Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, MIT
Established in 1963 by Laurance Rockefeller and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in honor of their sister, the late Mrs. Mauzé. (Mrs. Mauzé was a leader in the advancement of women in the professions, industry and the arts. By establishing the Chair, the family wished to further the professional education of women as well as attract more women to scientific and technological endeavors.)
Academician, Academia Sinica
AIM Fellowship, American Institute of Mathematics
Aisenstadt Chair, Center for Mathematical Research, Université de Montréal
The Chair provides for a one-week to a one-semester stay, during which the recipient gives a series of conferences on set subjects, chosen because of their relevance and impact. They are also invited to write a monograph in the CRM Monographs Series being distributed by the American Mathematical Society.
| 2016 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2006 |
Richard Stanley |
| 2002 |
George Lusztig |
This award is presented to a distinguished advisor who has raised the bar for first-year advising. This advisor believes that excellence goes beyond a fulfillment of responsibilities and expectations. The Excellence in Advising Award embodies dedication and commitment to the academic and personal success of first-year students. Presented to a faculty member who has served as an excellent advisor and mentor to first-year students and who has had a significant impact on their personal lives and academic success.
The award is given in honor of Gerald Alexanderson, Professor of Mathematics at Santa Clara University and founding chair of AIM’s Board of Trustees. The Alexanderson Award recognizes outstanding research articles arising from AIM research activities that have been published within the past three years.
These fellowships are designed to identify those who show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge.
| 2023 |
Jeremy Hahn |
| 2021 |
Dor Minzer |
| 2020 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2019 |
Andrew Lawrie |
| 2019 |
Yufei Zhao |
| 2018 |
Tristan Collins |
| 2017 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2016 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2015 |
Jörn Dunkel |
| 2013 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2011 |
Laurent Demanet |
| 2010 |
Larry Guth |
| 2010 |
Jonathan Kelner |
| 2007 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2007 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2005 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2003 |
Alexander Postnikov |
| 2000 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 1998 |
William Minicozzi |
| 1998 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 1996 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 1995 |
Michel Goemans |
| 1994 |
Alan Edelman |
| 1993 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 1985 |
David Jerison |
| 1984 |
Rodolfo Rosales |
| 1983 |
David Vogan |
| 1981 |
Victor Kac |
| 1980 |
Haynes Miller |
| 1969 |
Daniel Freedman |
| 1969 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1968 |
Steven Kleiman |
| 1966 |
Gilbert Strang |
Alston S. Householder Award
The award will be presented to the author of the best dissertation in numerical algebra submitted by the recipient of a PhD.
The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni/ae who have made distinguished contributions to their professions or chosen fields of endeavor. It represents the highest form of university recognition bestowed exclusively on alumni.
The André Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize, which recognizes outstanding research achievement by a young Canadian mathematician in pure or applied mathematics, consists of a $3,000 award and a medal.
This award recognizes exceptional early-career scientists who have performed original doctoral thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of fluid dynamics.
Andrejewski Lectures in Mathematical Physics
Established in 1992, by the Walter and Eva Andrejewski Foundation: Each year, world-renowned scholars are invited to give a lecture series on their field. The spectrum of this high profile professional events include questions of theoretical and mathematical physics, and those of pure mathematics. These events contributed significantly to the diversity and quality of scientific activities in Leipzig.
Association for Women in Mathematics Dissertation Prize
Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Northeastern Section, Mathematical Association of America
This award is made to a teacher of mathematics at the post-secondary level who has been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.
Barton L. Weller Professorship
| 2024 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2012 |
Michael Sipser |
Basic Science Lifetime Award (BSLA), International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS)
Bergmann Memorial Award, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Named for Professor E. D. Bergmann, an internationally recognized organic chemist, the award honors Bergmann for his pivotal role in establishing the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) and his service on its Board of Governors until his death in 1975. One of his special interests was the encouragement of young scientists. To honor his memory, in 1976 the Board of Governors established a special grant of $5,000 in his name that is awarded annually to promising young scientists. Candidates for the Prof. Bergmann Memorial Award are researchers of exceptional merit who are newly awarded BSF grants and who meet the Bergmann criteria of being no more than 35 years old and having received a doctoral degree within the past ten years.
Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Probability or Statistics
Berwick Prize, London Mathematical Society
The BERWICK PRIZE, also named after Professor W.E.H. Berwick, is awarded in odd-numbered years. The Berwick Prize can only be awarded to a mathematician who, on 1 January of that year is a member of the Society, is not already a Fellow of the Royal Society, and has fewer than 15 years (full time equivalent) of involvement in mathematics at post-doctoral level, allowing for breaks in continuity, or who in the opinion of the Prizes Committee is at an equivalent stage in their career. It is awarded in recognition of an outstanding piece of mathematical research actually published by the Society during the eight years ending on 31 December of year of prize.
| 2018 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2018 |
Larry Guth |
| 2018 |
Yufei Zhao |
The Bôcher Memorial prize, first awarded in 1923, is given for a notable paper in analysis published during the preceding six years by the American Mathematical Society.
| 2020 |
Larry Guth |
| 1984 |
Richard Melrose |
| 2022 |
Peter Shor |
| 2019 |
Daniel Freedman |
Brouwer Award, Division of Dynamical Astronomy of American Astronomical Society
The Brouwer Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of Dynamical Astronomy, including celestial mechanics, astrometry, geophysics, stellar systems, galactic and extra galactic dynamics. The Selection Committee seeks a wide range of award candidates differing in age, gender, nationality, occupation, field of interest, and scientific and technical contributions. The main criteria, which are not necessarily weighted equally, are (a) excellence in scientific research; (b) impact and influence in the field; (c) excellence in teaching and training of students; (d) outstanding advancement and other support of the field through administration, public service or engineering achievement.
Brouwer Medal, Dutch Mathematical Society and Royal Dutch Academy
The Brouwer Medal is awarded to a prominent mathematician once every three years during the Netherlands Mathematical Congress.
Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award, Caltech
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor the Institute bestows upon a graduate, and is in recognition of "a particular achievement of noteworthy value, a series of such achievements, or a career of noteworthy accomplishment." Selections are made by a faculty and alumni committee and confirmed by the Board of Trustees. (First awarded in 1966.)
Distribution of the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize has been a recurring annual event since the prize was initiated on brewer J.C. Jacobsen's 200th birthday in 2011. The prize is given to researchers within natural science and humanities/social science who have contributed significantly to basic research at a high international level.
| 2016 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
Cecil and Ida B. Green Career Development Professorship
Cecil and Ida B. Green Distinguished Professorship
Cecil and Ida B. Green Career Development Chair, MIT
Established in 1991 by Cecil and Ida Green, longtime friends and benefactors of the Institute (Mr. Green was a member of the class of 1923 and founder of Texas Instruments, Inc.): the Distinguished Professorship is one of nine distinguished chairs the Greens endowed at MIT. The Distinguished Professorship recognizes commitment, service and scholarship of the a senior faculty member.
A Research Fellowship Fund was established by the AMS in 1973 to provide one-year fellowships for research in mathematics. In 1988 the Fellowship was renamed to honor the AMS Centennial. The number of fellowships granted each year depends on the contributions received; the Society supplements contributions as needed. The primary selection criterion for the Centennial Fellowship is the excellence of the candidate's research. A recipient of the fellowship shall have held his or her doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award. Applications will be accepted from those currently holding a tenured, tenure track, post-doctoral, or comparable (at the discretion of the selection committee) position at an institution in North America.
Centennial Medal, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The medal is awarded to alumni who are honored for contributions to society as they have emerged from one's graduate education at Harvard. (First awarded
in 1989.)
Chaire Condorcet, Ecole Normal Superieure
Charles and Holly Housman Award for Excellence in Teaching, MIT
This award is presented to graduate student(s) in Mathematics for skill and dedication in undergraduate teaching.
| 2025 |
Jonathan Bloom |
| 2025 |
Miguel Moreira |
| 2024 |
Alex Pieloch |
| 2024 |
Jonathan Zung |
Charles Babbage Award, IEEE
The Award is given for Outstanding Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
| 2015 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2001 |
Tom Leighton |
Charles E. Reed Faculty Initiation Fund, MIT
Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Prize, MIT
Chauvenet Prize, MAA
Established in 1925, the Chauvenet Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding expository article on a mathematical topic by a member of the Mathematical Association of America.
| 2011 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 1998 |
Alan Edelman |
| 1977 |
Gilbert Strang |
Class of 1948 Career Development Chair, MIT
Class of 1954 Career Development Chair, MIT
Class of 1956 Career Development Professorship Chair
The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IT Society has been instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. Each Shannon Award winner is expected to present a Shannon Lecture at the following IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory. The first Shannon Lecturer was Claude Shannon himself.
Claude Shannon Professor of Mathematics
Established in 2009 in honor of Claude E. Shannon, considered the Father of Information Theory, on the MIT faculty from 1956-78, in support of research of a mathematics professor.
| 2019 |
Larry Guth |
| 2009 |
Bjorn Poonen |
Its aim is to foster mathematical research and the exchange of ideas by providing support for senior mathematicians who will play a central role in a topical program at an institute or university.
| 2015 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2011 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2009 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2004 |
Richard Stanley |
The Clay Research Award, first awarded in 1999, is given annually to recognize major breakthroughs in mathematical research.
| 2019 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2017 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2017 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2015 |
Larry Guth |
Clay Research Fellows are selected for their research achievements and their potential to become leaders in research mathematics. All are recent Ph.D.'s, and most are selected as they complete their thesis work. Terms range from one to five years, with most given in the upper range of this interval. Fellows are employed by the Clay Mathematics Institute, which is a U.S. charitable foundation, but may hold their fellowships anywhere in the U.S.A., Europe, or elsewhere in the world. The fellowships provide generous salary and research expenses.
The primary selection criteria for the Fellowship are the exceptional quality of the candidate's research and the candidate's promise to become a mathematical leader. Selection decisions are made by the Scientific Advisory Board based on the nominating materials described below.
| 2018 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2013 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2007 |
Davesh Maulik |
| 2001 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2001 |
Alexei Borodin |
College de France Medal
Commitment to Caring Award (C2C), Office of Graduate Education
Awarded to MIT Mathematics members for their outstanding contributions to building and strengthening our mathematics community.
| 2022 |
Edgar Costa |
| 2022 |
David Roe |
The Compositio Prize is a prize awarded every third year by the Foundation Compositio Mathematica in recognition of an outstanding piece of mathematical research that is published in the journal Compositio Mathematica during a three year period (n-4, n-3, n-2) starting four years before the year (n) in which the prize is awarded. The prize consists of a model of an algebraic surface. The Board of the Foundation will award the prize during a mathematical meeting in the Netherlands and the prize winner(s) will be invited to give a series of lectures. The jury for the prize will be appointed by the Board of the Foundation. The first prize was awarded in the autumn of 2009.
Established in 1959 by the Heineman Foundation, the Dannie Heineman prize recognizes outstanding publications in the field of mathematical physics, jointly by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics.
Named for David Eisenbud, director of MSRI, this professorship was created to support distinguished visiting professors at MSRI.
| 2016 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
This award, established in 1991, honors college or university teachers who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.
The Fulkerson Prize (first awarded in 1979) is given for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics, sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society.
| 2024 |
Yufei Zhao |
| 2000 |
Michel Goemans |
The SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics (SIAG/DM) Dénes Kénig Prize is awarded biennially to a junior researcher or junior researchers for outstanding research, as determined by the prize committee, in an area of discrete mathematics, based on a publication by the candidate(s) in a peer-reviewed journal published in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. The prize is named in honor of Dénes Kénig (1884-1944), a Hungarian mathematician and early pioneer of discrete mathematics, whose influence over the field is still being felt.
