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The Russian version of this page
WINNERS - 2013
WINNERS - 2012
WINNERS - 2011
WINNERS - 2010
WINNERS - 2009
WINNERS - 2008
WINNERS - 2007
WINNERS - 2006
PARTICIPANTS - 2014
The Dynasty Foundation contest is closed due to the liquidation of the Foundation.
The winners of the contests of 2013 and 2014 will receive their stipends for 2016 and 2017 in advance at the end of 2015.
Russian mathematicians are deeply grateful to Dmitry Borisovich Zimin for his generous support of mathematics.
Contest for Young Mathematicians
sponsored by Dmitry Zimin' s
Foundation "Dynasty"
Rules and comments
Preamble
The
contest is targeted to young Russian mathematicians.
The aim
of the contest is to support the mathematical sciences in the
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supporting post graduate students, young researchers
without a degree, and young researchers with a candidate of science or doctor
of science degree specializing in various branches of mathematics;
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broadening scientific and professional contactsš
among young mathematicians;
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forming a professional scientific community.
Programs of the contest
The
contest is organized within the framework of the two following Programs:
- Support program for graduate students
and young scientists with only an undergraduate degree (Program 1);
- Support program for young scientists
with a science degree (Program 2) šcontains two subprograms:
— Support program for young scientists with a candidate of science degree (subprogram 2.1.);
— Support program for young scientists with a doctor of science degree (subprogram 2.2.).
Participants
Participants
in the contest can be:
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in the framework of Program 1, graduate and
postgraduate students not older than 30 and researchers without a degree not
older than 35, citizens of the Russian Federation or of one of the countries of
the USS, carrying out their research activities in the territory of the Russian
Federation and specializing in various branches of mathematics;
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in the framework of Program 2, young researchers,
citizens of the Russian Federation or of one of the countries of the USS,
holding a degree of candidate or of doctor of science, not older than 35 (for
candidates of science) or not older than 45 (for doctors of science), carrying
out their research activities in the territory of the Russian Federation and
specializing in various branches of mathematics.
Organization
The competitors provide a research
statement accompanied by other documents listed in the Application section below. The Jury sends the whole
package to appropriate reviewers.
The winners of the competition are chosen
by the Jury no later than December 31of the current year. The choice will be
based on a discussion of the proposal by the Jury, based in turn on the peer
reviews collected. The deadline to submit the application is the 15th of
October of the current year.
Winners
Winners
of the Contest are those participants whose projects obtain the most votes of
the Jury members.
The
number of winners of the contest must be
- in the framework of Program 1, no more
than 10;
- in the framework of Program 2, no more
than 6.
The number of winners in each of the
subprograms (candidates or doctors) are not fixed.
The winners are awarded diplomas of the "Dynasty"
Foundation.
The
winners are also awarded
- under Program 1: a monthly stipend of
8 000 rubles, which is paid beginning with January of the year that
follows the year of participation in the Contest; the stipend continues
for one year, but may be extended to each of the two subsequent years
provided the Jury approves the yearly activity reports submitted by the
grantee;
- under Subprogram 2.1 of Program 2
(candidates of science): a monthly stipend of 15 000 rubles, which is paid
beginning with January of the year that follows the year of participation
in the Contest; the stipend continues for one year, but may be extended to
each of the two subsequent years provided the Jury approves the yearly
activity reports submitted by the grantee;
- under Subprogram 2.2 of Program 2
(doctors of science): a monthly stipend of 20 000 rubles, which is paid
beginning with January of the year that follows the year of participation
in the Contest; the stipend continues for one year, but may be extended to
each of the two subsequent years provided the Jury approves the yearly
activity reports submitted by the grantee.
The actual
payment of the stipends occurs once every three months according to the
following scheme:
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stipend for January-March, no later than April 15;
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stipend for April-June, no later than July 15;
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stipend for July-September, no later than October 15;
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stipend for October-December, no later than December
31 of the year during which the stipend is paid.
Payment
Conditions of the Stipends
- Only one stipend per person can be
granted in the framework of the same Program (Subprogram), except to
doctors of science; the payment of two grants simultaneously is not
allowed;
- at the end of each year each
grantee must present an annual report with a summary of achievements for the
past year and of plans for the forthcoming year. At the end of the grant
period, a final report must be presented;
- when possible, the grantee must
present a talk on the results of his investigations at conferences
organized by the "Dynasty" Foundation and the IUM, as well as
give lectures to university students about state-of-the-art fundamental
research;
- the grantee agrees to the publication
(on paper or in electronic form) by the "Dynasty" Foundation of
his annual reports;
- the grantee admits that the
"Dynasty" Foundation has the right to use any information
concerning the results of the Contest, including the financial conditions;
- the grantee informs the
"Dynasty" Foundation whenever he/she leaves the Russian
Federation for a period of over two months of the year during which the
stipend is allocated; in that case the payments are suspended during that
period; if the grantee leaves the country for over four months, the
payments are terminated;
- in the case when the grantee suspends
his research activity, the payment of the stipend is terminated from the
month when research was suspended; in that case the payments will be
transferred to the post graduate, to the young researcher without a
degree, to the candidate of sciences or the doctor of sciences appearing
in the reserve list at the highest position.
