Committee to Select the Winner of the Conant Prize
General Description
- Committee is standing
- Number of members is three
- Term is three years.
Principal Activities
Annually make recommendations to the Executive Committee of the AMS Council about the winner of the Levi L. Conant Prize, for the best expository paper published in either the Notices or the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society during the preceding five years. The award amount is $1,000.
Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)
The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.
Miscellaneous Information
The business of this committee can be done by email or videoconference.
Note to the Chair
Committee chairs should be informed, at the beginning of each fiscal period, of the budget of their committees and cautioned to remain within the budget. Such items as travel reimbursement, accommodations, and meals for guests of any kind fall within these budgets.
For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner.
Authorization
- Standing committee was suggested by CPROF in October 2000 and created by the Council in April 2000.
- Updated: 8/09; 7/13 membership, winner, edited Note to the Chair; 7/22
- 24 April 2021 Council, Item 6.8: Added the Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Past Members
A list of current and past members is available here:
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/conant-past.html
Past Winners
http://www.ams.org/conant-winners