The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications located at the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
is an organization established in 1982 by the
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...
(NSF) of the United States.
Mission
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
A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). The ultimate goal of a postdoctoral research position is to pu ...
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
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.Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian 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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Mathematical institutes
University of Minnesota
Research institutes established in 1982
Research institutes in Minnesota
National Science Foundation mathematical sciences institutes
1982 establishments in Minnesota