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SUMMARY OF AMS PRIZES AND AWARDS
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| PRIZE |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
FREQUENCY |
FURTHER INFORMATION
AND PAST RECIPIENTS |
NOMINATION PROCEDURE |
George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics
(awarded jointly with SIAM) |
for an outstanding contribution to applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/birkhoff-prize.html |
See Call for Nominations |
| Bôcher Memorial Prize |
for a notable paper in analysis published during the preceding six years in a recognized North American journal |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/bocher-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra
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for a notable paper in algebra published during the preceding six years in a recognized North American journal |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/cole-prize-algebra.html |
See Call for Nominations |
| Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory |
for a notable paper in number theory published during the preceding six years in a recognized North American journal |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/cole-prize-number-theory.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
| Levi L. Conant Prize |
to recognize the best expository paper published in either the Notices of the AMS or the Bulletin of the AMS in the preceding five years |
US$1,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/conant-prize.html |
See Call for Nominations |
| Joseph L. Doob Prize |
to recognize a single, relatively recent, outstanding research book that makes a seminal contribution to the research literature, reflects the highest standards of research exposition, and promises to have a deep and long-term impact in its area |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/doob-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize
(awarded jointly with MPS) |
for papers published during the six calendar years preceding the year of the International Congress of the Mathematical Programming Society |
US$1,500 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/fulkerson-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
| E. H. Moore Research Article Prize |
for an outstanding research article to have appeared in one of the AMS primary research journals during the six calendar years ending a full year before the meeting at which the prize is awarded |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/moore-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
| Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student (awarded jointly with MAA and SIAM) |
to an undergraduate student (or students having submitted joint work) for outstanding research in mathematics |
US$1,200 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/morgan-prize.html |
See Call for Nominations |
| David P. Robbins Prize |
for a paper that reports on novel research in algebra, combinatorics or discrete mathematics; has a significant experimental component; and is on a topic that is broadly accessible and provides a simple statement of the problem and clear exposition of the work |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/robbins-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
| Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics |
to recognize an outstanding contribution to mathematics research by a woman in the previous six years |
US$5,000 |
every two years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/satter-prize.html |
See Call for Nominations |
| Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement |
for the cumulative influence of the total mathematical work of the recipient, high level of research over a period of time, particular influence on the development of a field, and influence on mathematics through Ph.D. students |
US$5,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/steele-prize.html |
Call for Nominations |
| Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition |
for a book or substantial survey or expository-research paper |
US$5,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/steele-prize.html |
Call for Nominations |
| Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research |
for a paper, whether recent or not, that has proved to be of fundamental or lasting importance in its field, or a model of important research |
US$5,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/steele-prize.html |
Call for Nominations |
| Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry |
for research in geometry or topology that has appeared during the past six years in a recognized North American journal |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/veblen-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
| Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize |
to recognize notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics |
US$4,000 |
every four years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/whiteman-prize.html |
See Call for Nominations
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| Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics (awarded jointly with SIAM) |
for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense" |
US$5,000 |
every three years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/wiener-prize.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary |
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| AWARD |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
FREQUENCY |
FURTHER INFORMATION
AND PAST RECIPIENTS |
APPLICATION
OR
NOMINATION PROCEDURE |
| Centennial Fellowships |
for outstanding mathematicians (who are 3-12 years past the Ph.D.) to help further their careers in research |
varies; 2006-2007 fellowships are US$64,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/centennial-fellowship.html |
Full Description and Application Forms |
JPBM Communications Award
(awarded jointly with MAA and SIAM) |
to reward and encourage communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring mathematical ideas and information to nonmathematical audiences |
US$1,000 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/jpbm-comm-award.html |
Contact the Assistant to the Executive Director at AMS Headquarters |
| Epsilon Awards for Young Scholars Programs |
to help support existing summer programs for mathematically talented high school students |
varies according to financial need of each program selected |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/epsilon-award.html |
Description and Application Form |
| Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department |
to recognize a department which has distinguished itself by undertaking an unusual or
particularly effective program of value to the mathematics community, internally or
in relation to the rest of society |
US$1,200 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/department-award.html |
http://www.ams.org/
prizes/department-award.html |
| Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference |
to highlight programs that aim to bring more persons from under-represented minority backgrounds into some portion of the pipeline beginning at the undergraduate level and leading to advanced degrees in mathematics and professional success, or retain them once in the pipeline |
US$0 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/make-a-diff-award.html |
See February 2008 Notices of the AMS, page 300 |
| Karl Menger Memorial Awards |
for outstanding mathematics projects at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair |
US$1,000 (first place)
US$500 (second place)
US$250 (third place) |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/menger-award.html |
Must be a participant in the Intel ISEF |
| Award for Distinguished Public Service |
to a research mathematician who has made a distinguished contribution to the mathematics profession during the preceding five years |
US$4,000 |
every two years |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/public-service-award.html |
Contact the Office of the AMS Secretary
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| AAS-AMS-APS Public Service Award |
to recognize a public figure for his or her sustained and exceptional contributions to public policies that foster support for research, education, and industrial innovation in the physical sciences and mathematics |
US$0 |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/aas-ams-aps-public-service-award.html |
Contact the AMS Washington Office |
Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky
Memorial Awards |
to assist students who have declared a major in mathematics at a college or university that is an institutional member of the AMS |
multiple awards - US$3,000 each |
every year |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/trjitzinsky-award.html |
Contact the Assistant to the Executive Director at AMS Headquarters |
