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PRIZE |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
FREQUENCY |
NOMINATION PROCEDURE |
FURTHER INFORMATION
AND PAST RECIPIENTS |
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
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/birkhoff-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2014
|
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/bocher-prize.html |
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra
|
for a notable paper in algebra published during the preceding six years in a recognized North American journal |
US$5,000 |
every three years
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/cole-prize-algebra.html |
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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
next award: January 2014 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/cole-prize-number-theory.html |
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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
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/conant-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2014 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/doob-prize.html |
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Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics |
to honor a work or group of works that brings the fields of mathematics and physics closer together |
US$5,000 |
every three years
next award: January 2014 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://www.ams.org/prizes/eisenbud-prize.html |
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
next award: August 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/fulkerson-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2013 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/moore-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/morgan-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2013 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/robbins-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2014 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/satter-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/steele-prize.html |
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Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition |
for a book or substantial survey or expository-research paper |
US$5,000 |
every year
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/steele-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/steele-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2013 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
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http://prizes/veblen-prize.html |
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Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize |
to recognize notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics |
US$4,000 |
every four years
next award: January 2012 |
Contact the AMS Secretary |
http://prizes/whiteman-prize.html |
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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
next award: January 2013 |
Contact the AMS Secretary
|
http://prizes/wiener-prize.html |
