Notable Grantees

The BSF is known for the outstanding level of scientific research it supports, and attracts top scientists from the United States and Israel. Many partners in BSF-sponsored research have won the world’s most prestigious scientific awards.

  • Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and BSF grantee Prof. Paul Berg (Stanford).
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Prof. Elizabeth Blackburn (UCSF)
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Economics Prof. Robert Auman (Hebrew Univ.)
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Physics Prof. David J. Gross (UC Santa Barbara), alumnus of the Hebrew Univ.
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Prof. Daniel Nathans (John Hopkins Univ.)
    Profs. Arthur (left) and son Roger (right) Kornberg, Nobel Laureates in Medicine and Chemistry (respectively), and BSF grantees.
    BSF grantee, Nobel laureate in Medicine Prof. Howard Temin (Univ. of Wisconsin).
    BSF grantee, Nobel laureate in Economics Prof. Daniel Kahneman (Princeton) Hebrew University alumnus.
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    • Medicine

      Year Name Country
      2020 Prof. Charles M. Rice U.S.A U.S.A
      2017 Prof. Michael Rosbash U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2009 Prof. Elizabeth Blackburn U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2006 Prof. Andrew Fire U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. Richard Axel U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Eric R. Kandel U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1997 Prof. Stanley B. Prusiner U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1995 Prof. Eric F. Wieschaus U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1994 Prof. Alfred G. Gilman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1994 Prof. Martin Rodbell U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1990 Prof. E. Donnall Thomas U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1978 Prof. Daniel Nathans U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1975 Prof. Howard M. Temin U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1959 Prof. Arthur Kornberg U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Physics

      Year Name Country
      2012 Prof. David J. Wineland U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. David J. Gross U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. H. David Politzer U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1998 Prof. Daniel C. Tsui U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1998 Prof. Horst Stormer U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1996 Prof. Robert C. Richardson U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1981 Prof. Nicolaas Bloembergen U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. James Cronin U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1979 Prof. Steven Weinberg U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1964 Prof. Charles H. Townes U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1961 Prof. Robert Hofstadter U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Chemistry

      Year Name Country
      2023 Prof. Louis E. Brus U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2022 & 2001 Prof. Barry K. Sharpless U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2015 Prof. Aziz Sancar U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2013 Prof. Michael Levitt U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2013 Prof. Martin Karplus U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2011 Prof. Dan Shechtman Israel Israel
      2009 Prof. Ada E. Yonath Israel Israel
      2006 Prof. Roger D. Kornberg U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. Aaron J. Ciechanover Israel Israel
      2004 Prof. Avram Hershko Israel Israel
      2004 Prof. Irwin A. Rose U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Alan J. Heeger U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1998 Prof. Walter Kohn U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1996 Prof. Richard E. Smalley U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1989 Prof. Sidney Altman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1986 Prof. Dudley R. Herschbach U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1986 Prof. Yuan T. Lee U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. Paul Berg U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1972 Prof. Christian Anfinsen U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Economics

      Year Name Country
      2021 Prof. Joshua Angrist U.S.A U.S.A
      2012 Dr. Alvin E. Roth U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2005 Prof. Robert J. Aumann Israel Israel
      2002 Prof. Daniel Kahneman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Daniel L. McFadden U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Year Name Country
      2023 Prof. Avi Wigderson U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2020 Prof. Jeffrey David Ullman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Dr. Silvio Micali U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Dr. Shafi Goldwasser U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2007 Dr. Edmund Clarke U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Dr. Andrew Yao U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1996 Dr. Amir Pnueli Israel Israel
      1986 Prof. Robert Tarjan U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1985 Prof. Richard Karp U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Year Name Country
      2018 Prof. Akshay Venkatesh U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2010 Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss Israel Israel
      1994 Dr. Jean Bourgain U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1994 Prof. Efim Zelmanov U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1990 Prof. Vladimir Drinfeld U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1990 Prof. Vaughan Jones U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1982 Prof. Shing-Tung Yau U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1978 Prof. Gregory Margulis U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1978 Prof. Charles Fefferman U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Medicine

      Year Name Country
      2022 Prof. Richard O. Hynes U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2017 Prof. Douglas Lowy U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2016 Prof. Charles Rice U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2014 Prof. Mahlon DeLong U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2013 Prof. Richard Scheller U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Prof. James Spudich U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2006 Prof. Elizabeth Blackburn U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2002 Prof. James E. Darnell U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Avram Hershko Israel Israel
      2000 Prof. Aaron Ciechanover Israel Israel
      1997 Prof. Mark S. Ptashne U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1995 Prof. Jack L. Strominger U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1994 Prof. Stanley Prusiner U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1991 Prof. Y. W. Kan U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1989 Prof. Alfred G. Gilman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1987 Prof. Leroy E. Hood U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1987 Prof. Philip Leder U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1985 Prof. Joseph L. Goldstein Israel Israel
      1983 Prof. Eric R. Kandel U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1982 Prof. Roscoe O. Brady U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. Paul Berg U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. Ronald Finn U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1978 Prof. Solomon H. Snyder U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1974 Prof. Sol Spiegelman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1974 Prof. Howard M. Temin U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Mathematics