The Dickson Prize in Science is awarded annually to the person who has been judged by Carnegie Mellon University to have made the most progress in the scientific field in the United States for the year in question.
The Dirac Medal, first awarded in 1985, is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), to scientists who have made significant contributions to physics.
| 2017 |
Peter Shor |
| 1993 |
Daniel Freedman |
Distinguished Achievement Award in Technology and Humanity/Humanities, Chinese Institute of Engineers
The Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award is given by the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in recognition of a graduate of the Department who, during an outstanding career, has earned the admiration, respect and recognition of the entire scientific community.
Distinguished Professor in Science, MIT
Presented to a faculty member who has served as an excellent advisor and mentor for undergraduates and who has had a significant impact on their personal lives and academic success. The Report of the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons (October 2006) highlighted the importance of quality advising and mentoring of students and the potential impact these relationships have on student success.
| 2020 |
Ju-Lee Kim |
| 2018 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
Early Career Award, International Congress on Mathematical Physics
The prize is awarded at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics (ICMP) in recognition of a single achievement in Mathematical Physics.
Early Career Prize, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra
Established in 2017, the prize is awarded every three years to a post-PhD early career researcher for recent research contributions in the field of applicable linear algebra.
Edgerly Science Partnership Award, MIT School of Science
Edmund F. Kelly Research Award, MIT Mathematics Department
The award is given to a junior faculty member in recognition of work that applies mathematical methods to a new area, or that offers a fundamentally new perspective on a classical problem.
| 2024 |
John Urschel |
| 2022 |
Yufei Zhao |
| 2019 |
Andrew Lawrie |
| 2015 |
Jörn Dunkel |
| 2015 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2009 |
Steven Johnson |
| 2006 |
Alexander Postnikov |
| 2003 |
John Bush |
Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor, Edward A. Abdun-Nur Trust
Established by the Edward A. Abdun-Nur Trust, at the bequest of Edward A. Abdun-Nur (MIT alum, 1924).
For Outstanding Contributions to Communications Technology
Eugene Wigner Medal, Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation
The purpose of the medal is to recognize outstanding contributions to the
understanding of physics through Group Theory. Such contributions shall include, among others: the creation and development of mathematical tools that have become important in the description of physical phenomena, the application of group theoretical methods in chemistry and other sciences, the calculation of experimental numbers and formulation of general laws of nature using group and representation theoretical methods and related developments.
This award honors an advisor who is deeply invested in mentorship. This advisor understands that mentoring goes beyond giving academic advice. S/he is a role model for freshmen and is committed to the holistic growth and development of freshmen.
Faculty Partnership Award, IBM
Farkas Prize, INFORMS* Optimization Society
Awarded to a mid-career researcher for outstanding contributions to the field of optimization, over the course of their career.
*INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows
The College of Fellows – 1,500 individuals who are the outstanding bioengineers in academia, industry and government. These leaders in the field have distinguished themselves through their contributions in research, industrial practice and/or education. Most Fellows come from the United States, but there are international Fellows. The Chair of the College leads the committee that plans the overall program at AIMBE’s Annual Event, held each winter in Washington.
Fellow, American Mathematical Society
The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program (begun in 2013) recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.
| 2022 |
Peter Shor |
| 2021 |
Andrew Sutherland |
| 2019 |
Bonnie Berger |
| 2019 |
Larry Guth |
| 2019 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2019 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 2019 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2018 |
James Munkres |
| 2016 |
Ju-Lee Kim |
| 2016 |
Michael Sipser |
| 2015 |
Henry Cohn |
| 2015 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2013 |
Michael Artin |
| 2013 |
Pavel Etingof |
| 2013 |
Michel Goemans |
| 2013 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 2013 |
David Jerison |
| 2013 |
Victor Kac |
| 2013 |
Steven Kleiman |
| 2013 |
Tom Leighton |
| 2013 |
George Lusztig |
| 2013 |
Haynes Miller |
| 2013 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2013 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2013 |
Rodolfo Rosales |
| 2013 |
Paul Seidel |
| 2013 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 2013 |
Richard Stanley |
| 2013 |
Gilbert Strang |
| 2013 |
Daniel Stroock |
| 2013 |
David Vogan |
Fellow, American Physical Society
APS members are eligible for nomination and election to Fellowship. Following review by the APS Fellowship Committee, the successful candidate is elected by the APS Council. The APS Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers.
| 2009 |
John Bush |
| 1986 |
Daniel Freedman |
Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery
The ACM Fellows Program was established by Council in 1993 to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM. The ACM Fellows serve as distinguished colleagues to whom the ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership as the world of information technology evolves.
| 2020 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2019 |
Peter Shor |
| 2017 |
Michael Sipser |
| 2009 |
Michel Goemans |
| 2004 |
Bonnie Berger |
IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation.
Fellow, Institute for Mathematical Statistics
Fellow, International Society for Computational Biology
Fellow, Royal Society
The Society's foundation is its Fellowship, which is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Each year, the Fellows elect 44 new Fellows and eight new Foreign Members, chosen for their scientific achievements - an honour that is regarded as the highest accolade a scientist can receive next to a Nobel Prize.
Fermat Prize, Toulouse Mathematics Institute
Ferry Fund for Innovation in Research Education, MIT
| 2008 |
Steven Johnson |
| 1999 |
John Bush |
This award celebrates the outstanding contributions of first year advisors.
| 2019 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2019 |
Yufei Zhao |
| 2018 |
Peter Kempthorne |
Foreign Member, Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wettenschappen
Foreign Member, Norwegian Academy of Arts and Letters
Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
Frank E. Perkins Award, MIT
This award is presented to a faculty member who demonstrates unbounded compassion and dedication towards students.
| 2023 |
Philippe Rigollet |
| 2018 |
Pavel Etingof |
| 2015 |
Pavel Etingof |
The Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra, first awarded in 1928, is given for a notable paper in algebra published during the preceding six years in a recognized North American journal, given by the American Mathematical Society.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation, as listed in point 2 of these call conditions.
