AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize Selection Committee
General Description
- Committee is standing
- Number of members is six, two from each society
- Term is three years
Principal Activities
- The Morgan Prize, endowed by a gift from Mrs. Frank (Brennie) Morgan, is awarded to an undergraduate student (or students having submitted joint work) for outstanding research in mathematics
- The recipient(s) will receive certificate(s) and an award of $1,200. If the Prizeis given for joint work, the cash award will be divided among the recipients.
- No more than one Prize shall be awarded each year.
- In addition, one or more nominees may receive a Certificate of Honorable Mention.
- If no other funding is available, income from the Prize fund may be used to pay normal travel costs for a winner to attend the award ceremony and registration for the meeting at which the prize is awarded.
- A nominee for the Prize must have been an undergraduate at a college or university in Canada, Mexico, or the United States or its possessions in December of the year prior to their nomination.
- Nomination of a student for the Prize may be made by any individual including the nominee (self-nomination).
- Research paper(s) supporting the nomination must have been submitted to a journal, to a member of the mathematics department of the student’s institution (as in the case of an undergraduate thesis), or posted on an online archive such as arXiv.org prior to the student’s graduation. Publication of the research is not required. The research need not be confined to a single paper; it may be contained in several papers.
- Every nomination for the Prize must include the nominee’s research paper(s) and at least one letter of support from a person, normally a faculty member, familiar with the student’s research.
- Nominations must be received by the Secretary of the AMS by June 30 of the year prior to the award on behalf of students who were undergraduates in December of the previous year.
- Prize recipients are selected by a standing joint committee of the AMS, MAA,and SIAM (the AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize Selection Committee). The joint committee is to consist of six members, each to serve for a term of three years. Two members are appointed by the President of each society. The decisions of this Committee should be final.
- The AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize Selection Committee is to submit the name(s) of prize winner(s) and those to receive honorable mention, along with citations appropriate for a prize booklet, to the Secretary of MAA no later than September 15 of the year prior to the award.
- The default venue for presentation will be at the January joint math meetings,with the option of rotating on a three year schedule with the SIAM Annual Meeting and MAA Mathfest. If SIAM or MAA choose to give the award at their annual meeting, they should notify the AMS Secretary before September 15 prior to the year of the award.
- If the award is to be presented at the national meeting of SIAM or MAA, the citations for the winner(s) and honorable mention(s) should appear in the prize booklet of the JMM in the year of the award along with a note to that effect.
- Commencing in 2012, and every seven years thereafter, the guidelines for the Morgan Prize shall be reviewed by the governing bodies of the AMS, MAA, and SIAM, according to each society's rules and procedures.
Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)
The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.
Miscellaneous Information
Approval
The selection of the committee is communicated to the AMS Secretary, the MAA Secretary and the SIAM Secretary who then notify the winner. This report should include the names of the individuals, their institutions, and citations for each.
Presentation of the Award
The Joint Prize for Undergraduate Research is presented as stated in #11 above. The description of the prize, along with a full citation, and biography of the winner is published in the Notices. A response from the winner may also be published. The response at the ceremony should be brief (approximately 2 minutes).
The business of this committee can be done by email or videoconference.
A call for nominations should be published in the two issues of the Notices prior to the committee's deadline. It should look something like this:
Call for Nominations for
AMS MAA SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding
Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student
The Selection Committee for the AMS MAA SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student requests nominations for consideration for the 20xx Award. The Prize is awarded every year at the Joint Annual Meeting. The award is made for “outstanding research in mathematics.”
Nominations, with supporting information should be sent to (current Secretary’s name), AMS Secretary, (list Secretary’s mailing address). The deadline for nominations is May 31 of each year.
Note to the Chair
For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner.