The Nancy Webb Prize in Mathematics
Whereas the Australian Federation of University Women SA Inc Trust Fund has
agreed to provide to the University an annual prize in the Mathematical Sciences,
in recognition of the contribution of Nancy Webb to Mathematics and Mathematics
education in South Australia.
The purpose of the prize is the recognition and encouragement of talented women
in the Mathematical Sciences (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics).
The following rules apply:
- There will be one prize, known as "The Nancy Webb Prize", available
for award.
- The prize shall be of the value $300 on the recommendation of The Faculty
of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
- The prize shall be awarded annually by The Faculty of Engineering, Computer
and Mathematical Sciences, upon receipt of advice from the Head of the School
of Mathematical Sciences.
- To be eligible for the prize, a student must have completed a major in at
least one of Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Statistics. (The work for
the major may have been spread over more than one year.)
- The prize shall be awarded to the woman candidate with the highest aggregate
score in the courses comprising the major.
- The award is not to be offered more than once to a successful candidate.
- No award shall be made if in the opinion of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer
and Mathematical Sciences there is no candidate of sufficient merit.
- If there are two or more candidates of equal merit, the prize shall be divided
equally among them.
- These rules may be varied from time to time by agreement of the Trust Fund
and The Faculty, but the title and general purpose of the prize will not be changed.
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