The Fermat Prize rewards research work in mathematics at the highest international level in areas where Pierre de Fermat's contributions have been decisive:
* Statements of Variational Principles, or more generally partial differential equations,
* Foundations of Probability and Analytical Geometry,
* Number theory.
It is awarded every two years in Toulouse by the IMT under the aegis of the University of Toulouse.
The application file can be completed and submitted by:
· the applicant him/herself;
· or by a mathematician wishing to «sponsor» the application of another, and who would complete the application on his/her behalf (without the applicant necessarily being aware of it).
Candidates must be no older than 45 at the time of the submission of their application.
Application content:
Detailed curriculum vitae and academic record of the candidate.
List of publications, including works not connected with application to the Prize.
A summary of the research works which would justify awarding the Prize.
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 research work published in international journals;
· confidential opinions of personalities from the mathematical community as to the content, range and usefulness of the results presented by the candidate;
· names of personalities who could be directly contacted by the committee and asked to send recommendation letters for the candidate.
These documents are non-returnable.
Submission of the registration form implies unconditional acceptance of these rules by the candidate or his/her sponsor. The application must be written in French or English, excluding any other language.
Applications are to be sent to the coordinator of the Fermat Prize:
- either by email at: Prix.Fermat@math.univ-toulouse.fr
- or by mail at :
Prix Fermat de Recherche en Mathématiques
Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
Université de Toulouse
31062 Toulouse cedex 9
France
Closing date for applications to the 2025 Fermat Prize: June 30th 2025
Results: December 2025
Presentation in Toulouse, and Fermat Prize award ceremony: Spring 2026
Deadline for the reception of the manuscript for the Annales de la Faculté des Sciences de Toulouse: end of 2026
For more information, please download the english version of the rules governing the award of the Fermat Prize: regulation 2025.