An FSA is awarded to a recent paper, recognized for a major breakthrough in its field.
| 2024 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2024 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2023 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
Fund for Research in Computers & Communications, NEC Corporation
| 2009 |
Laurent Demanet |
| 2007 |
Jonathan Kelner |
George B. Dantzig Prize, Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
The George B. Dantzig Prize is awarded ever three years to one or more individuals for original research which by its originality, breadth, and depth is having a major impact on the field of mathematical optimization. The Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) administers the prize and it is awarded jointly by MOS and SIAM.
George Lusztig PRIMES Mentorships, MIT
| 2024 |
Felix Gotti |
| 2015 |
Yufei Zhao |
The George Pólya Prize, established in 1969, is given every two years for outstanding work in combinatorics and discrete mathematics, by the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Gold Medal of UVT, West University of Timișoara
The Gordon Bell Prizes of the Association for Computing Machinery are awarded each year to recognize outstanding achievement in high-performance computing. The purpose of the award is to track the progress over time of parallel computing, with particular emphasis on rewarding innovation in applying high-performance computing to applications in science. Prizes are awarded for peak performance as well as special achievements in scalability and time-to-solution on important science and engineering problems and low price/performance.
Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, MIT
The Graduate Teaching awards are presented each year to a faculty member and/or a teaching assistant from each school for excellence in teaching graduate courses.
| 2006 |
Haynes Miller |
| 2003 |
Michael Sipser |
| 1987 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1986 |
Gilbert Strang |
Graduate Thesis Award Gold Prize, ICCM
Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, MIT
Established in 1982, the Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award recognizes a junior faculty member for exceptional distinction in teaching and research.
The Prize was created in 1997 to recognize young people of exceptional promise who have made outstanding contributions in mathematical physics, and contributions which lay the groundwork for novel developments in this broad field.
The prize is awarded every three years at the International Mathematical Physics Congress and in each case, is an award to three individuals...
| 2024 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2015 |
Alexei Borodin |
Established by the Henry Adams Morss Jr. Trust.( Peter Shor is the inaugural recipient.) [Mr. Morss graduated from MIT in 1894, and his son received the PhD in physics in 1934.]
Honorary Doctorate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Honorary Doctorate, Nebraska-Weslayan University
Honorary Doctorate, Ohio State University
Honorary Doctorate, University of Antwerp
Honorary Doctorate, University of Copenhagen
Honorary Doctorate, University of Hamburg
Honorary Doctorate, University of Waterloo
Honorary Doctorate, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Honorary Fellowship, Swansea University, Wales
Honorary Member, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
| 1998 |
Victor Kac |
| 1995 |
Michael Artin |
Honorary Professor, University of Copenhagen
| 2006 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
Honorary Professorship, Nankai University
The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.
Award winners are invited to spend a period of up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues at a research institution in Germany. The stay may be divided up into blocks.
The Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards annually.
ICS Prize, INFORMS Computing Society
The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize is an annual award for the best English language paper or group of related papers dealing with the Operations Research/Computer Science interface. The award is accompanied by a certificate and a $1,000 honorarium.
The Information Theory Society Paper Award is given annually for an outstanding publication in the fields of interest to the Society appearing anywhere during the preceding four calendar years.
The purpose of the Information Theory Paper Award is to recognize exceptional publications in the field and to stimulate interest in and encourage contributions to fields of interest of the Society. The Award consists of an appropriately worded certificate(s) and an honorarium of $1,000 for a paper with a single author, or an honorarium of $2,000 equally split among multiple authors. To be eligible, the paper must have appeared in the preceding four (4) calendar years.
| 2017 |
Peter Shor |
| 2010 |
Peter Shor |
Inductee, National Inventors Hall of Fame
Infinite Expansion Award, School of Science
The Infinite Kilometer Awards were created in 2012 to highlight the contributions of postdoctoral scholars and research scientists. Award recipients are not only exceptional scientists, but they also show deep commitment to junior colleagues, participating in our educational programs, working with the MIT Postdoctoral Association, or contributing some other way to the Institute.
Our award winners go the extra mile and beyond to make MIT a better place, whether that’s by mentoring fellow community members, innovating new solutions to problems big and small, building their communities, or going far above and beyond their job description to support the goals of their home departments, labs, and research centers.
| 2020 |
Slava Gerovitch |
| 2019 |
Tanya Khovanova |
International Quantum Communication Award
The International Quantum Communication Award is an award given every two years since 1996 in the framework of the International Conference on Quantum Communication, Quantum Measurement and Quantum Computer for pioneering contributions in theoretical and experimental physics. The award is presented by a prize committee of Tamagawa University, Tokyo and is endowed with 250,000 yen each, which corresponds to about 1,600 euros (exchange rate of August 20, 2007).
Invited Talk, Intern. Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)
Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education, MIT
The Irwin Sizer Award is presented to any member or group in the Institute community to honor significant innovations and improvements to MIT education. The award is named in honor of Irwin W. Sizer, Dean of the Graduate School from 1967-1975.
| 2020 |
Gilbert Strang |
| 2016 |
Tom Leighton |
| 2016 |
Michael Sipser |
The Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award recognizes members of the computational biology community who are more than 15 years post-degree and have made major contributions to the field of computational biology through research, education, service, or a combination of the three.
James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award
Established in 1971 as a tribute to MIT's 10th president, the Killian Award recognizes extraordinary professional accomplishment by an MIT faculty member, providing opportunity to lecture to the MIT community.
The Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to those who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
| 2019 |
David Jerison |
| 2017 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 2011 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2010 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2007 |
Michel Goemans |
| 1992 |
Richard Melrose |
| 1987 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1986 |
Victor Kac |
| 1983 |
Richard Stanley |
| 1982 |
George Lusztig |
| 1979 |
Steven Kleiman |
| 1978 |
Daniel Stroock |
| 1973 |
Daniel Freedman |
| 1970 |
Hung Cheng |
John von Neumann Medal, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics
The John von Neumann Medal is the highest award given by the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM). It honors individuals who have made outstanding, sustained contributions in the field of computational mechanics generally over periods representing substantial portions of their professional careers. The medal is normally awarded every two years at the time of the National Congress of the Association.
