Editing Abel Prize (section)

== Selection criteria and funding ==
Anyone may submit a nomination for the Abel Prize, although self-nominations are not permitted. The nominee must be alive. If the awardee dies after being declared the winner, the prize will be awarded posthumously.

The [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] declares the winner of the Abel Prize each March after recommendation by the Abel Committee, which consists of five leading mathematicians. Both Norwegians and non-Norwegians may serve on the Committee. They are elected by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and nominated by the [[International Mathematical Union]] and the [[European Mathematical Society]].<ref name="History" /><ref name="Nomination">{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/c53676/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53705&strukt_tid=53676|title=Nomination Guidelines|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193126/http://www.abelprize.no/c53676/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53705&strukt_tid=53676|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Funding ===
The Norwegian Government gave the prize an initial funding of NOK 200 million (about €21.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=200000000&from=NOK&to=EUR&meta=ei%3DPknZWIj5OMTCsQHZ8JYg|title=Google Currency Converter|access-date=27 March 2017|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022503/https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=200000000&from=NOK&to=EUR&meta=ei=PknZWIj5OMTCsQHZ8JYg|url-status=dead}}</ref>) in 2001. Previously, the funding came from the Abel foundation, but today the prize is financed directly through the national budget.

The funding is controlled by the Board, which consists of members elected by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.<ref name="Nomination" /> The current
board consists of [[Ingrid Kristine Glad]] (chair), Aslak Bakke Buan, Helge K. Dahle, Kristin Vinje, Cordian Riener and Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Abel Board |url=https://abelprize.no/node/154 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.abelprize.no |language=en}}</ref>