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Not to be confused with the

awarded since 2001 by the International Congress of Chinese Mathematician

or the Chern Award established in 1986 by the

Chern Medal

Awarded

for

Lifelong achievement in

Country

Hosted every four years, at a

varying location

Presented

(IMU)

Reward

US$250,000

First

award

2010

Website

The

Chern Medal

is an international award recognizing outstanding

lifelong achievement of the highest level in the field of

. The

prize is given at the

(ICM),

which is held every four years.

Introduction

[

]

Named in honor of the late Chinese mathematician

, the

award is a joint effort of the

(IMU) and

the

Chern Medal Foundation

(CMF) to be bestowed in the same fashion as

the IMU's other three awards (the

, the

, and the

), i.e. at the opening ceremony of the

(ICM), which is held every four years. The first such

occasion was at the 2010 ICM in

Each recipient receives a medal decorated with Chern's likeness, a cash prize of $250,000 (

), and the opportunity

to direct $250,000 of charitable donations to one or more organizations for the purpose of supporting research,

education, or outreach in mathematics.

Laureates

[

]

Award

year

Winner

Reasons

2010

"For his role in the formulation of the modern theory of non-linear elliptic

and for mentoring numerous students and post-docs in this area".

2014

"For his groundbreaking and transformative development of transcendental methods in

, particularly his seminal work in

and periods of algebraic varieties"

2018

"For his outstanding and foundational contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory

sustained over a period of almost 50 years."

2022

"For his profound discoveries in topology, arithmetic geometry and number theory, and his

leadership and generosity in forming the next generation of Mathematicians."