Fields Medalists
The Fields Medal is awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.
| Fields Medal Awarded | Name | SRF Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | John Willard Milnor | 1955 |
| 1966 | Paul Joseph Cohen | 1962 |
| 1966 | Stephen Smale | 1960 |
| 1970 | Heisuke Hironaka | 1962 |
| 1970 | John Griggs Thompson | 1961 |
| 1974 | David Bryant Mumford | 1962 |
| 1978 | Charles L. Fefferman | 1970 |
| 1978 | Daniel G. Quillen | 1967 |
| 1982 | William P. Thurston | 1974 |
| 1982 | Shing-Tung Yau | 1974 |
| 1986 | Michael H. Freedman | 1980 |
| 1990 | Vaughn F. R. Jones | 1983 |
| 1998 | Curtis T. McMullen | 1988 |
| 2002 | Vladimir Voevodsky | 1997 |
| 2006 | Terence Tao | 1999 |
| 2006 | Andrei Okounkov | 2000 |
Program Director:
Daniel Goroff Bio
Start collecting your application materials and requesting nomination letters and letters of support now. The nomination deadline for the 2014 class of Sloan Research Fellows is September 16, 2013