Deadline: 31 January, 23:59 (GMT)

Nominations are invited for the Hirst Prize and Lectureship in 2025. Jointly awarded by the LMS and the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), the Hirst Prize recognizes contributions to the study of the history of mathematics. The prize is awarded for original and innovative work in the history of mathematics, which may be in any medium.

A new report by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci), released on 22 October, shows that the mathematical sciences contributed an extraordinary £495 billion a year to the UK economy in 2023.

Deadline: 28 February 2025, 23:59 (GMT)

Nominations are invited for the LMS/IMA David Crighton Medal in 2025. The medal is awarded to an eminent mathematician for services both to mathematics and to the mathematical community.

The David Crighton Medal was established by the Councils of the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) to pay tribute to the memory of Professor David George Crighton FRS. The prize winner must be resident in the UK on the 1st January of the year of the award.

Deadline: 12 January 2025, 23:59 (GMT)

Nominations are now open for the following prizes in 2025:

This Black History Month, we are celebrating the extraordinary contribution of Black mathematicians towards the advancement of mathematics.

For Black History Month 2024, we are asking a hand-picked selection of prominent living Black mathematicians what Black History Month means to them, as well as their Black maths hero.

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Justice Moses K. Aheto
Associate Professor, University of Ghana

We are very disappointed with the Government’s withdrawal of their commitment of £6m over three years to fund a new National Academy focussed on Mathematical Sciences. 
 

The Royal Society has today published its recommendations for a radical reform of maths education from early years and throughout compulsory education, to address the growing need for data skills in the workplace and in everyday life.