Awards for the institute students
The Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University awards a variety of prizes to outstanding students. These awards are designed to recognize exceptional academic achievements, encourage research excellence, and support the next generation of researchers in Israel and worldwide.
The Ben Tor Award
The Shraga-Dicker Award
The Yehoshua Kolodny scholarship
The Ben Tor Award
The prestigious Ben-Tor award, granted annually by the Institute of Earth Sciences, aims to encourage research in the earth sciences and support outstanding research students in their work. A committee of researchers from various disciplines within the Institute selects the winning candidate.
Candidates for the award are doctoral students from higher education institutions in Israel and abroad.
The award ceremony takes place annually and includes a lecture by a leading international speaker.
The prize amount is 10,000 NIS, generously donated by Prof. Miriam Kastner, widow of Prof. Yaakov Ben-Tor.
List of award winners by years:
2018 Mr. Ido Sirota
2017 Dr. Shahar Shani-Kadmiel
2016 Dr. Shalev Siman-Tov
2015 Dr. Uri Ryb
2013 Dr. Yoav Rosenberg
2012 Dr. Navot Morag
2011 Dr. Onn Crouvi
2010 Dr. Adi Torfstein
2009 Dr. Yaron Beeri
2007 Dr. Uri Schattner
2006 Dr. Revital Bookman
2005 Dr. Tsafrir Levi
2004 Dr. Yuval Bartov
2003 Dr. Ari Matmon
The Shraga-Dicker Award
The Shraga-Dicker award commemorates the memory of the late Theodor Dicker and Menachem Shraga, research students at the Institute of Earth Sciences who fell during the Six-Day War. Established to encourage research in the field of geology, the award is granted annually to outstanding master's students in the discipline.
The award ceremony takes place each year around the time of the memorial service for the fallen soldiers of the Six-Day War.
The award committee comprises leading researchers from the Institute's geology department, and the award is funded by the family of Menachem Shraga and the Institute of Earth Sciences.
List of award winners by years:
The Yehoshua Kolodny scholarship
The Kolodny Scholarship Program supports outstanding students ranging from the undergraduate to the doctoral level, while also placing emphasis on increasing diversity within the student body.
The program is made possible through the generous contribution of the Kolodny family, in memory of Prof. Yehoshua Kolodny, a groundbreaking researcher, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Israel Prize laureate, and inspiring teacher.
2025 Scholarship winners:
Itai Eden, Dvir Oz, Sheila Paz, Eliaa Ghanayem, Rotem Donenfeld, Omer Cohen, Alona Kuzmenko.