Often considered the “Nobel Prize for mathematics.”

Key Facts

• Established: 2001 by the Government of Norway
• First Awarded: 2003
• Named After: Niels Henrik Abel
• Awarded By: King of Norway
• Selection: Abel Committee (appointed by Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters)
• Prize Money: 7.5 million NOK

History

• Originally proposed in 1899 by Sophus Lie.
• Revived in 2001 by Norway.

Notable Laureates

• Jean-Pierre Serre (2003): First recipient.
• John Nash (2015): Known for game theory.
• Andrew Wiles (2016): Proved Fermat’s Last Theorem.
• Karen Uhlenbeck (2019): First woman to win.
• Michael Talagrand (2024): For functional analysis.
• Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan (2007): Only Indian winner (for probability theory).
• Masaki Kashiwara (2025): For algebraic analysis.

Awarded every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40.

Key Facts

• Established: 1936 by John Charles Fields
• Awarded By: International Mathematical Union (IMU)
• Frequency: Every 4 years (since 1950)
• Age Limit: Must be under 40 on Jan 1 of the award year.
• Prize: Gold medal and (approx.) 15,000 CAD
• First Awarded: 1936 (Lars Ahlfors & Jesse Douglas)

Notable Recipients

• Jean-Pierre Serre (1954): Youngest winner (age 27).
• Edward Witten (1990): First physicist to win.
• Maryam Mirzakhani (2014): First female recipient.
• Maryna Viazovska (2022): Second female recipient.

Indian Winners

• Manjul Bhargava (2014): For contributions to number theory.
• Akshay Venkatesh (2018): For work in number theory, ergodic theory, and topology.

2022 Laureates

• Hugo Duminil-Copin
• June Huh
• James Maynard
• Maryna Viazovska

Awarded to a researcher from a developing country.

Key Facts

• Awarded By: International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
• Named After: Srinivasa Ramanujan
• Founded: 2004 (First awarded 2005)
• Recipient: Researcher from a developing country
• Age Limit: Under 45 years

Supporters

• Ministry of Science and Technology (DST, India)
• Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Abel Fund)
• International Mathematical Union (IMU)

Notable Laureates

• Neena Gupta (2021) – India
• Mouhamed Moustapha Fall (2022) – Senegal
• Ruochuan Liu (2024) – China
• Claudio Muñoz (2025) – Chile