Germain Prize (), awarded annually by the Foundation Sophie Germain, is conferred by the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Its purpose is to honour a French mathematician for research in the foundations of mathematics. This award, in the amount of €8,000, was established in 2003, under the auspices of the Institut de France. See also Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents Sophie Germain Counter Mode Sophie Germain prime Sophie Germain Prize Sophie Germain's theorem Timeline of women in science Citations References reprinted as Bucciarelli, Louis L; Dworsky, Nancy (1980). Sophie Germain: An Essay in the History of the Theory of Elasticity, D. Reidel:Holland Reprinted as Reprinted as External links Sheroes of History; Sophie Germain Sophie Germain in the illustrated story at the Kids Love Science project 1776 births 1831 deaths 18th-century French mathematicians 19th-century French mathematicians 18th-century French women scientists 19th-century French women scientists French women mathematicians Number theorists Deaths from breast cancer Deaths from cancer in France French physicists French women physicists French women philosophers