Lt. Col. Meir and Rachel Tshetshik Prize for Strategic Studies on Israel's Security 2008

The Institute for National Security Studies invites submission of books and original research for the annual Tshetshik Prize for Studies on Israeli Security. We will consider only studies that have not yet been published, or that have been published since January 2006. The study must be on a topic that is directly related to Israel's national security challenges. M.A. and doctoral theses will be considered only if they have been formally approved by the appropriate authorities (graduate schools, committees for degree approval) at the university to which they were submitted.

Value of the prize: 40,000 NIS

Those interested in having their books or research considered for the prize should submit three printed copies of the study by May 31, 2008. No electronic submission will be accepted, and studies submitted after this date will not be considered by the committee. Along with the study, applicants are requested to attach a letter to the committee addressing the following issues:

1. The subject of the work and the areas covered by it
2. The relationship to Israel's national security issues
3. The context in which this study was written
   (e.g., doctoral dissertation, M.A. thesis, independent research, etc.)

 The prize ceremony will take place in 2009.

Submissions should be sent to the following address: