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**The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences** is an international research institute for mathematics and its applications at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge). It is named after one of the university's most illustrious figures, the mathematician and natural philosopher [Sir Isaac Newton](/source/Sir_Isaac_Newton), and occupies one of the buildings in the Cambridge [Centre for Mathematical Sciences](/source/Centre_for_Mathematical_Sciences_(Cambridge)).

## History

View of the interior of the Isaac Newton Institute building showing its large number of blackboards

After a national competition run by SERC, the Science and Engineering Research Council (now known as EPSRC [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council](/source/Engineering_and_Physical_Sciences_Research_Council)), this institute was chosen to be the national research institute for mathematical sciences in the UK.[1] It opened in 1992 with support from [St John's College](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge) and [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge).[1] St. John's provided the land and a purpose-built building, Trinity provided running costs for the first five years and the [London Mathematical Society](/source/London_Mathematical_Society) provided other support.[1]

Shortly afterwards at the institute, the British mathematician [Andrew Wiles](/source/Andrew_Wiles) announced his approach to proving [Fermat's Last Theorem](/source/Fermat's_Last_Theorem) in three lectures on 21–23 June 1993.[2] In 1999 the institute was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of "world-class achievement in education." Although it is part of the national infrastructure for mathematical research, it is formally part of the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), from which it receives some funding. Nowadays five UK Research Councils, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, NERC, STFC support about 55% of its activity. A number of philanthropic individuals, family and educational trusts, private companies and bodies associated with the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) give their support.[1]

## Scientific programmes

There are typically two or three programmes at any one time, each with up to twenty people and lasting between 4 weeks and 6 months.[3] During these periods of activity there are courses and workshops for the attendees.[4]

Programmes are chosen from proposals that cover the entire range of mathematical sciences and their applications by a Scientific Steering Committee of mathematical scientists solely on their scientific merit and the likelihood that they will have significant impact in their subject.[3]

Although programmes are normally residential and planned several years ahead, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), an urgent 6-workshop virtual programme on the Infectious Dynamics of Pandemics was approved and ran from April to September 2020. This was a successor to a 2013 programme on Infectious Disease Dynamics, and was complemented by virtual study groups and commissioned modelling for government.[5]

## Directors

- 1991–1996 Sir [Michael Atiyah](/source/Michael_Atiyah) OM FRS

- 1996–2001 [Keith Moffatt](/source/Keith_Moffatt) FRS

- 2001–2006 Sir [John Kingman](/source/John_Kingman) FRS

- 2006–2011 Sir [David Wallace](/source/David_Wallace_(physicist)) CBE FRS

- 2011–2016 [John Toland](/source/John_Toland_(mathematician)) FRS

- 2016–2021 [David Abrahams](/source/David_Abrahams_(mathematician))

- 2021– [Ulrike Tillmann](/source/Ulrike_Tillmann) FRS

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hist_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hist_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hist_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-hist_1-3) ["A Brief History of the Newton Institute"](https://www.newton.ac.uk/about/history). newton.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gina Kolata (24 June 1993). ["At Last, Shout of 'Eureka!' In Age-Old Math Mystery"](https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/24/us/at-last-shout-of-eureka-in-age-old-math-mystery.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sp_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sp_3-1) ["Scientific Programmes"](https://www.newton.ac.uk/science/programmes). newton.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences"](http://www.ima.org.uk/viewItem.cfm-cit_id=383388.html). ima.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Dangerfield, CE (2023). ["Getting the most out of maths: How to coordinate mathematical modelling research to support a pandemic, lessons learnt from three initiatives that were part of the COVID-19 response in the UK"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9618296). *Journal of Theoretical Biology*. **557** (557). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2023JThBi.55711332D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JThBi.55711332D). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111332](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jtbi.2022.111332). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [9618296](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9618296). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [36323393](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36323393).

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