SIAM Prizes, Awards, & Lectures
SIAM conducts an extensive prize program to recognize outstanding applied mathematicians and computational scientists. Prize winners are individuals and teams, students, early career researchers, accomplished lecturers, and distinguished scientists. Prizes are awarded for individual papers, research contributions, lifetime achievement, and service to the mathematical sciences community.
Nominate a colleague or student today and play a part in continuing the prestige of our prize program. You will need to log in to submit a nomination.
To log in, you will need a SIAM ID and password. Select "SIAM Account Single Sign On" from the log in option menu. You will be redirected to the SIAM Single Sign On screen and will need your SIAM credentials.
If you do not have a SIAM account you can create one by visiting my.siam.org.
Creating a SIAM account is free and you do not need to be a member. If you already have an account and do not remember your password, you can reset it using the same link.
The I.E. Block Community Lecture, John von Neumann Prize, and SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession accept suggestions rather than formal nominations. Submit your suggestion via the SIAM website.
The AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture will accept begin accepting nominations on August 1, 2025 via the AWM website.
Nomination Deadline - July 31, 2025
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification Early Career Prize
Nomination Deadline - October 15, 2025
- George Pólya Prize in Mathematics
- Julian Cole Lectureship
- Richard C. DiPrima Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics Denes Konig Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures Martin Kruskal Lecture
- SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures T. Brooke Benjamin Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Test of Time Award
- SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Gabor Szego Prize
- SIAM Industry Prize
- W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Nomination Deadline - February 15, 2026
- SIAM Student Paper Prize
2026 SIAM Prizes and Awards
SIAM Prizes, Awards, & Lectures
SIAM conducts an extensive prize program to recognize outstanding applied mathematicians and computational scientists. Prize winners are individuals and teams, students, early career researchers, accomplished lecturers, and distinguished scientists. Prizes are awarded for individual papers, research contributions, lifetime achievement, and service to the mathematical sciences community.
Nominate a colleague or student today and play a part in continuing the prestige of our prize program. You will need to log in to submit a nomination.
To log in, you will need a SIAM ID and password. Select "SIAM Account Single Sign On" from the log in option menu. You will be redirected to the SIAM Single Sign On screen and will need your SIAM credentials.
If you do not have a SIAM account you can create one by visiting my.siam.org.
Creating a SIAM account is free and you do not need to be a member. If you already have an account and do not remember your password, you can reset it using the same link.
The I.E. Block Community Lecture, John von Neumann Prize, and SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession accept suggestions rather than formal nominations. Submit your suggestion via the SIAM website.
The AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture will accept begin accepting nominations on August 1, 2025 via the AWM website.
Nomination Deadline - July 31, 2025
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification Early Career Prize
Nomination Deadline - October 15, 2025
- George Pólya Prize in Mathematics
- Julian Cole Lectureship
- Richard C. DiPrima Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics Denes Konig Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures Martin Kruskal Lecture
- SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures T. Brooke Benjamin Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Best Paper Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Early Career Prize
- SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Test of Time Award
- SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Gabor Szego Prize
- SIAM Industry Prize
- W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Nomination Deadline - February 15, 2026
- SIAM Student Paper Prize