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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" />
The '''Clay Mathematics Institute''' ('''CMI''') is a private, non-profit [[foundation (nonprofit)|foundation]] dedicated to increasing and disseminating [[mathematics|mathematical]] knowledge.<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> It was established in 1998 through an endowment from American businessman [[Landon T. Clay]].<ref name=":0" /> The institute supports mathematical research and education through funding, programs, and publications.


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>
CMI is best known for its [[Millennium Prize Problems]], it carries out 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>


==Governance==
==Governance==
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 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|2026|May}}, 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>


==2024 updates==
==2024 updates==


===2024 Clay Research Fellows===
===2024 Clay Research Fellows===
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>
The Clay Mathematics Institute had announced that Ishan Levy and Mehtaab Sawhney had been awarded the 2024 Clay Research Fellowships. Both were completing their PhDs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and started 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>


===2024 Clay Research Conference and Workshops===
===2024 Clay Research Conference and Workshops===
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===Awards and recognitions===
===Awards and recognitions===
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}}
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}}
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===The Clay Research Award===
===The Clay Research Award===
{{main|Clay Research Award}}
{{main|Clay Research Award}}
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.
 
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]], [[Bhargav Bhatt (mathematician)|Bhargav Bhatt]], Tristan Buckmaster, Robert Burklund, [[Danny Calegari]], [[Alain Connes]], [[Nils Dencker]], Yu Deng, [[Alex Eskin]], [[David Gabai]], Søren Galatius, [[Ben J. Green|Ben Green]], Mark Gross, [[Larry Guth]], [[Christopher Hacon]], Jeremy Hahn, [[Richard S. Hamilton]], Zaher Hani, [[Michael Harris (mathematician)|Michael Harris]], Philip Isett, [[Jeremy Kahn]], [[Nets Katz]], [[Laurent Lafforgue]], [[Gérard Laumon]], Ishan Levy, Aleksandr Logunov, Eugenia Malinnikova, [[Vladimir Markovic (mathematician)|Vladimir Markovic]], [[James McKernan]], Frank Merle, Jason Miller, [[Maryam Mirzakhani]], Paul Nelson, James Newton, [[Ngô Bảo Châu]], Tuomas Orponen, [[Rahul Pandharipande]], John Pardon, [[Jonathan Pila]], [[Jean-François Quint]], Oscar Randall-Williams, Pierre Raphaël, Igor Rodnianski, Tomer Schlank, [[Peter Scholze]], [[Oded Schramm]], Scott Sheffield, Pablo Shmerkin, Bernd Siebert, [[Stanislav Smirnov]], Jérémie Szeftel, [[Terence Tao]], [[Clifford Taubes]], [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], Jack Thorne, [[Maryna Viazovska]], Vlad Vicol, [[Claire Voisin]], [[Jean-Loup Waldspurger]], Hong Wang, [[Andrew Wiles]], [[Geordie Williamson]], [[Edward Witten]], Joshua Zahl, and Wei Zhang.


==Other activities==
==Other activities==

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Clay Mathematics Institute
File:Clay-logo.PNG
Motto: Dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge
Formation1998; 28 years ago (1998)
TypeNon-profit
HeadquartersDenver, Colorado, United States
Location
President
Martin R. Bridson
Key people
Landon T. Clay
Lavinia D. Clay
Thomas Clay
Websitewww.claymath.org

The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) is a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge.[1] It was established in 1998 through an endowment from American businessman Landon T. Clay.[1] The institute supports mathematical research and education through funding, programs, and publications.

CMI is best known for its Millennium Prize Problems, it carries out activities, including conferences, workshops, summer schools, and a postdoctoral program supporting Clay Research Fellows.[2]

Governance

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 May 2026, the board is made up of members of the Clay family, whereas the scientific advisory committee is composed of Simon Donaldson, Michael Hopkins, Andrei Okounkov, Gigliola Staffilani, Andrew Wiles, and Martin R. Bridson. Bridson is the current president of CMI.[3]

2024 updates

2024 Clay Research Fellows

The Clay Mathematics Institute had announced that Ishan Levy and Mehtaab Sawhney had been awarded the 2024 Clay Research Fellowships. Both were completing their PhDs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and started their five-year fellowships on July 1, 2024.[4][5]

2024 Clay Research Conference and Workshops

The 2024 Clay Research Conference was held on October 2, 2024, at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. The conference was accompanied by workshops from September 30 to October 4, 2024. Notable workshops include:

