Stefan Bergman Fellowship Selection Committee
General Description
- Committee is standing
- Number of members is five.
- Term is two years ending June 30
- Committee is appointed by the President
Principal Activities
The principal activity of the committee is to review applications and rank the top applicants for the award of fellowships. This usually starts in October. The award amount will be set by the Board of Trustees, given the current endowment. Committee members may not serve as reference writers for Stefan Bergman Fellowship applicants.
Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)
The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.
Fellowship Description
The Stefan Bergman Fellowship will be awarded to a research mathematician conducting research in the areas of Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, or Partial Differential Equations to support the advancement of their research portfolio. The fellowships will be open only to AMS members who have not received tenure and have not held significant fellowship support.
About the fellowship
The Stefan Bergman Fellowship was established in 2023 with the proceeds of the Stefan Bergman Trust, which had previously supported the Stefan Bergman Prize. The Fellowship honors the memory of Stefan Bergman, best known for his research in several complex variables, as well as the Bergman projection and the Bergman kernel function that bear his name. A native of Poland, he taught at Stanford University for many years and died in 1977 at the age of 82. He was an AMS member for 35 years. When his wife died, the terms of her will stipulated that funds should go toward a special prize in her husband's honor.
Fellowship Details
The funds can be used by successful candidates to provide additional time for research of the awardee, or opportunities for the awardee to work with collaborators. This may include, but is not limited to, course buy-outs, travel money, childcare support, or support to attend special research programs.
Miscellaneous Information
The Committee conducts its business by email and teleconferencing and does not require any travel.
Note to the Chair
For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner..
Authorization
- Fellowship creation, January 2023 Council Minutes, item 4.8.5.2
Past Members
A list of current and past members is available here:
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/bergmanfell-past.html
Past Winners
http://www.ams.org/bergmanfell-winners