The Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) calls for nominations for the Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize to be awarded to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics. All members of the mathematical community are invited to submit nominations for the Prize. The nominee may be at any level in her undergraduate career but must be an undergraduate as of September 1, 2013. She must either be a U.S. citizen or have a school address in the United States. The Schafer Prize was established in 1990 by the Executive Committee of the AWM and is named for AWM former president and one of its founding members, Alice T. Schafer, who contributed a great deal to women in mathematics throughout her career.
The 2014 Schafer Prize will be awarded at the Joint Prize Session at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore, MD, January 2014.
The letters of nomination should include, but is not limited to, an evaluation of the nominee on the following criteria:
- quality of performance in advanced mathematics courses and special programs
- demonstration of real interest in mathematics
- ability for independent work in mathematics
- performance in mathematical competitions at the local or national level, if any
Open to: An undergraduate woman who excels in mathematics
Nomination deadline: September 15, 2013
Award: $250 to $1,000 annually
More info:
https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/programs/schafer-prize
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