# Breakthrough Prize

### 2022 Breakthrough Prizes Awarded to IAS Scholars

Winners of the 10th annual Breakthrough Prizes were announced today, including current Veblen Research Instructor Sarah Peluse (2022 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize) and past Members Takuro Mochizuki (2022 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics) and Hong Wang (2022 MMNFP).

### IAS Scholars Win 2021 Breakthrough Foundation Prizes

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough and New Horizons Prizes, including current Member Ahmed Almheiri (New Horizons Prize in Physics) and former Member Martin Hairer (Breakthrough Prize in...

### IAS Scholars Win 2020 Breakthrough Prizes

Alex Eskin, a frequent Member in the School of Mathematics who is returning for the 2019–20 academic year, has been awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.

Eskin is recognized for revolutionary discoveries in the dynamics and geometry of...

### Daniel Freedman Among Recipients of 2019 Special Breakthrough Prize

Daniel Freedman, former Member (1967–68, 73–74, 86–87) in the School of Natural Sciences, along with collaborators Sergio Ferrara and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen were announced today as the recipients of the 2019 Special Breakthrough Prize in...

### June Huh Receives 2019 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

June Huh, Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, has received the 2019 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize as part of the Breakthrough Prize series. Huh is recognized for the development of combinatorial Hodge theory leading to the...

### Douglas Stanford and Former Members Win 2018 Breakthrough Prizes

Douglas Stanford, current Member in the School of Natural Sciences, has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize's 2018 New Horizons in Physics Prize, which recognizes early-career researchers who have produced important work in fundamental physics...

### Edward Witten on a New Kind of Geometry

In this video, Edward Witten, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Laureate (2012) and Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, discusses string theory and the need in physics to reconcile quantum theory, used for small...

### Jean Bourgain on Unity in Mathematics

In this video from the 2017 Breakthrough Prize Symposium, Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics and 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics Laureate, discusses unity in mathematics through an explanation of the...

### Jean Bourgain on Mathematical Breakthroughs

Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics, sat down with National Geographic after winning the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. Watch the interview here.

### $25 Million in Breakthrough Prizes Given in Science and Math The biggest prize payday in science came around again Sunday evening when the Breakthrough Foundation handed out more than$25 million in its annual prizes to more than a thousand physicists, life scientists and mathematicians.

Jean Bourgain, IBM von...