In memory of the Catalan mathematician Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912-1967),
his cousins Maria and Maria dels Àngels Carbona i Balaguer created the Foundation
Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer in 1983. This Foundation was integrated into the
Institut d’Estudis Catalans in 1991.
Purpose
The purpose of the Foundation is to stimulate mathematical research, granting a
prize and grants for studies or research in the area of the mathematical sciences.
The Board of Trustees
President:
The President at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Salvador Giner
Vice-president:
The President of the Secció de Ciències i Tecnologia de l’IEC, David Serrat
Secretary:
The Secretary General de l’IEC, Romà Escalas
Members:
The President of the Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques, Joan de Solà-Morales
The Director of the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Joaquim Bruna
Jaume Aguadé (UAB)
Josep Amat (UPC, IEC)
Manuel Castellet (UAB, IEC)
Joan Girbau (UAB, IEC)
Pere Pascual (UPC)
Núria Vila (UB)
The Director
Manuel Castellet (UAB, IEC)
The Prize
The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize is awarded annually to a mathematical monograph of an
expository nature, written in English, which presents the latest developments in an active
area of research in Mathematics, in which advances have been produced recently. It amounts
to 15.000 euros and the winning monograph is published by Birkhäuser Verlag in the series
"Progress in Mathematics".
The Grants
The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Grants are offered annually to advanced PhD students of the
universities of the Catalan-speaking countries to visit a research centre for 1 to 3 months.
El Premi Matemàtiques i Societat
Ofert a un reportatge sobre qualsevol aspecte de les matemàtiques produït per un mitjà de comunicació dels Països Catalans.
The Sunyer Collection
The Sunyer Collection is deposited in the Science History Section of the Sciences and Engineering Library of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and consists of
• Bibliographical collection
• Epistolary inventory
• Offprints of research works
Contact address
ffsb@iec.cat