English Main Publications Conferences and Seminars Study Programs Youth Programs Prizes and Grants Library Hebrew PRIZES AND GRANTS The Zalman Shazar Awards for Research in Jewish History Established in 1983, a prize is awarded to an outstanding achievement in Jewish history. The prize is granted, on the occasion of the memorial ceremony for Zalman Shazar. The Jacob Katz and Pinchas and Sheindel Wald Grants The Shazar Center annually awards two doctoral grants to students who have excelled in their studies. They are named after the distinguished historian Jacob Katz, and after Pinchas and Sheindel Waldo . .