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To increase awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career. Participation is open to middle school, high school, and undergraduate students.
Eligibilities
This essay contest is open to students in the following categories:
- Grades 6 – 8
- Grades 9 – 12
- Undergraduate
At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category.
Benefits
The winners (including honorable mentions) receive a monetary prize, a membership in the Association for Women in Mathematics, a certificate, and their name and affiliation published in the Newsletter for the AWM. In addition, all of the essays are published online and the Grand Prize winner‘s essay is published in the AWM Newsletter.
Program Venue
Online
Eligible Regions
All Regions
All Countries
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Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Angola, Africa, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia), Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Hungary, Cook Island, Congo (Republic)
Application Process
Submission Period. December 1 – February 1 through MathPrograms.org.
Submission Packet. A valid submission will contain the following information:
- A biographical essay of approximately 500 – 1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career;
- A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person, and it should include the student’s name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests;
- Information about the student:
- student’s name;
- address of student (or parent);
- phone number or email address of student (or parent);
- Information about the subject of the biography:
- name;
- address;
- phone number and/or email address.
How to Submit. All information must be submitted using the online submission form (available December 1). Click on “Apply” and you will then be asked to create an account login. Once your login is created, please continue the submission process by answering the questions and submitting the requested documents.
Judging Criteria
Your essay should be based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career.
- The submission must be in essay form, not just a transcript of your interview.
- The essay should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length.
- Essays will be judged by a panel of mathematicians on content, grammar, and presentation.
Essay Subject
You may interview and write about any woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical sciences career. Here are some suggestions for finding possible women to interview:
- To find out about mathematical careers, you can look at the resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the SIAM website, or the ASA website. Try contacting a woman in one of these industries!
- To find mathematicians from underrepresented minorities, you may want to try the website for the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Lathisms, Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB), or Indigenous Mathematicians.
- Look for mathematicians who are active on social media.
- Math teachers.
- Professors in mathematics at a local college or university (you can try looking up the school’s website and looking for the mathematics department; many departments list their faculty and their email addresses).
- Consider other mathematical departments at colleges and universities, such as applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering, finance, etc.
If you would like to be put in contact with someone who has agreed to be interviewed for this contest, please contact AWM Essay Contest Interviewee Coordinator Dr. Joanna Bieri (joanna_bieri@redlands.edu). Please note that interviewee contacts will only be given out for requests received by January 10 each year.
Suggested Interview Questions
The following questions are suggestions for what to ask your interviewee during the interview:
- What motivated your interviewee to pursue a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What is your interviewee’s educational, family and cultural background?
- What kind of work does she do?
- Does she have any advice to students who are interested in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What are your interviewee’s hobbies?
These questions are just starting points! Use them as a guide, but ask other questions based on your interests or what you know about your interviewee’s interests and experiences, too. You should also follow up with more questions based on your interviewee’s responses to make this more of a conversation. Speaking in person, over the phone, or in a videoconference instead of e-mailing will make it easier for you two to respond to each other.
All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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2021 Student Essay Contest Sponsored by AWM and Math for America
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Opportunity Type
Competition
Full Time
Description
To increase awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career. Participation is open to middle school, high school, and undergraduate students.
Eligibilities
This essay contest is open to students in the following categories:
- Grades 6 – 8
- Grades 9 – 12
- Undergraduate
At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category.
Benefits
The winners (including honorable mentions) receive a monetary prize, a membership in the Association for Women in Mathematics, a certificate, and their name and affiliation published in the Newsletter for the AWM. In addition, all of the essays are published online and the Grand Prize winner‘s essay is published in the AWM Newsletter.
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
All Regions
Eligible Countries
All Countries
Application Process
Submission Period. December 1 – February 1 through MathPrograms.org.
Submission Packet. A valid submission will contain the following information:
- A biographical essay of approximately 500 – 1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career;
- A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person, and it should include the student’s name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests;
- Information about the student:
- student’s name;
- address of student (or parent);
- phone number or email address of student (or parent);
- Information about the subject of the biography:
- name;
- address;
- phone number and/or email address.
How to Submit. All information must be submitted using the online submission form (available December 1). Click on “Apply” and you will then be asked to create an account login. Once your login is created, please continue the submission process by answering the questions and submitting the requested documents.
Judging Criteria
Your essay should be based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career.
- The submission must be in essay form, not just a transcript of your interview.
- The essay should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length.
- Essays will be judged by a panel of mathematicians on content, grammar, and presentation.
Essay Subject
You may interview and write about any woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical sciences career. Here are some suggestions for finding possible women to interview:
- To find out about mathematical careers, you can look at the resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the SIAM website, or the ASA website. Try contacting a woman in one of these industries!
- To find mathematicians from underrepresented minorities, you may want to try the website for the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Lathisms, Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB), or Indigenous Mathematicians.
- Look for mathematicians who are active on social media.
- Math teachers.
- Professors in mathematics at a local college or university (you can try looking up the school’s website and looking for the mathematics department; many departments list their faculty and their email addresses).
- Consider other mathematical departments at colleges and universities, such as applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering, finance, etc.
If you would like to be put in contact with someone who has agreed to be interviewed for this contest, please contact AWM Essay Contest Interviewee Coordinator Dr. Joanna Bieri (joanna_bieri@redlands.edu). Please note that interviewee contacts will only be given out for requests received by January 10 each year.
Suggested Interview Questions
The following questions are suggestions for what to ask your interviewee during the interview:
- What motivated your interviewee to pursue a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What is your interviewee’s educational, family and cultural background?
- What kind of work does she do?
- Does she have any advice to students who are interested in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What are your interviewee’s hobbies?
