• Source: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

      • The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications located at the University of Minnesota is an organization established in 1982 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States.


      Objectives


      The primary mission of the IMA is to increase the impact of mathematics by fostering interdisciplinary research and linking mathematics and scientific and technological problems from other disciplines and industry.


      Activities


      The IMA hosts long-term visitors, funds postdoctoral research positions, and holds several conferences annually. The NSF has granted the IMA $19.5 million over the period 2005–2010, the largest single mathematics grant the NSF has ever awarded. [1] [2]


      Prize in Mathematics and its Applications


      The IMA annually awards a prize to a mathematician who has received their PhD within the last 10 years. This award recognizes an individual who has made a transformative impact on the mathematical sciences and their applications.

      2019: Jacob Bedrossian
      2018: Anders C. Hansen
      2017: Jianfeng Lu
      2016: Rachel Ward and Deanna Needell
      2015: Jonathan Weare
      2014: David F. Anderson


      Organization with similar names


      Sharing a very similar name and the acronym IMA, it should not be confused with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, a professional body for mathematicians in the UK.


      References


      IMA Celebrates 20 Prodigious Years, SIAM News, October 31, 2003.
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      External links


      Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

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