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Mu Alpha Theta is offering Summer Math Program/Research Grants to
Full members. Grants may be requested for up to $2000 per student.
High school members may request grants through the summer after high
school graduation. Two-Year college students may request money through
the summer after they graduation from their member college. Coursework
taken using grant money may not be used for courses that are typically
available at the high school or the student's home college, such as
Calculus I, Calculus II or Statistics. Grant money may be used to pay
tuition or fees for a summer math program at, or sponsored by, an accredited
school or university. Money will also be granted to reimburse expenses for
doing research in mathematics or applied mathematics. This may include,
but is not limited to, housing, travel, publication fees, or supplies.
Money provided for tuition and fees will be sent directly to the institution
offering the program. Student's receiving reimbursed expenses will be asked
to provide receipts for reimbursed items and a social security number for
tax purposes. The member's service to and active participation in his/her
Mu Alpha Theta club may be considered in the grant selection process.
Click here to download the grant application.
Some summer programs that might qualify:
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Recipient’s Name:Yuehan Huang
Recipient’s School:Vestavia Hills High School
School Location:Vestavia Hills, AL
Program:Programs in Mathematics for Young Scientists
Boston University: promys.bu.edu
PROMYS is a fabulous program. A Number theory class is the core class that students must attend everyday.
In the class, Professor Glenn Stevens taught us to think differently from what we have been taught from high school.
The class opened our views in the field of mathematics. In addition to the core classe, there were non-mandatory classes
(such as Modulo Forms, Geometry and Symmetry, Exploration Labs, Research Labs, Abstract Algebra) provided to help us to
expand our knowledge. I chose Geometry and Symmetry. In that class, Professor Rosenberg introduced various forms and
numerous ideas of Geometry to us. The ideas I learned through the program, may apply to areas other than mathematics.
I enjoyed the program throughout the whole six weeks.
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Recipient’s Name:Emil Guliyev
Recipient’s School:Clarkstown High School South
School Location:West Nyack, NY
Program:The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics
Hampshire College: www.hcssim.org
This summer I participated in Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics. We had classes
every morning from 8:34 to 12:34, with a small break in between. The first three weeks, we learned
about various subjects such as group theory, graph theory, number theory, combinatorics, set theory,
and Möbius transformations. In addition to the morning classes, we had problem sets every day from
7:34 to 10:34 PM about what we did in class. The last three weeks, we had three choices for our classes,
which were called maxis, and were from 8:34 to 10:34 AM, and ten classes, which were called minis,
that lasted from 11:17 to 12:34 PM We were allowed to take only one maxi and two minis, and each maxi/mini
had a special topic. The maxi I took was about origami and its applications, which was very fun. The minis
I took were Lebesgue integration, which is a far superior way of integrating functions than Riemann integration,
and Shuffle, which was about shuffling cards which involved group theory, probability and some graph theory.
In addition to all these, we had an hour-long lecture, called Prime Time Theorem, every day at 5 PM on some topic
which were given by either a guest or a staff member. We also watched math movies on Wednesdays, which were
right before problem set. On weekends we did various things, such as hiking and going to Boston. Overall,
it was a great experience and anyone with any interest in math would enjoy it as much as I did.
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Recipient’s Name:Jacob Trentmann
Recipient’s School:Washington High School
School Location:Washington, MO
Program:Jackling Introduction to Engineering
University of Missouri - Rolla: dce.umr.edu
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Recipient’s Name:Timothy Hudson Harper
Recipient’s School:Alabama School of Fine Arts
School Location:Birmingham, AL
Program:Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
Boston University: www.promys.org
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Recipient’s Name:Jeremy E. Blum
Recipient’s School:Byram Hills High School
School Location:Armonk, NY
Research Project:To determine if force sensors mounted to the forearm
can effectively and accurately control the movements of an intelligent prosthetic hand on an amputee.
Mentoring Professor:Dr. Peter Kyberd, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of New Brunswick, Canada: www.unb.ca/biomed
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