These fellowships enable visiting scientists to spend up to one year under the Faculty stream or three months under the Postdoctoral stream in Perimeter’s thriving, multi-disciplinary community. The scientists gain a unique opportunity to pursue their work intensively, free of teaching and administrative duties, and develop new international peer networks.

Flexibility is a key feature of the program, and one that helps to mitigate barriers faced by under-represented groups. Perimeter works with fellows to tailor their stays, which may include teaching buyouts with their home institutions, nearby accommodation, and childcare if required.

The program is having a remarkable impact, demonstrated by publications, successful grant applications, public lectures, and ongoing collaborations that have been fostered and supported.

If you are interested in applying to be an Emmy Noether Fellow in 2025, apply ONLINE by December 15, 2024.

“The Simons Emmy Noether Fellows Program made it possible to move our family halfway across the globe for a year, which is no mean feat,” says Sumati Surya, a 2016–17 Emmy Noether Fellow and associate professor at India’s Raman Research Institute. “This experience has injected great energy and inspiration for my research, which is invaluable.” – Sumati Surya

 

"The Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship dramatically changed the way I devise research for the future. The program is designed to boost research in physics by placing new fellows in an environment of intellectual elite and dynamic collaboration which, at the same time, takes care of the individual by helping with domestic issues and welcoming children and family. The initiative is flexible in form, deep in purpose." – Paula Mellado

"Of course, the most important aspect is that some of the best people in our field are at Perimeter. . . . Having these three months away from my home institute and temporarily away from many daily routines also helped refresh my mind. There was a long-term problem that I was in the process of solving step-by-step, on which I have already spent more than two years and was planning to spend another two years. But while at Perimeter, during the discussion with another visitor (Masahito Yamazaki), we solved this problem using a different method." – Wei Li

Meet the Emmy Noether researchers

Previous Emmy Noether fellows have come from around the world in a variety of subdisciplines. Expand the lists below to read about the fellows. Refer to our Visitors page for the most up-to-date information.

Current and upcoming fellows

Faculty Stream:

  • Annabelle Bohrdt, Ludwig-Maximilians - Universitiat Muchen, Quantum Matter

  • Anuradha Gupta, University of Mississippi, Strong Gravity

  • Kristina Giesel, University of Erlangen-Nuremburg, Quantum Gravity

  • Layla Hormozi, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Quantum Information

  • Peisi Huang, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Particle Physics

  • Roni Ilan, Tel Aviv University, Quantum Matter

  • Susmita Adhikari, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Cosmology

  • Yingying Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Institute of High Energy Physics, Particle Physics

Postdoctoral Stream:

  • Ana Retore, Durham University, Quantum Fields and Strings

  • Beatriz Tucci, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (PhD); Stanford University (Postdoc - September 2025), Cosmology

  • Hannah Banks, University of Cambridge, Particle Physics

  • Jamie C McCullough, Princeton University, Cosmology

  • Marine De Clerck, University of Cambridge, Quantum Fields and Strings

  • Sucheta Majumdar, Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille, Quantum Gravity

  • Vania Vellucci, SISSA International School for Advanced Studies, Strong Gravity

  • Wanqiang Liu, University of Chicago (PhD); IFIC - Universidad de Valencia (Postdoc - September 2025), Particle Physics

Past fellows

Emmy Noether Fellows are supported by the Simons Foundation.

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