It's interesting that the Field's medal award is quite a bit lower than the Nobel Prize's (~$15K vs ~$1mm) and is only awarded every four years, yet it still garners a lot of interest, speculation, and possibly envy from non-winners. Is there some kind of side-benefit to winning beyond the renown (which is probably a double-edged sword)?
Have to be under 40 too, so it isn't really an equivalent to the Nobel. Maths culture is weird though, long held belief that it is a young person's game.
There is the Abel prize, which so far has been awarded only to pretty old people. But it has only been around since 2003, so it does not quite have the weight of history behind it.
