United States of America Mathematical Olympiad Program

Mathematical Association Of America, Washington DC

Investigators

Abstract

This award provides particpant support for the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program, which brings together 60 highly talented students for an intensive three-week program of training and instruction. This award also supports two new initiatives in the summer program: a research component in the instruction, and a program for women students that will allow eight young women to represent the United States in a prestigious international mathematics competition. The United States has sent a team to the International Mathematics Olympiad each year since 1974. A founding objective for this global competition is to establish a foundation for future scientific collaboration between promosing students who will form the new generation of researchers in mathematics. The International Mathematics Olympiad is widely regarded as a pinnacle achievement for young mathematicians.