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FERMAT PRIZE - AWARD 2011


The FERMAT PRIZE rewards research works in fields where the contributions of Pierre de FERMAT have been decisive :

* Statements of Variational Principles (and PDE's)
* Foundations of Probability and Analytical Geometry
* Number theory.

Download the rules governing the award here

The spirit of the prize is focused on rewarding the results of researches accessible to the greatest number of professional mathematicians within these fields.

The amount of the Fermat prize has been fixed at 20 000 Euros. The FERMAT prize is awarded once every two years in Toulouse ; the eleventh award will be announced in October 2009.

Winners of the preceding editions: A. Bahri, K.A. Ribet (1989) – J.-L. Colliot-Thélène (1991) – J.-M. Coron (1993) – A.J. Wiles (1995) – M. Talagrand (1997) – F. Bethuel, F. Hélein (1999) – R. L. Taylor, W. Werner (2001) – L. Ambrosio (2003) – P. Colmez, J.F. Le Gall (2005) – C. Khare (2007) - E. Lindenstrauss, C. Villani (2009).

Candidacy formalities 2011


The application file can be completed and submitted by the candidate him/herself or by a mathematician wishing to "sponsor" the candidacy of another, and who would complete the application on his/her behalf (without the candidate necessarily being aware of it).

Application :
  1. Detailed curriculum vitae and academic record of the candidate
  2. List of publications, including works not connected with application to the Prize
  3. A summary of research work which would justify the award of the Prize
  4. A handwritten statement by the candidate or sponsor attesting to the truthfulness of the material supplied, and to the authenticity of the documents and other information provided.
To back up this presentation, the following could also be appended:
- copies of work published in international journals;
- confidential opinions of personalities from the world of Mathematics as to the content, range and usefulness of the results presented by the candidate.

These documents are non-returnable.

Applications are to be sent to the organising secretariat of the Fermat Prize :
  • by mail at :   Prix Fermat de Recherche en Mathématiques
                              Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
                              Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse 3)
                              31062 Toulouse cedex 9
                              France 

Closing date for application forms : 30 June 2011