Reminder: Deadline 31 December 2025 for EMS/ECMI Lánczos Prize nominations

Established by the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI), the Lánczos Prize for Mathematical Software recognises exceptional research and development in mathematical software, one of the main pathways by which mathematical advances create impact beyond academia. The prize is named after Cornelius Lánczos (1893–1974), a pioneer in the development and implementation of numerical algorithms on digital computers.

The prize is awarded to a mathematician or scientist, or a group, for the development of outstanding mathematical software with important applications in mathematics, science, engineering, society, or industry. Eligibility is restricted to software whose source code is publicly available for scrutiny; commercial software meeting this criterion is explicitly welcomed.

The award comprises a certificate and a cash prize of €3,000. The next prize will be presented at the 23rd ECMI Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Kaunas, 29 June–3 July 2026), where the recipients will be invited to present their work.

Nominations for the prize should be submitted electronically as a single PDF to the chair of the Prize Committee, Professor Patrick Farrell (University of Oxford) patrick.farrell@maths.ox.ac.uk with the EMS Office in cc ems-office@helsinki.fi by December 31, 2025.

Full guidelines and submission details:

• EMS Handbook section: https://euromathsoc.org/handbook/5-4-lanczos-prize
• Submission instructions (Prize Committee chair page): https://pefarrell.org/lanczos.html

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