MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Lecture

The MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay (HGTM) Lecture is named after four influential scientists of color: Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland at Baltimore County; Sylvester J. Gates, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park; Richard Tapia, Rice University; and Shirley McBay, Founder and former President of Quality Education for Minorities. This lecture started in 2016 as an activity of the Mathematical Association of America’s Committee on Minority Participation and became a jointly sponsored MAA-SIAM-AMS event in 2018.

Prize Description

The MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay (HGTM) Lecture is presented annually to an individual who helps to systematically recruit, welcome, encourage, mentor, and support individuals from underrepresented groups in the U.S. Through multiple mechanisms, these sessions expect to facilitate and accelerate the participation of scientists in the building of sustainable communities of mathematicians and mathematical scientists.

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Eligibility Criteria

The prize can be presented to any member of the scientific community who meets the general principal guideline of the prize description.

About the Award

The lecture includes a monetary award of $1,000. SIAM will reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the lecture. In addition, the registration fee for the meeting will be waived for the lecturer.

The prize is made possible by generous gifts from Drs. Dianna Abney & Sylvester J. Gates, Jr., and Dr. Freeman & Jacqueline Hrabowski.

Learn more about the past recipients and selection committees.