|
AWARD |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
FREQUENCY |
APPLICATION
OR
NOMINATION PROCEDURE |
FURTHER INFORMATION
AND PAST RECIPIENTS |
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Centennial Fellowships |
for outstanding mathematicians (who are 3-12 years past the Ph.D.) to help further their careers in research |
varies; 2010-2011 fellowship is US$77,000 |
every year
next award:
June 2012 |
Application Form |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/centennial-fellowship.html
|
Communications Award (JPBM)
(awarded jointly with ASA, 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
next award:
January 2012 |
Call for Nominations |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/jpbm-comm-award.html
|
|
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
next awards:
June 2011 |
Application Form |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/epsilon-award.html
|
|
Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department Award |
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$5,000 |
every year
next award:
Spring 2012 |
Nomination Process |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/department-award.html
|
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Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference Award |
to recognize 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
next award:
Spring 2012
|
http://www.ams.org/notices/201103/rtx110300486p.pdf |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/make-a-diff-award.html |
Mathematical Art Exhibition Award
|
for aesthetically pleasing works that combine mathematics and art |
US$500 (first)
US$300 (second) US$200 (third) |
every year
next awards:
January 2012 |
Email the AMS Public Awareness Office |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/art-exhibit-prize.html
|
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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
next awards:
June 2011
|
Must be a participant in the Intel ISEF |
http://prizes/menger-award.html |
|
Public Policy Award |
to recognize a public figure for sustained and exceptional contributions to public policies that foster support for research, education, and innovation |
US$0 |
every year
next award:
????
|
Contact the AMS Washington Office |
http://prizes/public-policy-award.html |
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Distinguished Public Service Award |
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
next award:
January 2012 |
Call for Nominations |
http://prizes/public-service-award.html |
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
next awards:
Fall 2011 |
Email the AMS Professional Services Division |
http://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/ams-prizes/trjitzinsky |
