Three more Uppsala mathematicians receive KAW funding
Uppsala University has been awarded three grants in the current round of KAW:s mathematics program. Photo: Getty Images
Doctoral student Linnéa Gyllingberg has been awarded funding for an international postdoctoral position under the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics programme. In addition, the University will receive funding to recruit Professors Marco Martens and Ezra Getzler as visiting professors.
Over the period 2014 to 2029, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in association with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, plans to provide SEK 650 million to support Swedish mathematics research. Each year both younger and more experienced senior mathematicians are recruited to Sweden. At the same time, young Swedish mathematicians are given the opportunity to travel abroad for a postdoctoral position. Uppsala University has been awarded three grants in the current round.
Linnéa Gyllenberg, who is due to defend her thesis in mathematics at Uppsala University this year, has received funding for a postdoctoral position at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and for two years after returning to Sweden.
The University is also receiving funding to recruit two established international researchers as visiting professors. Professor Ezra Getzler is being recruited from Northwestern University, Illinois, USA (funding applied for by Thomas Kragh, Department of Mathematics) and Professor Marco Martens is being recruited from Stony Brook University, New York, USA (funding applied for by Denis Gaidashev, Department of Mathematics).
Linda Koffmar
Mathematicians receive research funding from KAW
Funding worth SEK 29 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program will be granted 18 mathematicians for their research. Over a period of 15 years, the Foundation is providing in total SEK 650 million for high-level mathematics research.
Swedish universities with a mathematics department are able to nominate candidates for the program. Nominees are then evaluated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.