[cmath] 2008 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize: Call for Nominations

[Juris Steprans]

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The Centre de recherches mathematiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and 
the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite 
nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, in recognition of 
exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences. The 
candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in 
affiliation with a Canadian university.

The prize was established as the CRM-Fields prize in 1994. Renamed in 
2005, the 2006 and later prizes will be awarded jointly by all three 
institutes. Previous recipients are H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, 
James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William 
T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, 
David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann and Joel Feldman.

The selection committee struck by the three institutes will select a 
recipient for the 2008 prize on the basis of outstanding contributions to 
the advancement of the mathematical sciences, with excellence in research 
as the main selection criterion.

A monetary prize will be awarded and the recipient will be asked to 
present a lecture at each of CRM, the Fields Institute, and PIMS.

Nominations should be submitted by November 1, 2007 by at least two 
sponsors of recognized stature, and should include the following elements: 
3 supporting letters, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and up to 
four preprints. Nominations will remain active for two years.

Submit nominations to:
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
Fields Institute
222 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3J1
CANADA

Electronic Submissions:
CRM-Fields-PIMS-prize at fields.utoronto.ca

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