The Institute invites proposals for research programmes in any branch of mathematics or the mathematical sciences. The SSC usually meets twice each year to consider proposals for programmes (of 4-week, 4-month or 6-month duration) to run two or three years later. Proposals to be considered at these meetings should be submitted by 31 January or 31 July respectively. Successful proposals are usually developed in a process of discussion between the proposers and the SSC conducted through the Director, and may well be considered at more than one meeting of the SSC before selection is recommended. Proposers may submit a ‘preliminary’ proposal in the first instance with a view to obtaining feedback from the SSC prior to the submission of a full ‘definitive’ proposal.
The scientific planning and organisation of each programme are the responsibility of a team of three or four Organisers (aided in some cases by an Advisory Committee). The Organisers recommend participants in the programme, of whom up to thirty can be accommodated at any one time; they also plan short-duration workshops and conferences within the programme, to which many more participants may be invited. Each programme is allocated a budget for salary support, subsistence allowances and travel expenses.
Members of the Scientific Steering Committee usually serve a term of four years in office. The current members are:
| Name | Institution | End of Service |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Ulrike Tillmann |
Director, Isaac Newton Institute | 30 September 2026 |
| Professor Nick Barton | Institute of Science and Technology Austria | 31 December 2025 |
| Professor Andrea Bertozzi | University of California Los Angeles | 31 December 2024 |
| Professor Ken Brown | University of Glasgow | 31 December 2023 |
| Professor Susanne Ditlevsen | Københavns Universitet | 31 December 2024 |
| Professor Robin Henderson | University of Newcastle | 31 December 2023 |
| Professor Mark Girolami | University of Cambridge | 31 December 2026 |
| Dr Kristin Lauter | Facebook AI Research (FAIR) | 31 December 2024 |
| Professor Noah Linden | University of Bristol | 31 December 2026 |
| Professor Sara Lombardo | Heriot Watt University | 31 December 2024 |
| Professor Mary Rees | University of Liverpool | 31 December 2023 |
| Professor Laure Saint-Raymond | IHES | 31 December 2026 |
| Professor Helen Wilson (Chair) | University College London | 31 December 2023 |
| Ex-Officio: Professor Minhyong Kim |
Scientific Director, ICMS | – |
Previous Scientific Steering Committee members are listed below:
| Name | Institution | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor J C R Hunt, FRS | Meteorological Office | 1990 | 1992 |
| Professor V I Arnold | Steklov Institute, Moscow | 1990 | 1993 |
| Professor P G Burke, FRS | Queen’s University, Belfast | 1990 | 1993 |
| Professor I G Halliday | University College, Swansea | 1990 | 1993 |
| Professor D J Wallace, FRS | University of Edinburgh | 1990 | 1993 |
| Professor G A Gehring | University of Sheffield | 1990 | 1994 |
| Professor J T Stuart, FRS | Imperial College | 1990 | 1995 |
| Professor J M Ball, FRS | Heriot-Watt University | 1990 | 1995 |
| Sir M F Atiyah, OM, PRS (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 1990 | 1996 |
| Professor C T C Wall, FRS | University of Liverpool | 1990 | 1997 |
| Professor J-M Bismut | Université de Paris Sud | 1990 | 1998 |
| Professor Sir E C Zeeman, FRS (Chair) | University of Oxford | 1990 | 1998 |
| Professor M V Berry, FRS | University of Bristol | 1990 | 1999 |
| Professor A F M Smith | Imperial College | 1990 | 2000 |
| Professor T J Pedley, FRS | University of Leeds | 1993 | 1996 |
| Professor B D Ripley | University of Oxford | 1994 | 1999 |
| Professor M Cates | University of Edinburgh | 1995 | 1998 |
| Professor S K Donaldson, FRS | University of Oxford | 1995 | 1998 |
| Professsor T W B Kibble, FRS | Imperial College | 1995 | 1997 |
| Professor J Moser | ETH Zurich | 1995 | 1997 |
| Professor J F Toland, FRS | University of Bath | 1995 | 1999 |
| Professor H K Moffatt, FRS (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 1996 | 2001 |
| Professor N J Hitchin, FRS (Chair) | University of Oxford | 1998 | 2001 |
| Professor S White, FRS | Max-Planck Institut fur Astrophysik | 1998 | 2001 |
| Professor D Zagier | Max-Planck Institut fur Mathematik | 1998 | 2001 |
| Professor R M Anderson, FRS | University of Oxford | 1999 | 2000 |
