4-561: The Prix Francoeur , or Francoeur Prize, was an award granted by the Institut de France , Academie des Sciences , Fondation Francoeur to authors of works useful to the progress of pure and applied mathematics. Preference was given to young scholars or to geometricians not yet established. It was established in 1882 and has been discontinued. Prize winners Institut de France The Institut de France ( French for 'Institute of France'; French: [ɛ̃stity də fʁɑ̃s] )
8-563: A total of over €27 million per year in 2017. Most of these prizes are awarded by the institute on the recommendation of the académies . The building was originally constructed as the Collège des Quatre-Nations by Cardinal Mazarin , as a school for students from new provinces attached to France under Louis XIV . The inscription over the façade reads "JUL. MAZARIN S.R.E. CARD BASILICAM ET GYMNAS F.C.A M.D.C.LXI", attesting that Mazarin ordered its construction in 1661. The Institut de France
12-569: Is a French learned society , grouping five académies , including the Académie Française . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention . Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris , the institute manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and châteaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which amounted to
16-442: Was established on 25 October 1795, by the National Convention . On 1 January 2018, Xavier Darcos took office as the Institut de France 's chancellor. Elected in 2017 to succeed Gabriel de Broglie , he was reelected in 2020. The chancellor acts as the institute's secretary general, whilst the organisation itself is placed under the protection of the president of the republic . The Royal Society of Canada , initiated in 1882,
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