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This article is about awards for merit; for other uses of the term, see Prize (disambiguation).
A prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them. Some prizes are also associated with extravagant awarding ceremonies, such as the Oscars.

Prizes are given for a number of reasons: to highlight noteworthy or exemplary behaviour, and to provide incentives in competitions, etc. In general, prizes are regarded in a positive light, and their winners are admired. However, many prizes, especially the more famous ones, have often caused controversy and jealousy.

Specific types of prizes include:

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Abel Prize - Announcement by the Norwegian government of the foundation of the Abel Prize in mathematics.

Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize - Awarded by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) for excellence in mathematics to an undergraduate woman who is a U.S. citizen or studying in the U.S. List of previous winners and call for nominations.

AMS Prizes and Funds - Details of prizes awarded by the American Mathematical Society.

Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize - Jointly awarded by the IMU and DMV for applications of mathematics.

Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize - For outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics, sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
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EMS Prizes - To recognize excellent contributions in Mathematics by young researchers; presented every four years at the European Congresses of Mathematics.

European Prize in Combinatorics - Established by the European Research and Training Network COMBSTRU to recognise excellent contributions in Combinatorics by young European researchers (not older than 35) and awarded biannually in conjunction with the EuroComb conference.

Felix Klein Prize - Awarded to a young scientist or a small group (normally under the age of 38) for using sophisticated methods to give an outstanding solution to a concrete and difficult industrial problem.

Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize - Awarded for a mathematical monograph of an expository nature presenting the latest developments in an active area of research in Mathematics, in which the applicant has made important contributions.

Fields Medals and Rolf Nevanlinna Prize - Honors given for both existing work and the promise of future achievement. Lists background behind and recipients of these awards.
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Gauss Prize Press Release - IMU announcement of this new prize, funded by the surplus from ICM'98.

ICIAM Prizes - Four prizes are awarded, in connection with the ICIAM Congresses: the Lagragange, Collatz Pioneer and Maxwell. Details of their criteria.
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ICM Prizes - The Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize to be awarded at the ICM 2002. Lists previous winners.

LMS Prizes - Description of the prizes awarded by the London Mathematical Society.
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Millennium Prize Problems - Features seven mathematical problems with an award of one million dollars each. Offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute. Includes rules and background information.

Prizes of the European Mathematical Society - On the occasion of the Third European Congress of Mathematics. Barcelona, 10--14 July 2000.

Ramanujan Prize - Offered by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, Research Academy (SASTRA), Tamil Nadu, India. Annual award of $10,000 to a mathematician not exceeding the age of 32 for outstanding contributions in an area of mathematics influenced by Srinivasa Ramanujan.

SIAM Prizes and Awards - Eligibility and history of the prizes awarded by SIAM.

The Abel Prize - Established by the government of Norway in 2002 following the model of the Nobel prizes. Details of the prize and nomination procedure.

The Wacker Prize - The Hansjörg Wacker Memorial Prize is awarded by the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry for a masters-level thesis written at an ECMI member institution on an industrial subject.

Wolf Prize Recipients in Mathematics - Citations for the prize-winners.

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