Who is the prize awarded to?
The Gavin Brown Prize is awarded for an outstanding and innovative piece of research in the Mathematical Sciences published by a member or members of the Society.
Information
The Gavin Brown Prize was established in 2011. Each award is for a single article, monograph or book consisting of original research and published within the 10 calendar years preceding the year of the award.
In the case of publications with multiple authors, the prize will be shared by all authors. The prize is presented at the opening session of the AustMS Annual Meeting each year. A publication may be nominated for the award by anyone who is not an author of that publication.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for the award, a publication must have at least one author who meets the following conditions:
- they must be a member of the Society and must have been a member of the Society for the calendar year at the time of publication of the paper (back-dating of membership is not allowed).
- they must be normally resident in Australia and must have been normally resident in Australia at the time when the research was carried out.
The existence of authors who do not meet the conditions above will not preclude this award, although the Selection Committee may take it into account in assessing the achievement of the author(s) who do meet those conditions.
The Selection Committee may deem a publication ineligible if an author has previously received an award from the Australian Mathematical Society for a body of research that included the publication in question.
How to nominate
Nominators should complete the nomination form and also provide a brief (1–2 pages) summary of what makes the nominated publication important and original, with appropriate references to prior or subsequent work in the field.
The Selection Committee may consult with appropriate external assessors.
Nominators are requested to suggest the names of three assessors.
Nominations open in March and close in late May each year.
