IMU Awards and Prizes

The International Union has awarded its 2006 prizes on August 22, 2006 during the Opening Ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain. Information about the winners can be found here. The next prizes will be awarded during the opening ceremony of ICM 2010 in Hyderabad, India on August 19, 2010.

The International Mathematical Union grants three Prizes:

Fields Medal	Rolf Nevanlinna Prize	Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics

IMU Prizes are awarded every four years at the Opening Ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). The Fields Medal recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement. The Rolf Nevanlinna Prize honors distinguished achievements in mathematical aspects of information science. The Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize is awarded for outstanding mathematical contributions that have found significant applications outside of mathematics.

The Fields Medal was first awarded in 1936, the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize in 1982, and the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize in 2006.

About two years in advance of an award the IMU Executive Committee appoints a Selection Committee along the lines of the Prize Statutes and the IMU By-Laws.

Nomination

• Nomination Procedures for all IMU prizes are described under "Nomination Guidelines".

Fields Medal

• Fields Medal Details
• List of Fields Medallists

Rolf Nevanlinna Prize

• Rolf Nevanlinna Prize Details
• List of winners of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize

Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize

• Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize Details
• List of winners of the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize

Prize Committee Chairs for the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010

Former Prize Committees

The Abel Prize

The Abel Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

IMU nominates members of The Abel Committee:

• The Abel Prize Details
• List of winners of the Abel Prize

The Ramanujan Prize

A new Prize for young mathematicians from developing countries has been created in the name of Srinivasa Ramanujan by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in cooperation with IMU, who nominate members of the Prize Committee. The Prize money is donated by the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund

The Prize will be awarded annually to a researcher from a developing country less than 45 years of age at the time of the award, who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country.

• The Ramanujan Prize details
• List of winners of the Ramanujan Prize