London Mathematical Society Prizes 2016
In 2015, Council expects to award The De Morgan Medal, The Fröhlich Prize, The Senior Berwick Prize, The Anne Bennett Prize and upto six Whitehead Prizes.
Brief descriptions of the criteria and eligibility for the prizes are given below. The full, formal regulations for each prize can be obtained from the Society’s website.
Nominations are made by completing the Nomination form (including the ‘case for the award’ section) on the following pages and returning it by 25 January 2016 to the society, together with a CV and publications list. Please mark your envelope ‘In Confidence’. Nominations may also be completed electronically and submitted by email to [email protected] – this form is available to download from the grants and prizes section of the LMS website. Nominations need not describe in detail the candidate’s work, as detailed references for those shortlisted will be sought. The prizes committee asks nominators to suggest a range of referees from the mathematical specialty in which the nominee works. The ‘Case for Award’ section of the nomination form should be completed in approximately 500 words. There is a separate nomination form for the Senior Berwick Prize.
The scope of the Prizes includes all aspects of mathematics, and LMS Council has emphasised that this includes applied mathematics, mathematical physics and mathematical aspects of computer science.
The Prizes Committee is keen to increase the number of nominations it receives for all prizes, and would like to draw attention to the disproportionably low numbers of women nominated for prizes each year. The prize regulations were amended to replace age restrictions with the concept of ‘academic age’ in order to take account more fully of broken career patterns.
Please note that no-one may be awarded the same prize more than once, and that prizes may not be awarded to members of the Council of the Society or to current members of the Prizes Committee. Additional restrictions on eligibility may also apply (see below). A full list of previous winners can viewed at http://www.lms.ac.uk/content/list- lms-prize-winners. Council reserves the right not to make an award of any particular Prize in the event that no candidate of sufficient merit is recommended by the Prizes Committee.
The De Morgan Medal, the Society’s premier award; the only grounds for the award of the Medal are the candidate’s contributions to mathematics. The Medal is awarded every third year, in memory of Professor A. De Morgan, the Society’s first President. Recent winners are J. Thompson (2013), K.W. Morton (2010), B.J. Birch (2007).
Eligibility
The 2016 De Morgan Medal can only be awarded to a mathematician who is normally resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 1 January 2016.
The Fröhlich Prize is awarded is awarded in even-numbered years in memory of Professor Albrecht Fröhlich (De Morgan Medallist 1992, pictured). The Fröhlich Fund for this purpose was based on a generous donation from Mrs Fröhlich, reflecting Professor Fröhlich's great enthusiasm for, and gratitude to, the London Mathematical Society.The Prize is awarded for original and extremely innovative work in any branch of mathematics.
Eligibility
The Fröhlich Prize is awarded to a mathematician who, on 1 January of the year of the award, is either (i) normally resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or (ii) a member of the Society mainly educated in the United Kingdom.
The Prize can only be awarded to a mathematician who has fewer than 25 years (full time equivalent) of involvement in mathematics at post-doctoral level, allowing for breaks in continuity, or who in the opinion of the Prizes Committee is at an equivalent stage in their career. The Fröhlich Prize may not be awarded to any person who has received the De Morgan Medal or the Pólya Prize.
Recent winners are Martin Hairer (2014), Trevor Wooley (2012), Jonathan Keating (2010).
The Whitehead Prizes: grounds for this award include work in and influence on mathematics. The prize is awarded in memory of Professor J.H.C. Whitehead (President, 1953-55). Upto six prizes will be awarded in 2016.
Eligibility
The Whitehead Prizes are awarded to mathematicians who:
are normally resident in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2016 or are members of the Society mainly educated in the United Kingdom;
are not already Fellows of the Royal Society;
have fewer than 15 years (full time equivalent) of involvement in mathematics at post-doctoral level, allowing for breaks in continuity, or in the opinion of the Prizes Committee are at an equivalent stage in their career.
A Whitehead Prize cannot be awarded to any person who has won any of the Society’s other prizes with the exception of the Berwick and Senior Berwick Prize and the Anne Bennett Prize.
The winners of the 2015 Whitehead Prizes were: Peter Keevash, Dominic Vella, Christoph Ortner, James Maynard, Mason Porter and David Loeffler & Sarah Zerbes (jointly).
The Whitehead Prize may be awarded jointly to individuals who, in collaboration have had a significant influence on mathematics. Nominators should note that if they make a joint-nomination then all of the individuals nominated must meet the eligibility requirements, including UK residence and the academic age limits.
The Anne Bennett Prize: Council has instituted the prize in memory of Anne Bennett who died suddenly whilst working for the Society in 2012. Anne took a strong interest in women in science, and the prize seeks to recognise both excellent mathematical research and contributions to the advancement of women in mathematics. The grounds for the award are work in and influence on mathematics, particularly acting as an inspiration for women mathematicians.
Eligibility
The Anne Bennett Prize is awarded to mathematicians: The Prize shall be restricted to mathematicians who, on 1st January of the year of the award, are either (i) normally resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or (ii) members of the Society mainly educated in the United Kingdom. An Anne Bennett Prize cannot be awarded to any person who has won any of the Society’s other prizes with the exception of the Berwick and Senior Berwick Prize. The prize shall only be awarded to mathematicians who on the 1st January of the year of its award have fewer than 10 years (full time equivalent) of involvement in mathematics at post-doctoral level, allowing for breaks in continuity, or who in the opinion of the Prizes Committee are at an equivalent stage in their career.
The inaugural Anne Bennett Prize was awarded in 2015 to Apala Majumdar.
Prizes Nomination Form 2016
Please complete one form for each candidate nominated IN CONFIDENCE
Candidate:
Candidate institution(s):
Candidate country of residence on 1 January 2016:
Candidate’s Year of PhD Awarded (Fröhlich Prize, Whitehead Prize and Anne Bennett Prize Candidates only):
Nominator:
Nominator’s email address (to confirm receipt of this form):
Professional relationship of Nominator to Candidate(s) (if any):
Suggested referees (including email addresses):
Prizes for which candidate is nominated (Tick where appropriate):
De Morgan Medal Fröhlich Prize Whitehead Prize Anne BennettPrize
Checklist
I confirm that the candidate(s) meets the criteria for eligibility: I have attached a copy of the candidate’s CV: I have attached a copy of the candidate’s list of publications:
PLEASE NOTE THAT NOMINATIONS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE A CV AND PUBLICATIONS LIST WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE PRIZES COMMITTEE. Continued overleaf
Secretary to the Prizes Committee, The London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, WC1B 4HS Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7927 0801. All nominations made will be acknowledged via email.
Case for Award: In this box, explain briefly why the nominee deserves the award (500 word limit)
[Nominations for the Anne Bennett Prize should include here some detail about how the nominee has acted as an inspiration for women mathematicians]
Signature of Nominator ...... Date ......
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Please return this form by Tuesday 25th January 2016 (marking your envelope ‘In Confidence’), to: Secretary to the Prizes Committee, The London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINATIONS RECEIVED WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY EMAIL
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