Iran Press/America: The annual $50,000 award will be presented to early-career, women mathematicians who have completed their PhDs within the past two years. The prize may be shared by two or more individuals.
Famed Iranian mathematician, Field's Medalist and Stanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani, tragically passed away in 2017 at the age of 40 after fighting breast cancer for several years. During her exceptionally prolific career, she made groundbreaking contributions to the theory of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces.
“We hope that the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize will help inspire young women to pursue their calling for mathematics,” said the Chair of Selection Committee for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics Richard Taylor. “Recognizing some of the many aspiring women in mathematics is a fitting tribute to the beautiful intellect of Dr. Mirzakhani.”
In early September, it was announced that the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics would be awarded to Dr. Mirzakhani’s longtime research partner, Alex Eskin, professor, University of Chicago, for his revolutionary discoveries into the dynamics on moduli spaces, including the proof of the “magic wand theorem.”
Currently, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awards the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics annually, as well as three $100,000 New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes for researchers in the first decade of their professional careers.
Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to receive the Field’s Medal in Mathematics, which is the most prestigious honor in the field of mathematics.
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