Established in 2003, this AMS prize recognizes "a single, relatively recent, outstanding research book that makes a seminal contribution to the research literature, reflects the highest standards of research exposition, and promises to have a deep and long-term impact in its area."
| 2023 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2011 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
Sponsored by the Faisal Foundation, the King Faisal International Prize, given annually, rewards dedicated men and women whose contributions make a positive difference: those who exceptionally serve Islam and Muslims, and the scientists and scholars whose research results in significant advances in specific areas that benefit humanity. This incentive also encourages expanded research that may lead to important medical and scientific breakthroughs.
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Career Development Chair, MIT
The KDD chair was established in 1983 by the Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, in order to promote teaching and research in communications and technology, and to further cultural and intellectual exchange between Japan and the U.S.
Leighton Family Professor of Mathematics, Leighton Family Fund
Established in 2007 by the Leighton Family Fund, in support of research of an MIT mathematics professor in algorithms, theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, or networking, with a preference for female faculty.
| 2017 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2007 |
Michel Goemans |
Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics, AMS
The Leonard Eisenbud prize honors works published in the preceding six years that brings mathematics and physics closer together. This prize is named after the mathematical physicist Leonard Eisenbud (and father of David Eisenbud). Jason and Scott are awarded the prize "for their monumental series of papers on Liouville Quantum Gravity".
The Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement is awarded for the cumulative influence of the total mathematical work of the recipient, high level of research over a period of time, particular influence on the development of a field, and influence on mathematics through Ph.D. students.
| 2022 |
Richard Stanley |
| 2015 |
Victor Kac |
| 2008 |
George Lusztig |
| 2003 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 2002 |
Michael Artin |
The Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition is awarded for a book or substantial survey or expository research paper.
The Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research is awarded for a paper, whether recent or not, that has proved to be of fundamental or lasting importance in its field, or a model of important research.
| 2023 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2022 |
Michel Goemans |
| 1996 |
Daniel Stroock |
Sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Lester R. Ford Prize, MAA
Established in 1964 by the Mathematical Association of America, the Lester R. Ford Prize recognizes authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly or Mathematics Magazine.
| 2005 |
Henry Cohn |
| 2005 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2005 |
Gilbert Strang |
"This prize was established in 2000 in honor of Levi L. Conant to recognize the best expository paper published in either the Notices of the AMS or the Bulletin of the AMS in the preceding five years."
| 2018 |
Henry Cohn |
| 2011 |
David Vogan |
The Marconi Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of communications for the benefit of mankind through scientific or technological discoveries. Recipients of the Marconi Prize are designated Marconi Fellows and are expected to pursue further creative work that will add to the understanding and development of communications technology.
Beginning in 1992, the MacVicar Fellowship recognizes MIT faculty who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to the teaching and education of undergraduates at MIT.
Each spring, the Fellows sponsor MacVicar Day - MIT's annual recognition of undergraduate education.
| 2021 |
Larry Guth |
| 2016 |
Michael Sipser |
| 2005 |
Haynes Miller |
| 2004 |
David Jerison |
The Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award is given to a woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research within the purview and interest of the Biophysical Society.
Mark Hyman Jr. Career Development Chair, MIT
formerly the NAS Award in Mathematics
MathWorks Professor of Mathematics
| 2023 |
Jörn Dunkel |
| 2011 |
Gilbert Strang |
Member, Accademia Nationale dei Lincei
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Academy membership encompasses over 4,000 Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members and reflects the full range of disciplines: mathematics, the physical and biological sciences, medicine, the social sciences and humanities, business, government, public affairs, and the arts. Among its Fellows are more than 200 Nobel Prize laureates and 50 Pulitzer Prize winners.
| 2025 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2024 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2023 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2022 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2021 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2018 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2018 |
Larry Guth |
| 2016 |
Pavel Etingof |
| 2015 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2014 |
Paul Seidel |
| 2014 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 2013 |
Bonnie Berger |
| 2012 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2011 |
Peter Shor |
| 2009 |
Michael Sipser |
| 2008 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2007 |
Victor Kac |
| 2007 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2003 |
Tom Leighton |
| 1999 |
David Jerison |
| 1996 |
David Vogan |
| 1991 |
George Lusztig |
| 1991 |
Daniel Stroock |
| 1988 |
Richard Stanley |
| 1986 |
Daniel Freedman |
| 1986 |
Richard Melrose |
| 1985 |
Gilbert Strang |
| 1983 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1983 |
Harold Stark |
| 1974 |
Herman Chernoff |
| 1974 |
Alar Toomre |
| 1973 |
Daniel Kleitman |
| 1969 |
Michael Artin |
Member, American Philosophical Society
An eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, the American Philosophical Society promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, support of young scholars, publications, library resources, a museum and community outreach. This country's first learned society, the APS has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life for over 250 years.
Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member, National Academy of Engineering
| 2020 |
Peter Shor |
| 2004 |
Tom Leighton |
Member, National Academy of Sciences
| 2025 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2024 |
Daniel Kleitman |
| 2021 |
Daniel Freedman |
| 2021 |
Larry Guth |
| 2021 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 2020 |
Bonnie Berger |
| 2015 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2013 |
Victor Kac |
| 2013 |
David Vogan |
| 2009 |
Gilbert Strang |
| 2008 |
Tom Leighton |
| 2007 |
Harold Stark |
| 2002 |
Peter Shor |
| 1995 |
Richard Stanley |
| 1995 |
Daniel Stroock |
| 1992 |
George Lusztig |
| 1985 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1983 |
Alar Toomre |
| 1980 |
Herman Chernoff |
| 1977 |
Michael Artin |
Member, Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters
| 2006 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 1992 |
Steven Kleiman |
The Micius Quantum Prize is dedicated for promoting the quantum information science and technology research.
