Morgan Prize

A competition for outstanding research by an undergraduate

To apply, undergraduates submit one or more published or unpublished papers that represent their work. Professors can also nominate students. To be eligible for this year's award, students must have been undergraduates in December of the previous year and must submit their papers no later than June 30 of this year.

The Rules:

• The prize is to be awarded to an undergraduate student (or students having submitted joint work) for outstanding research in mathematics and is entirely endowed by a gift from Mrs. Frank (Brennie) Morgan.
• Any student who is an undergraduate in a college or university in Canada, Mexico, or the U.S. or its possessions is eligible to be considered for this prize.
• No more than one prize shall be awarded each year, and a few honorable mentions may be made.
• The prize recipient's research need not be confined to a single paper; it may be contained in several papers.
• The paper (or papers) to be considered for the prize must be submitted while the student is an undergraduate; it (they) cannot be submitted after the student's graduation.
• Publication of the research is not required.
• The prize is to consist of $1,000 and a certificate, and, for honorable mentions, a certificate.
• The research paper (or papers) may be submitted for consideration by the student or by a nominator.
• All submissions for the prize must include at least one letter of support from a person, usually a faculty member, familiar with the student's research.
• The recipients of the prize are to be selected by a standing joint committee of the AMS, MAA, and SIAM. The joint committee consists of six members, each serving for a term of three years, two apponted by the President of the AMS, two by the President of the MAA, and two by the President of SIAM. The decisions of this committee are final.
• Two of every three consecutive awards of the prize shall occur at a joint national meeting of the AMS and MAA. Every third award of the prize shall occur at a national meeting of SIAM.
• The prize for each year is awarded for papers submitted for consideration no later than June 30 of that year - or on behalf of - students who were undergraduates in December 1995.
• After five years of operation, the prize and the regulations governing it shall be reviewed by the governing bodies of AMS, MAA, and SIAM, according to each society's rules and procedures.
• Nominations and submissions should be sent to:

  Morgan Prize Committee

  c/o Robert M. Fossum, Secretary

  American Mathematical Society

  University of Illinois

  Department of Mathematics

  1409 West Green Street

  Urbana, IL 61801-2975

• Questions should be directed to the Chairperson of the Morgan Prize Committee:

  Martha J. Siegel

  Department of Mathematics

  Towson State University

  Towson, MD 21204-7097

  email: siegel-m@toe.towson.edu