  • New Advances in the Langlands Program: Geometry and Arithmetic
  • New Frontiers in Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics
  • The P=W Conjecture in Non Abelian Hodge Theory[6][7]

Awards and recognitions

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.[8]

Millennium Prize Problems

Main article: Millennium Prize Problems

The institute is best known for establishing the Millennium Prize Problems on May 24, 2000. These seven problems are considered by CMI to be "important classic questions that have resisted solution over the years." For each problem, the first person to solve it will be awarded US$1,000,000 by the CMI. In announcing the prize, CMI drew a parallel to Hilbert's problems, which were proposed in 1900, and had a substantial impact on 20th century mathematics. Of the initial 23 Hilbert problems, most of which have been solved, only the Riemann hypothesis (formulated in 1859) is included in the seven Millennium Prize Problems.[9]

For each problem, the Institute had a professional mathematician write up an official statement of the problem, which will be the main standard against which a given solution will be measured. The seven problems are:

Some of the mathematicians who were involved in the selection and presentation of the seven problems were Michael Atiyah, Enrico Bombieri, Alain Connes, Pierre Deligne, Charles Fefferman, John Milnor, David Mumford, Andrew Wiles, and Edward Witten.

Other awards

The Clay Research Award

Main article: Clay Research Award

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, Bhargav Bhatt, Tristan Buckmaster, Robert Burklund, Danny Calegari, Alain Connes, Nils Dencker, Yu Deng, Alex Eskin, David Gabai, Søren Galatius, Ben Green, Mark Gross, Larry Guth, Christopher Hacon, Jeremy Hahn, Richard S. Hamilton, Zaher Hani, Michael Harris, Philip Isett, Jeremy Kahn, Nets Katz, Laurent Lafforgue, Gérard Laumon, Ishan Levy, Aleksandr Logunov, Eugenia Malinnikova, Vladimir Markovic, James McKernan, Frank Merle, Jason Miller, Maryam Mirzakhani, Paul Nelson, James Newton, Ngô Bảo Châu, Tuomas Orponen, Rahul Pandharipande, John Pardon, Jonathan Pila, Jean-François Quint, Oscar Randall-Williams, Pierre Raphaël, Igor Rodnianski, Tomer Schlank, Peter Scholze, Oded Schramm, Scott Sheffield, Pablo Shmerkin, Bernd Siebert, Stanislav Smirnov, Jérémie Szeftel, Terence Tao, Clifford Taubes, Richard Taylor, Jack Thorne, Maryna Viazovska, Vlad Vicol, Claire Voisin, Jean-Loup Waldspurger, Hong Wang, Andrew Wiles, Geordie Williamson, Edward Witten, Joshua Zahl, and Wei Zhang.

Other activities

Besides the Millennium Prize Problems, the Clay Mathematics Institute supports mathematics via the awarding of research fellowships (which range from two to five years and are aimed at younger mathematicians), as well as shorter-term scholarships for programs, individual research, and book writing. The institute also has a yearly Clay Research Award, recognizing major breakthroughs in mathematical research. Finally, the institute organizes a number of summer schools, conferences, workshops, public lectures, and outreach activities aimed primarily at junior mathematicians (from the high school to the postdoctoral level). CMI publications are available in PDF form at most six months after they appear in print.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brooks, David (19 January 2016). "New Hampshire is home to a million-dollar prize in mathematics (wait – mathematics ?!?)". Concord Monitor. Steve Leone. Newspapers of New England. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Bot. "People, Clay Mathematics". www.claymath.org. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Who's Who". Clay Mathematics Institute. Archived from the original on 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  4. ↑ "2024 Clay Research Fellows". Clay Mathematics Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024 Clay Research Fellows". Clay Mathematics Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  6. ↑ "2024 Clay Research Conference and Workshops". Clay Mathematics Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "2024 Clay Research Conference and Workshops". Clay Mathematics Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  8. ↑ "News Archive". Clay Mathematics Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Arthur Jaffe's first-hand account of how this Millennium Prize came about can be read in The Millennium Grand Challenge in Mathematics.
  10. ↑ "Prize for Resolution of the Poincaré Conjecture Awarded to Dr. Grigoriy Perelman" (PDF) (Press release). Clay Mathematics Institute. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010. The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) announces today that Dr. Grigoriy Perelman of St. Petersburg, Russia, is the recipient of the Millennium Prize for the resolution of the Poincaré conjecture.

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