The Mikhail Gordin prize, offered jointly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the European Mathematical Society (EMS), is awarded to a mathematician working in probability or dynamical systems, with preference given to early career mathematicians from or professionally connected to an Eastern European country.
Miller Research Fellowship, The Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science
The Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science invites department chairs and faculty advisors to assist the faculty scientists at the University of California at Berkeley by nominating candidates for Miller Research Fellowships in the basic sciences. The Miller Institute seeks to discover and encourage individuals of outstanding talent, and to provide them with the opportunity to pursue their research on the Berkeley campus. Fellows are selected on the basis of their academic achievement and the promise of their scientific research. Each Miller Fellow is hosted by an academic department on the Berkeley campus and performs his or her research in the facilities provided by the host UC Berkeley academic department. (Faculty Host Information) The Fellowships are intended for brilliant young women and men of great promise who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, the doctoral degree. A nominee cannot hold a paid or unpaid position on the Berkeley campus at the time of nomination or throughout the competition and award cycle.
Miller Research Professorship, The Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science
The purpose of the Professorship is to release members of the faculty from teaching and administrative duties and allow them to pursue research. Appointees are encouraged to follow promising leads that may develop in the course of their research effort whether or not they fall within the original research outline.
The Professorships are available only to members of the faculties of the University of California, but are not restricted to members of the Berkeley campus. It is, however, required that research be conducted on the Berkeley campus. Applicants who are not members of the Berkeley faculty should seek sponsorship of an academic department at Berkeley before making an application and need to submit endorsement letters from the Berkeley campus Department Chair as well as their Home campus Department Chair.
The Teaching with Digital Technology Awards are student-nominated awards for instructors who have effectively used digital technology to improve teaching and learning at MIT. The goal is to recognize instructors for their innovations and to give the MIT community the opportunity to learn from their practices. The awards are co-sponsored by Open Learning and the Office of the Vice Chancellor.
| 2025 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2022 |
Steven Johnson |
| 2020 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2020 |
Jonathan Kelner |
MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs, MIT Office of Digital Learning
| 2017 |
David Jerison |
| 2017 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
The Morningside Medal of Mathematics is awarded to exceptional mathematicians of Chinese descent under the age of forty-five for their seminal achievements in mathematics and applied mathematics. The winners of the Morningside Medal of Mathematics are traditionally announced at the opening ceremony of the triennial International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. Each Morningside Medalist receives a certificate, a medal, and cash award of US$25,000 for a gold medal, or US$10,000 for a silver medal.
| 2019 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 2016 |
Wei Zhang |
Morningside Silver Medal of Mathematics, International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians
The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.
A Committee of 12 scientists and engineers is appointed by the President to evaluate the nominees for the Award.
National Order, President of Romania
National Young Investigator Award, NSF
NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship
$100,000 award that recognizes the achievements of young scientists
| 2021 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2018 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 2018 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2016 |
Larry Guth |
NIH Director's Margaret Pittman Lecture for Outstanding Scientific Achievement & Lectureship, National Institute of Health
Norbert Wiener Professor of Mathematics
Named after Norbert Wiener, one of the major figures in mathematics in the 20th century and a member of the Mathematics Faculty.
| 2021 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2014 |
David Vogan |
| 1999 |
George Lusztig |
| 1994 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 1987 |
Michael Artin |
Norman Levinson Professor of Applied Mathematics, James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund
Established by the James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund in 1999, in honor of Institute Professor Norman Levinson, who served on the mathematics faculty from 1937-1975 (Department Head 1968-71).
| 2014 |
Paul Seidel |
| 2010 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2000 |
Richard Stanley |
Norman Levinson Professorship
CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.
| 2021 |
Yufei Zhao |
| 2019 |
Nike Sun |
| 2018 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2015 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2015 |
Philippe Rigollet |
| 2013 |
Laurent Demanet |
| 2009 |
Jonathan Kelner |
| 2007 |
Alexander Postnikov |
| 2007 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2006 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2002 |
John Bush |
| 1996 |
Michel Goemans |
| 1995 |
Bonnie Berger |
| 1995 |
Alan Edelman |
The Society for Industrial and Applied Matheamtics Activity Group on Optimization (SIAG/OPT) Prize, established in 1992, is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, on a topic in optimization published in English in a peer-reviewed journal.
| 1999 |
Michel Goemans |
| 1996 |
Michel Goemans |
Established in 1961 by the American Mathematical Society, the Oswald Veblen Prize is awarded in recognition of a notable research memoir in geometry or topology published in the preceding six years.
| 2010 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2010 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2010 |
Paul Seidel |
| 2007 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
In 1988, the Foundation established the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering to allow the nation's most promising professors to pursue science and engineering research early in their careers with few funding restrictions and limited paperwork requirements. Every year, the Foundation invites the presidents of 50 universities to nominate two professors each from their institutions. Nominations are reviewed by an advisory panel of distinguished scientists and engineers. The panel then selects 16 Fellows to receive individual awards of $875,000, payable over five consecutive years.
| 2019 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2016 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2013 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 1998 |
Bjorn Poonen |
The Peter Henrici Prize is awarded jointly by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule-Zürich (ETHZ) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The prize is awarded for original contributions to applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and scientific computing. The award is intended to recognize broad and extended contributions to these subjects, more than a single outstanding work.
Presburger Award for Young Scientists, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS)
The Presburger Award is awarded by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) to a young scientist for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science, documented by a published paper or a series of published papers. The award is named after Mojżesz Presburger who accomplished his path-breaking work on decidability of the theory of addition (which today is called Presburger arithmetic) as a student in 1929.
The highest distinction awarded by the government of the United States to scientists and engineers beginning their careers.
The Presidential Young Investigator Award is now the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE)
| 1985 |
David Jerison |
| 1983 |
Tom Leighton |
(The European Mathematical Society was founded in 1990.)
The EMS Prizes were established by the European Mathematical Society. They are meant to recognize excellent contributions in Mathematics by young researchers not older than 32 years. The prizes are presented every four years at the European Congresses of Mathematics.
