Adams Prize

The Adams Prize is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded by the University of Cambridge.[1] It is awarded each year by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and St John's College to a UK-based mathematician for distinguished research in the Mathematical Sciences.

For other uses, see Adams Prize (disambiguation).

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' controversial role in the discovery of the planet Neptune. Originally open only to Cambridge graduates, the current stipulation is that the mathematician must reside in the UK and must be under forty years of age. Each year applications are invited from mathematicians who have worked in a specific area of mathematics. As of 2012 the Adams Prize is worth approximately £14,000.[2] The prize is awarded in three parts. The first third is paid directly to the candidate; another third is paid 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, then a lecturer at the University of Nottingham for her work on number theory and elliptic curves.

Subject area
  • 2014–15: "Algebraic Geometry"
  • 2015–16: "Applied Analysis".[3]
  • 2016–17: "Statistical Analysis of Big Data".[4]
  • 2017–18: “The Mathematics of Astronomy and Cosmology” [5]
  • 2018–19: “The Mathematics of Networks” [6]

List of prize winners

The complete list of prize winners can be found on the Adams Prize webpage on the University of Cambridge's website. The following partial list is compiled from internet sources:

See also

References
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  16. "Sandu Popescu wins Adams Prize 2001". Quiprocone. 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  17. "Dr Susan Howson on Woman's Hour". BBC Radio 4. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  18. "Professor David Hobson". Warwick Department of Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  19. "Dominic Joyce awarded Adams Prize". Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011.
  20. Awards Cambridge University Reporter 26 April 2006
  21. Awards Cambridge University Reporter 23 April 2008
  22. "'Representation Theory' work wins 2009 Adams Prize". 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  23. "'Fluid Mechanics' work wins 2010 Adams Prize". 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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  25. "Adams Prize winners 2011–12 announced". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ().
  26. "Adams Prize winners 2014–15 announced". www.maths.cam.ac.uk. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  27. "Adams Prize winner 2015–16 announced". www.maths.cam.ac.uk. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  28. "Graham Cormode awarded 2017 Adams Prize". Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  29. "Adams Prize Winners 2019–20 Announced". www.maths.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  30. "Adams Prize Winners 2020–2021 Announced". www.maths.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  31. "Adams Prize Winner 2021–22". www.maths.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  32. "Adams Prize Winner 2022–23". Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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