Prize Specifications

The MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Lecture is part of the Joint Mathematics Meetings, which is run by the AMS in cooperation with partner societies. The selection and planning are the responsibility of a joint selection committee. The Selection Committee consists of two members of the Mathematical Association of America, (MAA), two members of SIAM, and two members of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), appointed by the presidents of these organizations.

The MAA will issue the invitation to the lecturer.

Reasonable travel expenses for the lecturer to the award ceremony will be shared by AMS, MAA, and SIAM. The AMS meetings department will handle the reimbursement and invoice MAA and SIAM for their fair shares of the expenses after the meeting. In addition, the registration fee for the meeting will be waived for the lecturer.

The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and will be presented at the Joint Mathematics Meeting.