I A INSTITUTE FOR L, ADVANCED STUDY Proposal for Partnership with Tsinghua University A Case for Funding Introduction In keeping with the ideas you have expressed about your wish to encourage collaboration between the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and Tsinghua University, we have developed a funding proposal for ten Memberships over a three-year period. We suggest a model for selecting ten Members per year from China, with a preference for scholars from Tsinghua University in the Schools of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, beginning with the 2017-18 academic year. Funding for this collaboration would total $3 million and could be paid in three annual installments of $1 million per year. Depending on the success of this arrangement, which we see as very high potential, IAS would seek permanent funding at the end of the three-year period based on the Institute's funding needs at that time. Mathematics Memberships The School of Mathematics is an international center of research and postdoctoral training in many diverse aspects of mathematics including pure mathematics, theoretical computer science, mathematical physics, and applied mathematics. Each year the School selects some sixty talented scholars who come from all over the world, bringing many different points of view and representing all stages of mathematical careers, a mix designed to foster productive interactions. The range of Members in Mathematics includes: • Distinguished Visiting Professors, who are associated with the yearly research theme, which accounts for about one-third of the Members each year. In 2016-17, DVP Paul Seidel from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is leading the program on Homological Mirror Symmetry. • Visiting Professors, who typically number two to three per year, are associated with the yearly research theme or the special program in Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics. In 2016-17, the VPs are Ju-Lee Kim, Professor of M