The prize committee is appointed by the EMS. It consists of about fifteen internationally recognized mathematicians covering a large variety of fields.
| 2020 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2008 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2000 |
Paul Seidel |
Prize of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical Society
The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program annually selects and supports 50 leading artists and scholars who have both exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments.
| 2013 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2009 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
The prize was established in 1986 in memory of Richard C. DiPrima, who served SIAM for many years and in 1979–1980 as SIAM President. It aims to recognize an early career researcher in applied mathematics and is based on the doctoral dissertation.
Robert E. Collins Distinguished Scholar, MIT Mathematics Department
| 2020 |
Jörn Dunkel |
| 2012 |
Pavel Etingof |
| 2007 |
David Vogan |
| 2006 |
Michel Goemans |
Rockwell International Career Assistant Professorship, Rockwell International Corporation Trust
Rockwell International Career Development Chair, MIT
The Rockwell Profesship was endowed in 1985 by the Rockwell International Corporation Trust to recognize junior faculty with special promise.
The Rolf Nevanlinna Prize is awarded once every 4 years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences including:
1. All mathematical aspects of computer science, including complexity theory, logic of programming languages, analysis of algorithms, cryptography, computer vision, pattern recognition, information processing and modelling of intelligence.
2. Scientific computing and numerical analysis. Computational aspects of optimization and control theory. Computer algebra.
The Rolf Nevanlinna Prize Committee is chosen by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union.
The Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequest of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986). There are four prizes decided by committees of three of the Swedish Royal Academies. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decides the Mathematics Prize.
Rollo Davidson Award, Rollo Davidson Trust
The Trust was founded in 1975 in memory of Rollo Davidson, an accomplished mathematician of remarkable potential, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who died on the Piz Bernina in 1970. Initial funding from the Trust came from the royalties of two collections of papers published in 1973/74 by friends and colleagues of Rollo. The Trust has benefited from the continuing association with the Davidson family. Further details of the Rollo Davidson Trust can be found at www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Rollo/index.html.
| 2017 |
Nike Sun |
| 2006 |
Scott Sheffield |
Rosenbaum Fellowship, Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation
The Rosenbaum Foundations were founded in 1982 by Gabriella Rosenbaum and her daughters.
...a primary mission of the Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation has been support for basic research in the mathematical sciences. Foundation grants have gone to key researchers whose broad and deep knowledge of their fields also illuminates neighboring and even distant disciplines.
The Foundation extended U.S. participation in the establishment, in 1992, of Great Britain's first national research institute for the mathematical sciences. Rosenbaum Visiting Fellowships, offered (1992 - 2000) on a competitive basis to American post-doctoral scholars, enabled substantial U.S. scholarly participation in all Newton Institute programs. Work in topics such as Low-Dimensional Topology and Quantum Field Theory; Dynamo Theory; Epidemic Models; Biomolecular Function and Evolution in the Context of the Genome Project; etc . rapidly advanced the Newton Institute to its present world leadership status.
RSA Professor of Mathematics
Sackler Fellowship, IHES (Institut Hautes Etudes Scientifique)
Salem Prize
The Salem Prize, in memory of Raphael Salem, is awarded every year to a young mathematician judged to have made outstanding contributions to the field of analysis.
| 2018 |
Aleksandr Logunov |
| 2014 |
Larry Guth |
Sarojini Damodaran Fellowship, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
The Sarojini Damodaran Fellowship awarded by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) started in 2000 and continued till 2010. Eminent scientists were invited to TIFR to deliver lectures, the most prominent one being Stephen Hawking.
SASTRA RAMANUJAN PRIZE, The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology (SASTRA) Research Acadmey
The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, Research Academy (SASTRA), based in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India, has instituted the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize of $10,000 to be given annually to a mathematician not exceeding the age of 32 for outstanding contributions in an area of mathematics influenced by the late Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The age limit has been set at 32 because Ramanujan achieved so much in his brief life of 32 years. The prize will be awarded each year at an international conference conducted by SASTRA in Kumbakonam, Ramanujan's hometown, around Ramanujan's birthday, December 22.
| 2012 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 2010 |
Wei Zhang |
For recently tenured professors with remarkable track records doing interdisciplinary research, the Schmidt Futures Foundation award include large grants to explore a “substantive disciplinary shift” soon after achieving tenure.
| 2018 |
Ankur Moitra |
| 2015 |
Larry Guth |
| 1994 |
Victor Guillemin |
| 2024 |
Henry Cohn |
| 2018 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2014 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2013 |
Jonathan Kelner |
| 1995 |
Michael Artin |
| 1987 |
Alar Toomre |
| 1984 |
James Munkres |
School of Science: Dean's Educational & Student Advising Award, MIT
| 2004 |
Michel Goemans |
| 2003 |
Michael Artin |
| 2003 |
Michael Sipser |
Science Partnership Award, State Street Fund
Selfridge Prize, Number Theory Foundation
Established by the Number Theory Foundation in honor John Selfridge, who made numerous contributions to mathematics: the Selfridge Prize is given to those individuals who have authored the best paper accepted for presentation at the Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS). The prize is normally awarded every two years in an even numbered year. The prize winner(s) will receive a cash award and a certificate. The successful paper will be selected by the ANTS Program Committee. (wikipedia)
Sherman M. Fairchild Fellowship, Caltech
| 1985 |
Richard Stanley |
| 1983 |
Harvey Greenspan |
The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG/LA) Prize, established in 1987, is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in applicable linear algebra published in English in a peer-reviewed journal.
SIAM Fellow, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the SIAM Fellows Class of 2009 and the inauguration of the SIAM Fellows Program. Fellowship is an honorific designation conferred on members distinguished for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science.
| 2013 |
Michel Goemans |
| 2011 |
Alan Edelman |
| 2009 |
Michael Artin |
| 2009 |
Tom Leighton |
| 2009 |
Gilbert Strang |
Beginning in 1999, SIAM awards three prizes each year for outstanding papers published in SIAM journals. The Prize Committee seeks papers that exhibit originality - for example, papers that bring a fresh look at an existing field or that open up new areas of applied mathematics.
