Association for Women in Mathematics

Program ID: AWM-ESSAY25 [#1699]
Program Title: 2025 AWM/MfA Essay Contest
Program Type: Other
Program Location: Providence, Rhode Island 02940, United States of America
Application Deadline: 2025/02/01 11:59PMhelp popup** (posted 2024/12/01, updated 2024/11/23, listed until 2025/02/02)
Program Description:    

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program Description

To increase awareness of the ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences by women and to promote gender inclusivity, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers.

Each essay will be based primarily on an interview with a woman or an individual from an underrepresented gender identity in the mathematics community who is currently working in or retired from a mathematical sciences career. This contest is open to students in the following categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and College Undergraduate. At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category. Winners will receive a prize, and their essays will be published online at the AWM website. Additionally, a Grand Prize winner will have their submission published in the AWM Newsletter.

Requirements:

Please see the contest rules. A valid submission will contain the following information:

1) A biographical essay of approximately 500–1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman or an individual from an underrepresented gender identity in the mathematics community who is currently working in or retired from a mathematical career. Please do not include your name or contact information (or your interviewee's contact information) anywhere in this essay.

2) A short (approximately 100-word) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person and should include the student's name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests.

3) Information about the student: the student's name, the address of the student (or parent), and the phone number and/or e-mail address of the student (or parent).

4) Information about the subject of the biography: name, employer, e-mail address, and (optionally) phone number.

The deadline for entries is 11:59pm EST on February 1, 2025.


Application Materials Required:
Those requested in the program description.

Further Info:
https://awm-math.org/awards/student-essay-contest/
email address
 
Association for Women in Mathematics
P.O. Box 40876
Providence RI 02940