Northwestern University has announced the winners of the 2018 Nemmers Prizes in five disciplines — earth sciences, economics, mathematics, music composition and medical science — recognizing top scholars for their outstanding achievements, their contributions to new knowledge and development of significant new analysis.

The cross-disciplinary awards, given every other year, carry some of the largest monetary stipends in their fields. Winners of the prizes in earth sciences, economics, mathematics and medical science each receive $200,000, and the winner in music composition receives $100,000.

All of the winners are invited to Northwestern to deliver public lectures and participate in other scholarly activities during the 2018-2019 academic year. The winners in economics, mathematics and earth sciences will all spend one quarter on campus. The winner in music composition will conduct two residencies, one in October 2018 and the other in February 2020.

Erwin Nemmers served as a faculty member in the Kellogg School of Management from 1957 until he retired in 1986. He persuaded his brother, Frederic Nemmers, to join him in making a significant contribution to Northwestern. Their gifts, totaling $14 million, were designated for the establishment of the Nemmers Prizes and four endowed professorships in Kellogg.