Heinz Hopf Prize and Lectures

Heinz Hopf Prize 2011
Call for nominations:
Deadline is Nov. 15, 2010.

The Heinz Hopf Prize at ETH Zurich is established based on a donation made by Dorothee and Alfred Aeppli and is awarded for outstanding scientific work in the field of pure mathematics. The Prize amount is CHF 30'000.-. The Prize is awarded every two years on the occasion of the Heinz Hopf Lectures, which already have a tradition at ETH. The Lectures are given by the prize winner.

A biography of Heinz Hopf can be found here.

Laureate 2009

The Heinz Hopf Prize 2009 has been awarded to Robert D. MacPherson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton).

The award ceremony took place on October 20, 2009 at 6 pm in HG F30 (Auditorium Maximum) and the prize was presented by Prof. Dr. Ralph Eichler, President of ETH Zurich. The Heinz Hopf Lectures entitled HOW NATURE TILES SPACE were on October 20 and 22, 2009 in HG G5 at 7pm. For further information see here.

Statutes

The Statues of the Heinz Hopf Prize have been approved by the president of ETH on May 20, 2008 and subsequently be published in the Rechtssammlung of ETH Zurich under No. RSETHZ 211.810.83; see here for the published documents (english, german). The responsibility for the Prize lies with the Heinz Hopf Prize Committee and the Heinz Hopf Prize Board.

Nominations

Everybody is welcome to submit nominations for the Heinz Hopf Prize. Nominations are confidential and should not be made known to the nominee. Self-nominations are not acceptable and deceased persons cannot be nominated.

A nomination should be submitted by no later than Nov. 15 to be considered a nomination for the following year. Candidates are nominated by using the online submission form.