Programs

  • AWM Awards and Mentorship Program

    AWM SPONSORS SEVERAL PRIZES THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS (THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL AWARDS ARE INDICATED IN PARENTHESES). THESE INCLUDE THE AWM HUMPHREYS (ONE), HAY (ONE), ALICE T. SCHAFER (ONE WINNER, ONE RUNNER-UP, AND ONE TO TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS), THE GRAY AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE MICROSOFT, SADOSKY AND BIRMAN RESEARCH PRIZES (AWARD ONE OF EACH EVERY TWO YEARS). AWM SPONSORS AN ONLINE MENTOR NETWORK WHICH MATCHES MENTORS AND MENTEES WITHIN THE MATHEMATICS COMMUNITY; APPROXIMATELY 70 MENTOR/MENTEE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHED EACH YEAR. AWM SPONSORS THE ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST: BIOGRAPHIES OF CONTEMPORARY WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS. EACH YEAR, 200-300 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST; THERE ARE ONE TO TWO WINNERS/HONORABLE MENTIONS IN EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES: MIDDLE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATES. AWM HAS A JOURNAL, LA MATEMATICA, DEDICATED TO PUBLISHING HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH FROM A BROAD RANGE OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, A BOOK SERIES DEVOTED TO SPECIAL TOPICS AND PROCEEDINGS OF AWM WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS A PERIODICAL, THE AWM NEWSLETTER.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    990
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    $134.6K

  • Women Mathematicians Conference Support

    THE ORGANIZATION (AWM) SPONSORS WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS TRAVEL COSTS TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON MATHEMATICS. THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS, AWM SPONSORS WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS TO ATTEND NATIONAL CONFERENCES. THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE WOMEN THE FUNDING TO PRESENT THEIR MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH AT THE CONFERENCES, THEREBY INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF THE WORK BEING DONE BY WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS. PARTICIPATION AT THE CONFERENCES PROVIDES ADDITIONAL NETWORKING AND DISCUSSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 40 TO 50 WOMEN WHO ARE SPONSORED ANNUALLY. ADDITIONALLY, AWM PROVIDES TRAVEL SUPPORT TO 8 TO 12 WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS EACH YEAR TO WORK ONE-ON-ONE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WITH SENIOR WOMEN MENTORS IN THEIR MATHEMATICAL FIELD OF SPECIALTY. DURING THE PANDEMIC, MOST OF THESE GRANTS WERE POSTPONED, BUT 3 - 5 MENTORING TRAVEL GRANTS AND 5 - 10 CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS WERE SUPPORTED.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    990
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    $36K

  • AWM Research Symposium and Workshops

    AWM ORGANIZES SPECIAL CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL SESSIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR WOMEN TO MEET AND DISCUSS THEIR PROGRESS IN THE FIELD. THE MOST PROMINENT EVENT IS THE AWM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM WHICH HOSTED 350-400 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OVER 150 GRADUATES STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO ORGANIZING ITS OWN BIENNIAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, AWM PARTICIPATES IN MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (AMS), THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MAA) AND THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS (SIAM). AT THESE MEETINGS, AWM ORGANIZES PANELS, SYMPOSIA, MENTORING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF CURRENT INTEREST IN THE PROFESSION AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE RESEARCH WORK OF WOMEN. AWM WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN GRADUATE STUDENTS AND RECENT PHDS ARE HELD ANNUALLY AT THE JOINT MATHEMATICS MEETING AND THE ANNUAL SIAM MEETING. THE WORKSHOPS SHOWCASE THE WORK OF EARLY CAREER MATHEMATICIANS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO DISCUSS THEIR RESEARCH AND PROGRESS WITH MID AND SENIOR CAREER LEVEL WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS. 50 TO 55 WOMEN ARE PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT TO ATTEND THESE WORKSHOPS EACH YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, AN AWM LECTURER SERIES TO HONOR WOMEN'S ACHIEVENEMT IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED AT THESE COINCIDENT MEETINGS. THE EMMY NOETHER LECTURE IS HELD AT THE JOINT MATHEMATICS MEETINGS; THE AWM ETTA B. FALCONER LECTURE IS HELD AT THE MAA MEETING; AND THE SONIA KOVALEVSKY LECTURE IS HELD AT THE SIAM MEETING. THE WOMEN LECTURER FOR EACH ANNUAL LECTURE IS SELECTED BASED ON OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF THEIR RESEARCH. APPROXIMATELY 200-300 ATTENDEES, BOTH WOMEN AND MEN, ATTEND THEIR LECTURES. AWM SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING RESEARCH NETWORKS FOR WOMEN BY FOSTERING RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND AWM WORKSHOPS. THESE NETWORKS ARE INITIATED AT RESEARCH COLLABORATION CONFERENCES FOR WOMEN(RCCWS) , WHICH ARE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCES, HELD AT MATHEMATICS INSTITUTES, WHERE JUNIOR AND SENIOR WOMEN COME TOGETHER TO WORK ON PRE-DEFINED RESEARCH PROJECTS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    990
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    $261.8K