Adams Prize
The Adams Prize is awarded each year by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and St John's College to a young, UK based mathematician for first-class international research in the Mathematical Sciences.
The Prize is named after the mathematician John Couch Adams. It was endowed by members of St John's College and was approved by the senate of the university in 1848 to commemorate Adams' discovery of the planet Neptune. Originally open only to Cambridge graduates, the current stipulation is that the mathematician must be resident in the UK and under 40 years of age. Each year applications are invited from mathematicians who have worked in a specific area of mathematics. As of 2010[update] it is worth approximately £13,500.[1] The prize is awarded in three parts: the first third is paid directly to the candidate, another third to the candidate's institution to fund research expenses, and the final third is paid on publication of a survey paper in the winner's field in a major mathematics journal.
The prize has been awarded to many well known mathematicians, including James Clerk Maxwell and Sir William Hodge. The first time it was awarded to a female mathematician was in 2002 when it was awarded to Susan Howson, a lecturer at the University of Nottingham for her work on number theory and elliptic curves.
The subject area for the 2012 prize will be "Computational Mathematics"[2].
List of prizewinners
There does not currently seem to be an official list of prize winners, and the following partial list is compiled from internet sources:
References
- ^ a b "'Fluid Mechanics' work wins 2010 Adams Prize". 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ "Applications for Adams Prize 2011-12". 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "Permanent Academic Staff 1870 to the present". The Mathematics Department at the University of Otago. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ Larsen, Kristine (2005). Stephen Hawking: a biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. xiv. ISBN 0-313-32392-5.
- ^ Mead, Margaret (1980). Jawaharlal Nehru memorial lectures, 1973-1979. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 157.
- ^ "B. L. N. Kennett's CV". Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ "Sandu Popescu wins Adams Prize 2001". Quiprocone. 2001. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ "Dr Susan Howson on Woman's Hour". BBC Radio 4. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ "Professor David Hobson". Warwick Department of Statistics. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Dominic Joyce awarded Adams Prize". Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. 2009-07-22.
{{cite web}}: Text "Dominic Joyce awarded Adams Prize" ignored (help) - ^ Awards Cambridge University Reporter 26 April 2006
- ^ Awards Cambridge University Reporter 23 April 2008
- ^ "'Representation Theory' work wins 2009 Adams Prize". 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ Adams Prize announcement 2010-11 Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge.
- ^ 2011 Adams Prize winner announced University of Cambridge.