The David Hilbert Award, named after David Hilbert, was established by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC) to acknowledge mathematicians who have contributed to the development of mathematics worldwide.
Each awardee is selected by the Executive and Advisory Committee of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions on the recommendation of the WFNMC Awards Subcommittee.
The award is no longer active in its original form. In 1996, the WFNMC decided to merge the David Hilbert Award with the Paul Erdà Âs Award. Today, only the Paul Erdà Âs Award is presented, though it carries the same prestige and criteria as the two previous awards combined.