• Prof. Rachel Nechushtai – Head of committee
• Dr. Gili Greenbaum
• Prof. Eitan Lerner
• Dr. Michal Rabani

• Any Hebrew University graduate student registered in the Institute of Life Sciences at the time of publication and supervised by a faculty member of the Institute of Life Sciences.
• Applicants must be first or co-first author on the accepted paper. The papers will be assessed according to estimated novelty, creativity and expected impact of the published research, the journal's five-year impact factor and journal ranking within its field.
• Each paper may be submitted once.
• Prize winners may submit another application again after a time period of at least 12 months.
• The paper should be published before the application deadline (i.e August 20th, 2026), within the below time period (i.e., October 1^st, 2025 - July 31, 2026). No papers “in revision” or “in preparation” status will be considered. Papers that are "Accepted" or "In Press" will be considered.
• The SMART Prize committee members will not evaluate papers submitted by his/her own students in order to avoid a conflict of interests.
• The committee may decide not to award all prizes at a certain round.

All SMART applicants' names and publications will be posted on the institute website (including links to PI webpages) and Facebook page "ביולוגיה בעברית"