JPBM Communications Award

This award is given each year to reward and encourage communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring mathematical ideas and information to non-mathematical audiences.

About this Award

This award was established by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) in 1988.  JPBM  is a collaborative effort of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the American Statistical Association.

Up to two awards of US$2,000 are made annually.  Both mathematicians and non-mathematicians are eligible.

Most Recent Award(s): 2025

Eugenia Cheng will receive the 2025 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award "for her remarkable work bringing mathematics, mathematical ideas, and mathematical art to a wide audience through a multitude of books and other media," according to the prize citation.

Award announcement as seen in the news release.

See previous winners

Next Award:  January 2026

Nomination Period:  Open

Nomination Procedure: 

Nominations should be submitted on mathprograms.org. Note: Nominations collected before September 15th in year N, will be considered for an award in year N+2.

Please contact the AMS Secretary Office, secretary@ams.org, with questions.

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