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PrizeA prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them. Some prizes are also associated with extravagant awarding ceremonies, such as the Oscarss.
Prizes are given for a number of reasons: to highlight noteworthy or exemplary behaviour, and to provide incentives in competitions, etc. In general, prizes are regarded in a positive light, and their winners are admired. However, many prizes, especially the more famous ones, have often caused controversy and jealousy.
See List of prizes, medals, and awards
The word prize can also refer to captured equipment, vehicles, and vessels during wartime. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and it's cargo. In the past it was common that the capturing force would be alloted a share of the worth of the captured prize. Nations often granted Letters of Marque which would entitle private parties to capture enemy property, usually ships. This is very rarely done today. There have been several abortive attempt to form an International Prize Court to hear appeals regarding captures of prizes.
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Prizes of the European Mathematical Society
On the occasion of the Third European Congress of Mathematics. Barcelona, 10--14 July 2000.
http://www.emis.de/ECM3/prizes.html
AMS Prizes and Funds
Details of prizes awarded by the American Mathematical Society.
http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards
SIAM Prizes and Awards
Eligibility and history of the prizes awarded by SIAM.
http://www.siam.org/prizes/
ICIAM Prizes
Four prizes are awarded, in connection with the ICIAM Congresses: the Lagragange, Collatz Pioneer and Maxwell. Details of their criteria.
http://www.iciam.org/iciamHome/node22_ct.html
LMS Prizes
Description of the prizes awarded by the London Mathematical Society.
http://www.lms.ac.uk/activities/prizes_com/
Wolf Prize Recipients in Mathematics
Citations for the prize-winners.
http://www.aquanet.co.il/wolf/wolf5.html
Abel Prize
Announcement by the Norwegian government of the foundation of the Abel Prize in mathematics.
http://odin.dep.no/smk/engelsk/aktuelt/pressem/001001-990157/index-dok000-b-n-a.html
Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize
Awarded by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) for excellence in mathematics to an undergraduate woman who is a U.S. citizen or studying in the U.S. List of previous winners and call for nominations.
http://www.awm-math.org/schaferprize.html
ICM Prizes
The Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize to be awarded at the ICM 2002. Lists previous winners.
http://www.icm2002.org.cn/general/prize.htm
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
Jointly awarded by the IMU and DMV for applications of mathematics.
http://elib.zib.de/pub/Gauss/
Gauss Prize Press Release
IMU announcement of this new prize, funded by the surplus from ICM'98.
http://elib.zib.de/pub/Gauss/gauss-pressrelease.htm
Millennium Prize Problems
Features seven mathematical problems with an award of one million dollars each. Offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute. Includes rules and background information.
http://www.claymath.org/prizeproblems/
Fields Medals and Rolf Nevanlinna Prize
Honors given for both existing work and the promise of future achievement. Lists background behind and recipients of these awards.
http://elib.zib.de/IMU/medals/
The Abel Prize
Established by the government of Norway in 2002 following the model of the Nobel prizes. Details of the prize and nomination procedure.
http://www.abelprisen.no/index_english.html
Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize
Awarded for a mathematical monograph of an expository nature presenting the latest developments in an active area of research in Mathematics, in which the applicant has made important contributions.
http://www.crm.es/FerranSunyerBalaguer/ffsb.htm
Felix Klein Prize
Awarded to a young scientist or a small group (normally under the age of 38) for using sophisticated methods to give an outstanding solution to a concrete and difficult industrial problem.
http://www.math.kth.se/4ecm/felix.klein.html
EMS Prizes
To recognize excellent contributions in Mathematics by young researchers; presented every four years at the European Congresses of Mathematics.
http://www.emis.de/etc/emsprizes.html
Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize
For outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics, sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS)Â and the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
http://www.ams.org/prizes/fulkerson-prize.html
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