program Description

The AMS Centennial Fellowship

Eligibility: The eligibility rules are as follows:

• The primary selection criterion for the Centennial Fellowship is the excellence of the candidate's research.
• Preference will be given to candidates who have not had extensive fellowship support in the past.
• Recipients may not hold the Centennial Fellowship concurrently with another research fellowship such as a Sloan, NSF Post-doctoral fellowship, or CAREER award.
• Under normal circumstances, the fellowship cannot be deferred.
• A recipient of the fellowship shall have held his or her doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award (that is, received between September 1, 2012, and September 1, 2021).
• A recipient of the fellowship must be a member of the AMS at the time of application.

Applications will be accepted from those currently holding a tenured, tenure-track, postdoctoral, or comparable (at the discretion of the selection committee) position at an institution in North America. Applications should include a detailed research plan for the fellowship period that is contextualized by the research statement. The plan should include a description of how the fellowship will support the applicant's success. It should be no more than one page. The selection committee will consider the plan in addition to the quality of the candidate's research and will try to award the fellowship to those for whom the award would make a real difference in the development of their research careers. Work in all areas of mathematics, including interdisciplinary work is eligible.

Fellowship amount: One award will be made for the 2024-2025 academic year in the amount of US$50,000. Acceptance of the fellowship cannot be postponed.

Required Materials:

• Research Statement: a statement regarding the applicant's overall program of research, past and planned, that is meaningful to mathematicians who are not specialists. The statement should be no more than three pages, including bibliographical references.
• Research Plan: a detailed research plan for the fellowship period that is contextualized by the research statement. The plan should include a description of how the fellowship will support the applicant's success. The plan should be no more than one page.
  
• Key Professional Accomplishments: a list of up ten publications and/or other professional activities that demonstrate the applicant's contributions to the mathematics profession. This list should be no more than one page. 
  
• Current and Pending Support: a list of current and pending research awards. For each, indicate the support status (current or pending), project/proposal title, source of support, total award amount, award period (start and end dates), location of project, and person-months per year committed to the project (calendar year, academic year, or summer).
  
• Positions and fellowships since PhD: a list of all fellowships and comparable research appointments, such as a term at one of the mathematical institutes. Do not attach a vita.
  
• References: a list of three reference writers who can address the applicant’s accomplishments and research potential. Use the email links on the coversheet to send a password and instructions directly to the writers.
  
• 2-3 page NSF-style biographical sketch
  

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 11:59 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON NOVEMBER 8, 2023.