All the papers submitted by the grantee
during the grant period should have a reference that it was partly funded by "Dynasty"
foundation.
The Jury
The Jury for the "Dynasty"
šContest is chosen specially for this contest and is independent
from any university or other institution.
The Jury consists of two Co-Chairmen, two
Vice-Chairmen, two scientific secretaries and numerous experts. The Jury can be
enlarged via a unanimous decision of its members provided that at least a
quarter of the Jury is present. To deal with technical matters a secretary
should be hired to do this job for a salary.
The Jury members
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Victor Vassiliev (Co-Chairman) |
Mikhail Agranovich |
Valeriy Beloshapka |
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Victor Buchstaber |
Alexander Bulinskiy |
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Alexey |
Sabir Gussein-Zade |
Yuliy Ilyashenko (Vice-Chairman) |
Vadim Kaloshin |
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Alexander Khelemskiy |
Askold Khovanski |
Valeriy Kozlov |
Sergey |
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Segrey Matveev |
Sergey |
Stefan Nemirovsky |
Leonid Pastur |
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Alexander Razborov |
Armen Sergeev |
Alexander Shen (scientific secretary) |
Leonid Shilnikov |
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Albert Shiryaev |
Iskander Taimanov |
Dmitry Treshchev |
Michail Tsfasman |
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Anatoly Vershik |
Ernest Vinberg |
Mikhail Zelikin |
Application
Deadlines
The
Jury should receive all the necessary documents till the 15th of October. The
contest is normally held in December; the winners start receiving their
stipends in January of the next year.
The checklist of documents to be included
in the application package
1. Summary —
1 page.
2.
Research statement —
no more than 5 pages + bibliography (unlimited).
3.
Short CV (no publications
included) — 1 page
4. List of
publications.
5.
List of three potential
recommenders.
The recommenders should be
mathematicians familiar with the participant and/or with his work and willing
to write a recommendation.
6.
Recommendation of the
scientific advisor (optional).
7. Reprints of
papers.
The list of publications
(item 4) may also contain other papers.
8.
List of the other scientific
grants of the applicant.
Address
The
whole package must be presented
- electronically to
pdc AT mccme.ru
and also
- a hard copy to the
address: 119002,
The e-mail letter with the application
must be of the special form indicated at the Russian version of
this page.
Comments
These comments are not a part of the rules
of "Dynasty" Foundation
Contest. Their aim is to answer to the most frequent questions of the
participants, in order to facilitate the application process.
Research Statement and Summary
The Research Statement should consist of
three sections:
1. Previous
research.
2. Research project.
3.
Teaching experience and plans
(optional).
It should be addressed to a broad range of
experts in the field where the applicant works and in adjacent fields. The Previous
research section
should contain rigorous formulations of the results already obtained; the Research
project section
should also contain the most precise formulations available of some of the
expected results. In the intermediate cases (e.g. the result is obtained, and a
seminar talk has been made, but the result is not published, or published
without proof, or accepted for publication, etc.) the result can be inculded in
any section of the project, provided its status is made clear.
The Summary should contain a survey of the
same information but without any formulas. It should be addressed to a broad
mathematical audience.
List of potential recommenders
Potential recommenders, as a rule, should
be mathematicians acquainted with the applicant personally or knowing his/her
work. It is assumed that the potential recommenders agreed to review the
project. If necessary, the jury may ask a person not in the list to be a
recommender, too.
Reprints
It is not assumed that the application
package includes reprints of all the published works by the participant. Only
papers thought to be important for project assessment must be supplied. (The
list of publications can include other papers, too.) If a reprint is not
available then a photocopy will suffice. By permission of the jury (ask at
pdc AT mccme.ru) some papers can be sent in electronic version only.
Electronic submission of the application
The jury expects to use Internet actively
to communicate with contest participants, recommenders, etc. So we ask to send
all the electronic versions of papers in case they exist or can be obtained by
the author. If an electronic version is not available please point this out
explicitly (in the list of publications or in a separate letter).Electronic addresses
of potential recommenders are vital.
Please use
Information distribution
The information about "Dynasty" foundation contest
will be distributed via Internet. The contest site will contain the texts of
all project summaries and lists of publications by the applicants. If you agree
to publish other information about your project (full text of the project, your
CV, texts of the papers, etc.) please let us know.
Applied research
There is no clear boundary between
mathematics and its applications. Despite this the jury will primarily assess
the mathematical achievements of the project and not its practical applicability.