The Society awards several prizes for achievements in and contributions to mathematics:
De Morgan Medal
Pólya Prize
Fröhlich Prize
Shephard Prize
Senior Berwick Prize
Senior Whitehead Prize
Senior Anne Bennett Prize
Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics
Berwick Prize
Whitehead Prize
Anne Bennett Prize
Hirst Prize and Lectureship for the History of Mathematics
Prize winners
See the 2022 prize winners here.
A list of historical prize winners can be found here.
Nominations
Nominations for the 2023 round of prizes are now closed and the prize winners will be announced later this year.
Nominations for the 2024 round of prizes will open in October 2023.
Prize regulations and award frequency
See a summary of each prize, and prize regulations, here.
The prizes are awarded on various cycles. Prizes awarded for the next five years will be as follows:
|
Name |
Prize/lecture |
Frequency |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
De Morgan |
Medal |
Triennial |
|
✔ |
✔ |
||
|
Polya |
Prize |
Every 2 years out of 3, when De Morgan Medal is not awarded |
✔ |
|
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Fröhlich |
Prize |
Biennial (even years) |
|
✔ |
✔ |
||
|
Shephard |
Prize |
Biennial (even years) |
|
✔ |
✔ |
||
|
Senior Whitehead |
Prize |
Biennial (odd years) |
✔ |
|
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Naylor |
Prize and Lecture |
Biennial (even years; odd from 2007) |
✔ |
|
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Senior Anne Bennett |
Prize and Lecture |
Triennial |
|
|
✔ |
||
|
Whitehead |
Prizes |
Annual |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Hirst (awarded jointly with the BSHM) |
Prize and Lecture |
Biennial (odd years) |
✔ |
|
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Anne Bennett |
Prize |
Every 2 years out of 3, when Senior Anne Bennett Prize is not awarded |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Senior Berwick |
Prize |
Biennial (even years) |
|
✔ |
✔ |
||
|
Berwick |
Prize |
Biennial (odd years) |
✔ |
|
✔ |
✔ |