13Fields medals
- Laurent SCHWARTZ (1950)
- Jean-Pierre SERRE (1954)
- René THOM (1958)
- Alexander GROTHENDIECK (1966)
- Alain CONNES (1982)
- Pierre-Louis LIONS and Jean-Christophe YOCCOZ (1994)
- Laurent LAFFORGUE (2002)
- Wendelin WERNER (2006)
- NGÔ Bào Châu and Cédric VILLANI (2010)
- Artur AVILA (2014)
- Hugo DUMINIL-COPIN (2022)
1Gauss Prize
Yves MEYER (2010)
5Abel Prizes
- Jean-Pierre SERRE (2003)
- Jacques TITS (2008)
- Mikhail GROMOV (2009)
- Yves MEYER (2017)
- Michel TALAGRAND (2024)
134ERC grants (up to 2023)
- 61 Starting
- 27 Consolidator
- 36 Advanced
- 4 Proof of concept
- 6 Synergy
1Wolf Prize in mathematics since 2010
Jean-François LE GALL (2019)
4Shaw Prizes
- Maxim KONTSEVITCH (2012)
- Claire VOISIN (2017)
- Michel TALAGRAND (2019)
- Jean-Michel BISMUT (2021)
3Crafoord Prizes
- Alain CONNES (2001)
- Maxime KONTSEVITCH (2008)
- Claire VOISIN (2024)
2BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
- Jean-François LE GALL (2021)
- Claire VOISIN (2024)
French mathematical research in numbers
- 3700 researchers & academics
- 1500 PhDs
- 200 Postdocs
- 500 administrative research support & IT positions
The socio-economic impact of mathematics in France
15% of the French GNP and 9% of all jobs in France are impacted by mathematics, according to the Economic Impact Assessment of Mathematics, published in 2015.
