ICIAM Collatz Prize

The Collatz Prize was established to provide international recognition to individual scientists under 42 years of age for outstanding work on industrial and applied mathematics. A recipient's 42nd birthday must not occur before 1st January of the year in which the prize is presented.

The prize was created on the initiative of Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik e.V. (GAMM), and first awarded in 1999. It is presently funded by GAMM.

At present the prize winner will receive an honorarium of 5000 USD, will not pay the registration fee to the congress, and will have travel and living expenses covered by the organizers.

Nominations for ICIAM Collatz Prize are currently closed

Previous winners or holders

Year	Person	More information
2023	Maria Colombo	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2023 Laudatio and Committee
2019	Sidharta Mishra	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2019 Laudatio and Committee
2015	Annalisa Buffa	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2015 Laudatio and Committee
2011	Emmanuel Candès	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2011 Laudatio and Committee
2007	Felix Otto	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2007 Laudatio and Committee
2003	Weinan E	ICIAM Collatz Prize 2003 Laudatio and Committee
1999	Stefan Müller	CICIAM (now ICIAM) Collatz Prize 1999 Laudatio and Committee

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