BHI PI Andrew Strominger and Alexander Zhiboedov have been selected by the International Congress of Basic Science, as a recipient of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award for their paper “Gravitational Memory, BMS Supertranslations and Soft Theorems,”
About the Frontiers of Science Award. The FSA was inaugurated in 2023 under the auspices of the International Congress of Basic Sciences (ICBS), and sponsored by the City of Beijing and the Yanqi Lake Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Application (BIMSA). The FSA is awarded to a recent paper, recognized for a major breakthrough in its field. Each year, researchers worldwide are invited to nominate candidates for the award. A panel of renowned experts is asked to review and select a shortlist of award candidates in each research area. A Global Committee is appointed by the ICBS to recommend winners from a pool of shortlisted candidates from different research areas. An FSA recipient is invited to the ICBS to accept the award in person in July 2025 in Beijing. The total value of an award is USD25,000 before tax, shared by authors of a winning paper(s). In 2023 and 2024 respectively, more than 130 awards were presented in three subjects: Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer and Information Sciences. More information can be found at https://www.icbs.cn. Link to Paper: https://bit.ly/41r4wgW