2009 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize: Call for Nominations
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Centre
de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific
Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint
CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, in
recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences.
The candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in
affiliation with a Canadian university.
The prize was established as
the CRM-Fields prize in 1994. Renamed in 2005, the 2006 and later prizes will
be awarded jointly by all three institutes. Previous recipients are H.S.M. Coxeter,
George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael
Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson,
David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann and Joel Feldman.
The selection
committee struck by the three institutes will select a recipient for the 2009
prize on the basis of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the mathematical
sciences, with excellence in research as the main selection criterion.
A monetary prize will be awarded and the recipient will be asked to present a
lecture at each of CRM, the Fields Institute, and PIMS.
Nominations should
be submitted by November 1, 2008 by at least two sponsors of recognized stature,
and should include the following elements: 3 supporting letters, curriculum vitae,
list of publications, and up to four preprints. Nominations will remain active
for two years.
Submit nominations electronically to:
CRM-Fields-PIMS
Prize
Centre de recherches mathématiques
directeur@CRM.UMontreal.CA
