LMS Prizes

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

A list of historical prize winners can be found here.

Nominations

Nominations for LMS Prizes open in the autumn of the year preceding the awards. Details will be posted to the LMS homepage.

Note: nominations are automatically considered for two rounds in row.  

Procedures, regulations and award frequency

See detailed procedures for the award of LMS Prizes here.

See a summary of each prize, and regulations for individual prizes, here.

The prizes are awarded on various cycles. Prizes awarded for the next five years will be as follows:

Name

Prize/lecture

Frequency

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

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)