Call for nominations AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Prize

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to solicit nominations for the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture prize, to be awarded at the 2008 SIAM Annual Meeting in July 2008.

Anyone in the scientific or engineering community whose work highlights the achievements of women in applied and computational mathematics is eligible for this prize. Nominations must be accompanied by a written justification and a citation of about 100 words that can be read when introducing the speaker. More information about the prize may be found on the SIAM and AWM websites, respectively.

If you would like to nominate a candidate for this prize, please send your nomination(s) to me by email, at [email protected], with copy to the AWM office ([email protected]). The deadline for this particular solicitation is November 15th, 2007.

I thank you in advance for the time and consideration you will give to this solicitation, and I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Joceline Lega ([email protected]),
on behalf of the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Selection Committee.