| Professor R H Dijkgraaf | University of Amsterdam | 1999 | 2002 |
| Professor C M Elliott | University of Sussex | 1999 | 2002 |
| Professor W T Gowers, FRS | DPMMS, Cambridge | 1999 | 2002 |
| Professor E G Rees (Chair) | University of Edinburgh | 1998 | 2005 |
| Professor A J Macintyre, FRS | University of Edinburgh | 2000 | 2003 |
| Professor M A Moore, FRS | University of Manchester | 2000 | 2003 |
| Professor J Stark | University College London | 2000 | 2003 |
| Professor T C B McLeish | University of Leeds | 2001 | 2004 |
| Professor J R Whiteman | Brunel University | 2001 | 2004 |
| Professor C Bernardi | University of Paris 6 | 2002 | 2005 |
| Professor G Ross, FRS | University of Oxford | 2002 | 2005 |
| Professor Sir John Kingman, FRS (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 2001 | 2006 |
| Professor Sir J M Ball, FRS (Chair) | University of Oxford | 2002 | 2013 |
| Professor S Abramsky, FRS | University of Oxford | 2003 | 2006 |
| Professor S K Donaldson, FRS | Imperial College London | 2003 | 2006 |
| Professor B W Silverman, FRS | University of Bristol | 2003 | 2006 |
| Professor J G McWhirter, FRS, FREng | QinetiQ | 2004 | 2007 |
| Professor E B Martin | University of Newcastle | 2004 | 2007 |
| Professor M-F Vigneras | University of Paris 7 | 2004 | 2007 |
| Professor P V Coveney, FInstP, FRSC | University College London | 2005 | 2008 |
| Professor C M Series | University of Warwick | 2005 | 2008 |
| Professor C S Frenk, FRS | University of Durham | 2006 | 2009 |
| Professor K G Binmore, CBE | University College London | 2006 | 2009 |
| Professor M Vingron | Max-Planck Institut für Molekulare Genetik | 2006 | 2009 |
| Professor Sir DJ Wallace, CBE FRS FREng (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 2006 | 2011 |
| Professor PJ Green, FRS | University of Bristol | 2007 | 2010 |
| Professor N Trefethen, FRS | University of Oxford | 2007 | 2010 |
| Professor E Burke | University of Nottingham | 2007 | 2010 |
| Professor M Broué (co-opt) | Institut Henri-Poincaré | 2006 | 2009 |
| Professor DR Fearn, FRSE | University of Glasgow | 2008 | 2011 |
| Professor E Ghys | ENS Lyon | 2008 | 2011 |
| Professor SR Reid, FREng | University of Aberdeen | 2008 | 2011 |
| Professor M-F Roy | IRMAR | 2009 | 2012 |
| Professor D Preiss | University of Warwick | 2009 | 2012 |
| Professor E Süli | University of Oxford | 2010 | 2014 |
| Professor R Twarock | University of York | 2010 | 2013 |
| Professor T Wooley | University of Bristol | 2010 | 2013 |
| Professor M Calder | University of Glasgow | 2010 | 2013 |
| Professor K Ball (ex officio) | ICMS Edinburgh | 2010 | 2014 |
| Professor W Kendall | University of Warwick | 2011 | 2014 |
| Professor R Thomas | Imperial College London | 2011 | 2015 |
| Professor J Lygeros | ETH Zurich | 2012 | 2015 |
| Professor S Richardson | University of Cambridge | 2012 | 2015 |
| Professor C Villani (co-opt) | Institut Henri-Poincaré | 2010 | 2016 |
| Professor J Toland FRS FRSE (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 2011 | 2016 |
| Professor S Cowley | Atomic Energy Authority | 2013 | 2016 |
| Professor M Harris | Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu | 2013 | 2016 |
| Dr E Shuckleburgh | British Antarctic Survey | 2013 | 2016 |
| Professor G-M Greuel | Kaiserslautern | 2014 | 2015 |
| Professor H Byrne | University of Oxford | 2014 | 2017 |
| Professor W Dahmen | RWTH Aachen University | 2015 | 2018 |
| Professor S Jacka | University of Warwick | 2015 | 2018 |
| Professor M Kwiatkowska | University of Oxford | 2015 | 2018 |
| Professor S Tavaré | University of Cambridge | 2016 | 2018 |
| Professor P Glendinning | University of Manchester | 2016 | 2019 |
| Professor I Gordon | University of Edinburgh | 2016 | 2019 |
| Professor Dame F Kirwan | University of Oxford | 2016 | 2019 |
| Professor V Isham (Chair) | University College London | 2014 | 2020 |
| Professor J Keating | University of Oxford | 2017 | 2020 |
| Professor R Taylor | Institute of Advanced Studies | 2017 | 2020 |
| Professor S Terracini | Università degli Studi di Torino | 2017 | 2020 |
| Professor ID Abrahams (Director) | Isaac Newton Institute | 2016 | 2021 |
| Professor M Chaplain | University of St Andrews | 2018 | 2021 |
| Professor C-B Schönlieb | University of Cambridge | 2019 | 2022 |
| Professor A Mijatovic | University of Warwick | 2019 | 2022 |
| Professor J Shawe-Taylor | University College London | 2020 | 2022 |
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