Nemmers Prize in Mathematics

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academic award mathematics award

The Nemmers Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to mathematical research.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics canonical	7
Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2227995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
Context triple: [Edward Witten, awardReceived, Nemmers Prize in Mathematics]

A. Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award established in 1978 that honors outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics and is often regarded as one of the discipline’s highest distinctions.
B. Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
The Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding research contributions by women in mathematics.
C. Abel Prize
The Abel Prize is a prestigious international mathematics award, often likened to a "Nobel Prize in Mathematics," given annually by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding scientific work in the field.
D. Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics
The Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding research at the interface of mathematics and theoretical physics.
E. Fields Medal
The Fields Medal is one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, granted every four years to outstanding mathematicians under the age of 40 for exceptional research contributions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
Target entity description: The Nemmers Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to mathematical research.

A. Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award established in 1978 that honors outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics and is often regarded as one of the discipline’s highest distinctions.
B. Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
The Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding research contributions by women in mathematics.
C. Abel Prize
The Abel Prize is a prestigious international mathematics award, often likened to a "Nobel Prize in Mathematics," given annually by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding scientific work in the field.
D. Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics
The Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding research at the interface of mathematics and theoretical physics.
E. Fields Medal
The Fields Medal is one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, granted every four years to outstanding mathematicians under the age of 40 for exceptional research contributions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic award ⓘ mathematics award ⓘ
associatedInstitution	Department of Mathematics at Northwestern University ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discipline	applied mathematics ⓘ pure mathematics ⓘ
eligibility	mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the field ⓘ
field	mathematics ⓘ
firstAwarded	1994 ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
includes	honorarium ⓘ residential fellowship at Northwestern University ⓘ
location	Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
monetaryValue	approximately US$200000 ⓘ
namedAfter	Erwin Esser Nemmers ⓘ Erwin Esser Nemmers ⓘ surface form: Frederic Esser Nemmers
notableRecipient	Edward Witten ⓘ Ingrid Daubechies ⓘ John H. Conway ⓘ János Kollár ⓘ Mikhail Gromov ⓘ Robert Langlands ⓘ Terence Tao ⓘ Yakov Sinai ⓘ surface form: Yakov G. Sinai
presentedBy	Northwestern University ⓘ Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
prestige	considered one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics ⓘ
purpose	to recognize outstanding contributions to mathematical research ⓘ
relatedAward	Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics ⓘ surface form: Nemmers Prize in Economics
scope	international ⓘ
selectionMethod	international nomination and review process ⓘ
sponsor	Nemmers brothers endowment ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Witten → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics → relatedAward → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Peter Sarnak → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Witten → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Witten

Robert Langlands → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Nigel Hitchin → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Yakov Sinai → awardReceived → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

Plein Nemmers family → endowed → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics

Plein Nemmers family → hasAwardNamedAfterMember → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