Established in 1992 in memory of Sidney Fernbach, one of the pioneers in the development and application of high-performance computers for the solution of large computational problems. A certificate and $2,000 are awarded for outstanding contributions in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches.
| 2017 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2017 |
Andrew Sutherland |
The Simons Fellows programs in both Mathematics and Theoretical Physics provide funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave from classroom teaching and administrative obligations.
| 2024 |
Semyon Dyatlov |
| 2023 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2021 |
George Lusztig |
| 2020 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2019 |
Victor Kac |
| 2018 |
David Jerison |
| 2017 |
Tobias Holck Colding |
| 2017 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2017 |
Gigliola Staffilani |
| 2017 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2016 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2015 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2014 |
Roman Bezrukavnikov |
| 2014 |
George Lusztig |
| 2014 |
Scott Sheffield |
| 2012 |
Victor Kac |
Simons Investigator, Simons Foundation
| 2023 |
Davesh Maulik |
| 2022 |
Wei Zhang |
| 2020 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2020 |
Zhiwei Yun |
| 2019 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2016 |
Bjorn Poonen |
| 2014 |
Larry Guth |
| 2012 |
Paul Seidel |
Simons Professor of Mathematics, James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund
Established by the James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund in 1996, to recognize outstanding achievements in mathematics, continued commitment to excellence in education and research, and service to the mathematics department.
| 2016 |
Bonnie Berger |
| 2006 |
Richard Melrose |
Simons Research Visiting Professor, MSRI
These positions are reserved for distinguished researchers who will be making key contributions to their programs including the mentoring of postdoctoral fellows.
Singer Professor of Mathematics, James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund
Established by the James and Marilyn Simons Professorship Fund in 1999, in honor of Institute Professor Isadore Singer, who served on the mathematics faculty from 1956-2010, recipient of many mathematical distinctions, including the the Abel Prize in 2004. Formerly named the Simons Distinguished Professor of Mathematics until Professor Singer’s retirement, it was renamed in 2010.
| 2017 |
William Minicozzi |
| 2007 |
Tomasz Mrowka |
| 2002 |
Daniel Stroock |
The Bergman Prize honors the memory of Stefan Bergman, best known for his research in several complex variables, as well as the Bergman projection and the Bergman kernel function that bear his name. Awards are made every year or two in: 1) the theory of the kernel function and its applications in real and complex analysis; or 2) function-theoretic methods in the theory of partial differential equations of elliptic type with attention to Bergman's operator method.
Su Buchin Prize, ICIAM
The Su Buchin Prize was established to provide international recognition of an outstanding contribution by an individual in the application of Mathematics to emerging economies and human development, in particular at the economic and cultural level in developing countries, sponsored by the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Test of Time Award, Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS)
| 2024 |
Elchanan Mossel |
| 2024 |
Peter Shor |
| 2024 |
Michael Sipser |
The Future of Science Award, MIT School of Science
The Future of Science Fund, generously seeded by alumni Jake Xia PhD '92, Jen Lu '90 SM '91, Amy Wong ’90, Brad Hu ’84, Senad Prusac ’90, Bill Park ’93, and parents and donors Marina Chen and Chi-Fu Huang, provides unrestricted funds to support School of Science faculty and students.
The Gödel Prize
The Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science is sponsored jointly by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM-SIGACT). This award is presented annually, with the presentation taking place alternately at the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP) and the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC). The sixteenth presentation will take place during ICALP 2008 , Reykjavik, Iceland, July 6 to 13, 2008. The Prize is named in honor of Kurt Gödel in recognition of his major contributions to mathematical logic and of his interest, discovered in a letter he wrote to John von Neumann shortly before Neumann's death, in what has become the famous "P versus NP" question.
The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.
| 1999 |
Peter Shor |
| 1984 |
Alar Toomre |
The Loeve Prize, formally The Line and Michel Loeve International Prize in Probability is awarded every two years. It is intended to recognize outstanding contributions by researchers in probability who are under 45 years old.
| 2015 |
Alexei Borodin |
| 2011 |
Scott Sheffield |
The Shaw Prize, The Shaw Prize Foundation in Hong Kong: Established under auspices of Mr. Run Run Shaw
The Shaw Prize is an international award to honor individuals currently active in their respective fields, who have recently achieved distinguished and significant advances, have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, or who in other domains have achieved excellence.
Top 100 Innovators under 35, Technology Review
Established in 1999 as the TR100, the TR35 list recognizes 35 outstanding innovators under the age of 35 each year. The goal is to recognize the development of new technology or the creative application of existing technologies to solve problems.The awards span a wide range of fields, including biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, energy, transportation, and the Internet. Individuals are selected whose superb technical work holds great promise to shape the next decades.
Top Ten Innovators for 21st Century, U.S. News and World Reports
The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) is the Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award and supports basic research with the potential for transformative impact. As a 5-year fellowship with up to $3 million in funding, the VBFF supports new, out-of-the box ideas where researcher creativity intersects with the unknown. Vannevar Bush Fellows represent a cadre of experts that provide invaluable direction to the DoD in its scientific efforts and also train the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Since 1978, five or six prizes have been awarded annually in the Sciences. Prize fields comprise: AGRICULTURE, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE and PHYSICS. In the Arts, the prize rotates annually among ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, PAINTING and SCULPTURE.
| 2022 |
George Lusztig |
| 2013 |
Michael Artin |
Wolfgang Doeblin Prize, Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
The prize is to honor the scientific work of Wolfgang Doeblin and to recognize and promote outstanding work by researchers at the beginning of their mathematical careers in the field of Probability.
Introduced in 1985, the ONR YIP is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective science and technology basic research programs. Its purpose is to fund early-career academic researchers—called investigators—whose scientific pursuits show outstanding promise for supporting the Department of Defense, while also promoting their professional development.