      Year Name Country
      2024 Prof. Noga Alon U.S.A./Israel U.S.A./Israel
      2020 Prof. Yakov Eliashberg U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2018 Prof. Vladimir Drinfeld U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2018 Prof. Alexander Beilinson U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2017 Prof. Charles Fefferman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2014 Prof. Peter Sarnak U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2013 Prof. Michael Artin U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Prof. Michael Aschbacher U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2010 Prof. Dennis P Sullivan U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2010 Prof. Shing-Tung Yau U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2006 Prof. Hillel Furstenberg Israel Israel
      2005 Prof. Gregory A. Margulis U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2001 Prof. Saharon Shelah Israel Israel
      1999 Prof. Elias M. Stein U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1997 Prof. Joseph B. Keller U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1992 Prof. Michael Aschbacher U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1990 Prof. Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Israel Israel

    • Medicine

      Year Name Country
      2021 Prof. Adrian Krainer U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2016 Prof. Lewis Cantley U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2008 Prof. Aharon Razin Israel Israel
      2008 Prof. Howard Cedar Israel Israel
      2005 Prof. Alexander Levitzki Israel Israel
      2001 Prof. Avram Hershko Israel Israel
      1999 Prof. Eric Kandel U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1998 Prof. Michael Sela Israel Israel
      1998 Prof. Ruth Arnon Israel Israel
      1998 Prof. Stanley B. Prusiner U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1995 Prof. Seymour Benzer U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1987 Prof. Meir Wilcheck Israel Israel
      1982 Prof. Solomon Snyder U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Physics

      Year Name Country
      2016 Prof. Yoseph Imry Israel Israel
      2003 Prof. Anthony J Leggett U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2002 Prof. Bertrand I. Halperin U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Raymond Davis, Jr. U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1999 Prof. Dan Shechtman Israel Israel
      1990 Prof. David J. Thouless U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1986 Prof. Albert Libchaber U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. Michael E. Fisher U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1980 Prof. Leo P. Kadanoff U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Agriculture

      Year Name Country
      2024 Prof. Elliot M. Meyerowitz U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2022 Prof. Pamela Ronald U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2018 Prof. Gene Robinson U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2016 Prof. Trudy Frances U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2014 Prof. Jorge Dubcovsky U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. Steven D. Tanksley U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2001 Prof. James E. Womack U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1993 Prof. John E. Casida U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1984 Prof. Robert H. Burris U.S.A. U.S.A.

    • Chemistry

      Year Name Country
      2022 Prof. Benjamin Cravatt U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2021 Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz Israel Israel
      2021 Prof. Meir Lahav Israel Israel
      2017 Prof. Robert G. Bergman U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2013 Prof. Robert Langer U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Prof. Charles Lieber U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2012 Prof. Paul Alivisatos U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2011 Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2011 Prof. Stuart Rice U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2008 Prof. Allen J. Bard U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2006 Prof. Ada Yonath Israel Israel
      2006 Prof. George Feher U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2005 Prof. Richard N. Zare U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2004 Prof. Harry B. Gray U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2001 Prof. K. Barry Sharpless U.S.A. U.S.A.
      2000 Prof. Albert F. Cotton U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1998 Prof. Gabor Somorjai U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1994 Prof. Richard A. Lerner U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1992 Prof. John A. Pople U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1991 Prof. Alexander Pines U.S.A. U.S.A.
      1988 Prof. Joshua Jortner Israel Israel
      1988 Prof. Raphael D. Levine Israel Israel
      1984 Prof. Harden M. McConnell U.S.A. U.S.A.
    Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and BSF grantee Prof. Paul Berg (Stanford).
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Prof. Elizabeth Blackburn (UCSF)
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Economics Prof. Robert Auman (Hebrew Univ.)
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Physics Prof. David J. Gross (UC Santa Barbara), alumnus of the Hebrew Univ.
    BSF grantee, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Prof. Daniel Nathans (John Hopkins Univ.)
    Profs. Arthur (left) and son Roger (right) Kornberg, Nobel Laureates in Medicine and Chemistry (respectively), and BSF grantees.
    BSF grantee, Nobel laureate in Medicine Prof. Howard Temin (Univ. of Wisconsin).
    BSF grantee, Nobel laureate in Economics Prof. Daniel Kahneman (Princeton) Hebrew University alumnus.
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