Deadline: nominations for 2026 WIMSIG awards

AMSI AustMS WIMSIG Maryam Mirzakhani Award

This award has been established to honour the work or Maryam Mirzakhani as well as her role in breaking the glass ceiling for women in mathematics, and supports international female students pursuing a postgraduate degree in mathematics in Australia and other initiatives that support gender diversity in mathematics.​

Each year the award will be made on a competitive basis by a selection committee of distinguished mathematicians, appointed by the executive committee of WIMSIG in consultation with the Director of AMSI. Multiple Maryam Mirzakhani Awards may be awarded each year. If there are no applicants of sufficient merit, no awards will be made.

There is one round of the Maryam Mirzakhani Award per year.
Nominations close on 10 April 2026.
Information can be found at: https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/amsi-austms-wimsig-maryam-mirzakhani-award/

AustMS WIMSIG Cheryl E Praeger Travel Awards

The Cheryl E Praeger Travel Awards are designed to provide full or partial support for women, trans and gender diverse mathematicians based in Australia to attend conferences or to visit collaborators, with approximately eight domestic Travel Awards and four international Travel Awards awarded annually.

There are two rounds of the Travel Awards per year.
Nominations close on 10 April 2026 and 10 October 2026.
Information can be found at: https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/austms-wimsig-cheryl-e-praeger-travel-awards/

AustMS WIMSIG Anne Penfold Street Awards

AustMS WIMSIG Anne Penfold Street Awards provide additional financial support to Australian mathematicians for their caring responsibilities, while they travel for conferences or research visits to collaborators, with approximately four Awards awarded annually. The potential uses of these Awards include, but are not limited to, short-term childcare or professional carers for elderly relatives.

The Awards scheme provides full or partial financial support for care providers and/or facilities to:

• individuals while they travel for conferences or research visits to collaborate.
• organising committees of conferences to be held in Australia.

Note: this award is open to mathematicians of all genders and mathematical sciences conference organisers.

There are two rounds of the Travel Awards per year.
Nominations close on 10 April 2026 and 10 October 2026.
Information can be found at: https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/austms-wimsig-anne-penfold-street-awards/