Submissions

The State of Israel considers the research and development of technologies that reduce the global use of oil in transportation to be a subject of top international and national priority. The government of Israel, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, initiated the National Program to Reduce the Global Dependence on Oil, with an aim of encouraging global innovation and scientific breakthroughs in the field of alternative transportation fuels. In order to promote the goals of this initiative, "The Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation" is awarded yearly for global innovation or a scientific or technological breakthrough in the field of alternative fuels for transportation. Nominees should be actively engaged in innovative, paradigm-shifting research that is worthy of significant and widespread attention. The recipient(s) can be citizens of any country, religion or race.  The 2017 Prize of one million US dollars will be awarded by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science Technology & Space of the State of Israel in a ceremony in October 2017.

 

Nominations for this prize must come from the president, VP, deputy president, and will be coordinated by the Office of Research.

Application Instructions

1) PIs cannot self-nominate

2) anyone interested in nominating a colleague should be committed to preparing the nomination and should submit to the Office of Research:

  1. the name of the proposed nominee
  2. the nominee’s CV
  3. and a no more than one page description of why this nominee and suitable and competitive for this award

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, April 13, 2017. Nominations are due to the sponsor 5/1/17, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2017

Deadlines
04/13/2017 UW Internal Deadline Closed
04/21/2017 OSP Deadline
05/01/2017 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

State of Israel

Funding amount

$1,000,000

Maximum Number of Applications

99 (not limited, but needs to be coordinated with the OOP via ORC)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.