No-Strings-Attached Grants Program in Announced Science and Math
July 26, 2012 | Read Time: 1 minute
Twenty-one mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists have received five-year, $600,000 grants under a new program by the Simons Foundation to foment scientific advances, The Washington Post writes.
Inaugurated this year, the Simons Investigators awards will enable recipients to “undertake long-term study of fundamental questions,” said David Eisenbud, a University of California, Berkeley, mathematics professor who runs the program for the New York-based foundation headed by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons.
Like the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” fellowships, the Simons awards come with no strings attached, and recipients are not aware beforehand that they are being considered for the grants. Mr. Eisenbud said the awards will be handed out every one to two years.
Four recipients are at Princeton University, three at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For a full list of the winners and descriptions of their work, see the Simons Foundation Web site.
