The Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize is an annual prize in mathematics, awarded by the
Association for Women in Mathematics to honor outstanding research by a
female mathematician who has recently earned
tenure. The prize funds the winner to spend a semester as a visiting faculty member at
Cornell University, working with the faculty there and presenting a distinguished lecture on their research.[1][2] It is named after
Ruth I. Michler (1967–2000), a German-American mathematician born at Cornell, who died in a road accident at the age of 33.[3]
The award was first offered in 2007. Its winners and their lectures have included:[1][2][4]