Association for Women in Mathematics
(posted 2025/08/01, updated 2025/07/21)program Description
ABOUT THE AWARD
In January 2016 the Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics established the AWM Dissertation Prize, an annual award for up to three outstanding Ph.D. dissertations presented by female mathematical scientists and defended during the 24 months preceding the deliberations for the award. The Prizes will be given for those dissertations deemed most outstanding by the award committee. The award is intended to be based entirely on the dissertation itself, not on other work of the individual.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 DISSERTATION PRIZE
To be eligible for the award a graduate student must have defended her dissertation within the last two years (September 15, 2023 to September 14, 2025). They must either be a US citizen or have a school address in the US.
The nomination packet should include:
- a one to three page letter of nomination highlighting the exceptional mathematical research presented in the dissertation;
- a curriculum vitae of the candidate not to exceed three pages;
- two letters supporting the nomination; and
- a copy of the dissertation and/or a URL address where it can be accessed.
- Publication of results, and if no publications, concrete proof of the dissertation’s impact, like through specific citations, or letters citing publications that arose from the dissertation;
- Presentation of the work in a venue other than the home institution;
- Recognition by the student’s university;
- Citations (e.g. via Google Scholar or in talks) of the work by other researchers;
- Application of the work in industry;
- Patents filed on aspects of the dissertation;
- Description of the impact of this work on the field of mathematics, such as noting the mathematical contributions that arose directly from the dissertation.
Nomination Materials Required:
- Submit the following items online at this website to complete your nomination:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Nomination Letter
- Dissertation Copy
- Two reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )
- And anything else requested in the program description.
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