Fellowship Amount: One award will be made for the 2025-2026 academic year in the amount of US$50,000. AMS membership will also be offered to the recipient for the duration of the fellowship. Acceptance of the fellowship cannot be postponed. The award is issued through the recipient's institution, however, institutions may not charge costs of any kind to AMS fellowships, such as fringe benefit rate, indirect costs, or overhead.

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 postdoctoral fellowship, or CAREER award.
• Under normal circumstances, the fellowship cannot be deferred.
• A recipient of the fellowship shall have held a 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, 2013, and September 1, 2022).

Applications will be accepted from those currently holding a tenured, tenure-track, postdoctoral, or comparable (at the discretion of the selection committee) position at a U.S. institution.

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.

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. 
  
• NSF-style summary of current and pending support: To create an NSF Current and Pending Support document, visit https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv, log into your NSF account, follow the prompts in the walk-through form, select "Create new document," choose the "NSF Current and Pending (Other) Support" format, and download the PDF.
• NSF-style biographical sketch: To create the NSF-style biographical sketch, visit https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv, log into your NSF account, follow the prompts in the walk-through form, select "Create new document," choose the "NSF Biographical Sketch" format, and download the PDF. 
• 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.

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 11:59 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. Reference letters will be accepted until October 4, 2024.