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The '''Clay Mathematics Institute''' ('''CMI''') is a private, non-profit [[foundation (nonprofit)|foundation]] dedicated to increasing and disseminating [[mathematics|mathematical]] knowledge. Formerly based in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]],<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=David |title=New Hampshire is home to a million-dollar prize in mathematics (wait – mathematics ?!?) |url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Archive/2016/01/scicolClaymath-cm-011916 |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=Concord Monitor |agency=Newspapers of New England |publisher=Steve Leone |date=19 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018170931/https://www.concordmonitor.com/Archive/2016/01/scicolClaymath-cm-011916 |archive-date=18 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the corporate address is now in [[Denver]], Colorado. CMI's scientific activities are managed from the President's office in [[Oxford]], United Kingdom. It gives out various awards and sponsorships to promising mathematicians. The institute was founded in 1998 through the sponsorship of Boston businessman [[Landon T. Clay]]. [[Harvard University|Harvard]] mathematician [[Arthur Jaffe]] was the first president of CMI.<ref name=":0" />

While the institute is best known for its [[Millennium Prize Problems]], it carries out a wide range of activities, including conferences, workshops, summer schools, and a [[postdoctoral]] program supporting Clay Research Fellows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bot |title=People, Clay Mathematics |url=https://www.claymath.org/people/?people_type=research-fellows&fellows_type=current&year_type=2024&pagination= |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.claymath.org}}</ref>

The institute is run according to a standard structure comprising a scientific advisory committee that decides on grant-awarding and research proposals, and a board of directors that oversees and approves the committee's decisions. {{As of|September 2024}}, the board is made up of members of the Clay family, whereas the scientific advisory committee is composed of [[Simon Donaldson]], [[Michael J. Hopkins|Michael Hopkins]], [[Andrei Okounkov]], [[Gigliola Staffilani]], [[Andrew Wiles]], and [[Martin Bridson|Martin R. Bridson]]. Bridson is the current president of CMI.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who |url=https://www.claymath.org/about/whos-who |website=Clay Mathematics Institute |access-date=2024-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917103531/https://www.claymath.org/about/whos-who/ |archive-date=2024-09-17}}</ref>

The Clay Mathematics Institute has announced that Ishan Levy and Mehtaab Sawhney have been awarded the 2024 Clay Research Fellowships. Both are completing their PhDs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will start their five-year fellowships on July 1, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Clay Research Fellows |url=https://www.claymath.org/news/2024-clay-research-fellows/ |website=Clay Mathematics Institute |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Clay Research Fellows |url=https://www.claymath.org/news/2024-clay-research-fellows/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Clay Mathematics Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>

Daniel Graham from the [[University of Surrey]] won the Gold Medal for Mathematical Sciences at the 2024 STEM for Britain competition for his work on quantum authentication methods.<ref>{{cite web |title=News Archive |url=https://www.claymath.org/news/2024-stem-for-britain |website=Clay Mathematics Institute |access-date=14 June 2024}}

In recognition of major breakthroughs in mathematical research, the institute has an annual prize – the Clay Research Award. Its recipients to date are [[Ian Agol]], [[Manindra Agrawal]], [[Yves Benoist]], [[Manjul Bhargava]], Tristan Buckmaster, [[Danny Calegari]], [[Alain Connes]], [[Nils Dencker]], [[Alex Eskin]], [[David Gabai]], [[Ben J. Green|Ben Green]], Mark Gross, [[Larry Guth]], [[Christopher Hacon]], [[Richard S. Hamilton]], [[Michael Harris (mathematician)|Michael Harris]], Philip Isett, [[Jeremy Kahn]], [[Nets Katz]], [[Laurent Lafforgue]], [[Gérard Laumon]], Aleksandr Logunov, Eugenia Malinnikova, [[Vladimir Markovic (mathematician)|Vladimir Markovic]], [[James McKernan]], Jason Miller, [[Maryam Mirzakhani]], [[Ngô Bảo Châu]], [[Rahul Pandharipande]], [[Jonathan Pila]], [[Jean-François Quint]], [[Peter Scholze]], [[Oded Schramm]], Scott Sheffield, Bernd Siebert, [[Stanislav Smirnov]], [[Terence Tao]], [[Clifford Taubes]], [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], [[Maryna Viazovska]], Vlad Vicol, [[Claire Voisin]], [[Jean-Loup Waldspurger]], [[Andrew Wiles]], [[Geordie Williamson]], [[Edward Witten]] and Wei Zhang.