Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
The Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics is awarded biennially from Northwestern University. It was initially endowed along with a companion prize, the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, as part of a $14 million donation from the Nemmers brothers. They envisioned creating an award that would be as prestigious as the Nobel prize. To this end, the majority of the income earned from the endowment is returned to the principal in order to increase the size of the award. Even so, it is still "believed to be the largest monetary awards in the United States designated specifically for academic excellence in mathematics".[1]
Currently, the award carries a $200,000 stipend and the scholar spends several weeks in residence at Northwestern University.[2]
Recipients
Following recipients received this award:[2]
- 2018 Assaf Naor
- 2016 János Kollár [3]
- 2014 Michael J. Hopkins [4]
- 2012 Ingrid Daubechies
- 2010 Terence Tao
- 2008 Simon Donaldson
- 2006 Robert Langlands
- 2004 Mikhail Gromov
- 2002 Yakov G. Sinai
- 2000 Edward Witten
- 1998 John H. Conway
- 1996 Joseph B. Keller
- 1994 Yuri I. Manin
See also
References
- Observer Online, April 2004. http://www.northwestern.edu/observer/issues/2004-04-08/nemmers.html
- "The Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics". Northwestern University. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- Nemmers Prize 2016
- Nemmers Prize 2014