SIAG-FME
Recognition

Conference Paper Prize

Awarded every two years at the SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering, the prize recognises outstanding research presented by students and postdocs. Up to six finalists present their work in a dedicated session, and up to two winners are chosen—each award of equal merit.

Who can applyStudents & postdocs

PhD awarded no more than two calendar years before the award year.

The award$200 + citation letter

Up to two winners per conference, each of equal merit.

Next awardSIAM FM27

Arlington, US · Jun 15-18, 2027

Nomination deadlineFebruary 15, 2027

Submissions for the 2027 prize are open.

How the prize works

Eligibility

  • Open to students, and to postdocs who received their PhD (or equivalent) no more than two calendar years before the award year—for the 2027 prize, no earlier than 2025.
  • The talk must be submitted to, and accepted in, the conference programme, as a minisymposium or contributed talk. For co-authored work, the candidate must be the speaker.
  • Exceptions to the two-year rule may be considered for career interruptions or delays, e.g. for child bearing, child rearing, or elder care.

How to apply

  • Submit a completed paper or an extended work in progress, of 30 pages or less, as a PDF, together with a CV of no more than two pages.
  • Submissions are due no later than five months before the conference.
  • Applying for the prize is separate from taking part in the conference: submit your talk abstract through the conference website, and your paper to the prize.

Selection

  • A committee of up to four SIAG/FME members, announced on the conference website, reviews the submissions.
  • Four to six finalists are shortlisted for the innovation, originality, and potential impact of their work, and are informed at least three months before the conference.
  • Finalists give a 25-minute talk in a dedicated prize session; the judges weigh the delivery of the presentation together with the quality of the work.

The award

  • Each winner receives a $200 cash award and a letter certifying the award, with its citation.
  • Winners are announced at the conference; the award and letter are sent afterwards, and the result is published in SIAM media.

Submissions for the 2027 prize are open.

Deadline: February 15, 2027, through SIAM’s prize portal.

Submit a nomination ↗Full specifications ↗

Past recipients

Winners and selection committees since the prize was first awarded in 2014.

2025

Francesca Primavera & Yumin Xu

Selection committeeAntonis Papantoleon (Chair), Ruimeng Hu, Cornelis Oosterlee, Silvana Pesenti

2023

Anthony Coache & Heeyoung Kwon

Selection committeeUmut Cetin (Chair), Damir Filipovic, Dena Firoozi, Birgit Rudloff

2021

Jana Hlavinova & Gabriela Kovacova

Selection committeeJean-Pierre Fouque (Chair), Harvey Stein, Stephan Sturm, Yuchong Zhang

2019

Philippe Casgrain

Selection committeeTim Siu-Leung (Chair), Igor Cialenco, Josef Teichmann, Charles-Albert Lehalle

2016

Yuchong Zhang

Selection committeeAlexander Schied (Chair), Francesca Biagini, Mike Giles, Ronnie Sircar

2014

Daniel Lacker & Justin Sirignano

Selection committeeSebastian Jaimungal (Chair), Tom Bielecki, Thaleia Zariphopoulou