These questions are just starting points! Use them as a guide, but ask other questions based on your interests or what you know about your interviewee’s interests and experiences, too. You should also follow up with more questions based on your interviewee’s responses to make this more of a conversation. Speaking in person, over the phone, or in a videoconference instead of e-mailing will make it easier for you two to respond to each other.
All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Share on
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2021 Student Essay Contest Sponsored by AWM and Math for America
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Opportunity Type
Competition
Select Type
Description
To increase awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career. Participation is open to middle school, high school, and undergraduate students.
Eligibilities
This essay contest is open to students in the following categories:
- Grades 6 – 8
- Grades 9 – 12
- Undergraduate
At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category.
Benefits
The winners (including honorable mentions) receive a monetary prize, a membership in the Association for Women in Mathematics, a certificate, and their name and affiliation published in the Newsletter for the AWM. In addition, all of the essays are published online and the Grand Prize winner‘s essay is published in the AWM Newsletter.
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
All Regions
Eligible Countries
All Countries
Application Process
Submission Period. December 1 – February 1 through MathPrograms.org.
Submission Packet. A valid submission will contain the following information:
- A biographical essay of approximately 500 – 1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career;
- A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person, and it should include the student’s name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests;
- Information about the student:
- student’s name;
- address of student (or parent);
- phone number or email address of student (or parent);
- Information about the subject of the biography:
- name;
- address;
- phone number and/or email address.
How to Submit. All information must be submitted using the online submission form (available December 1). Click on “Apply” and you will then be asked to create an account login. Once your login is created, please continue the submission process by answering the questions and submitting the requested documents.
Judging Criteria
Your essay should be based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career.
- The submission must be in essay form, not just a transcript of your interview.
- The essay should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length.
- Essays will be judged by a panel of mathematicians on content, grammar, and presentation.
Essay Subject
You may interview and write about any woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical sciences career. Here are some suggestions for finding possible women to interview:
- To find out about mathematical careers, you can look at the resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the SIAM website, or the ASA website. Try contacting a woman in one of these industries!
- To find mathematicians from underrepresented minorities, you may want to try the website for the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Lathisms, Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB), or Indigenous Mathematicians.
- Look for mathematicians who are active on social media.
- Math teachers.
- Professors in mathematics at a local college or university (you can try looking up the school’s website and looking for the mathematics department; many departments list their faculty and their email addresses).
- Consider other mathematical departments at colleges and universities, such as applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering, finance, etc.
If you would like to be put in contact with someone who has agreed to be interviewed for this contest, please contact AWM Essay Contest Interviewee Coordinator Dr. Joanna Bieri (joanna_bieri@redlands.edu). Please note that interviewee contacts will only be given out for requests received by January 10 each year.
Suggested Interview Questions
The following questions are suggestions for what to ask your interviewee during the interview:
- What motivated your interviewee to pursue a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What is your interviewee’s educational, family and cultural background?
- What kind of work does she do?
- Does she have any advice to students who are interested in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What are your interviewee’s hobbies?
These questions are just starting points! Use them as a guide, but ask other questions based on your interests or what you know about your interviewee’s interests and experiences, too. You should also follow up with more questions based on your interviewee’s responses to make this more of a conversation. Speaking in person, over the phone, or in a videoconference instead of e-mailing will make it easier for you two to respond to each other.
All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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2021 Student Essay Contest Sponsored by AWM and Math for America
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Description
To increase awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career. Participation is open to middle school, high school, and undergraduate students.
BENIFITS
The winners (including honorable mentions) receive a monetary prize, a membership in the Association for Women in Mathematics, a certificate, and their name and affiliation published in the Newsletter for the AWM. In addition, all of the essays are published online and the Grand Prize winner‘s essay is published in the AWM Newsletter.
Eligibilities
This essay contest is open to students in the following categories:
- Grades 6 – 8
- Grades 9 – 12
- Undergraduate
At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category.
For Further Queries:
awm@awm-math.org
Eligible Regions:
Program Venue:
APPLICATION PROCESS
Submission Period. December 1 – February 1 through MathPrograms.org.
Submission Packet. A valid submission will contain the following information:
- A biographical essay of approximately 500 – 1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career;
- A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person, and it should include the student’s name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests;
- Information about the student:
- student’s name;
- address of student (or parent);
- phone number or email address of student (or parent);
- Information about the subject of the biography:
- name;
- address;
- phone number and/or email address.
How to Submit. All information must be submitted using the online submission form (available December 1). Click on “Apply” and you will then be asked to create an account login. Once your login is created, please continue the submission process by answering the questions and submitting the requested documents.
Judging Criteria
Your essay should be based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career.
- The submission must be in essay form, not just a transcript of your interview.
- The essay should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length.
- Essays will be judged by a panel of mathematicians on content, grammar, and presentation.
Essay Subject
You may interview and write about any woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical sciences career. Here are some suggestions for finding possible women to interview:
- To find out about mathematical careers, you can look at the resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the SIAM website, or the ASA website. Try contacting a woman in one of these industries!
- To find mathematicians from underrepresented minorities, you may want to try the website for the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Lathisms, Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB), or Indigenous Mathematicians.
- Look for mathematicians who are active on social media.
- Math teachers.
- Professors in mathematics at a local college or university (you can try looking up the school’s website and looking for the mathematics department; many departments list their faculty and their email addresses).
- Consider other mathematical departments at colleges and universities, such as applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering, finance, etc.
If you would like to be put in contact with someone who has agreed to be interviewed for this contest, please contact AWM Essay Contest Interviewee Coordinator Dr. Joanna Bieri (joanna_bieri@redlands.edu). Please note that interviewee contacts will only be given out for requests received by January 10 each year.
Suggested Interview Questions
The following questions are suggestions for what to ask your interviewee during the interview:
- What motivated your interviewee to pursue a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What is your interviewee’s educational, family and cultural background?
- What kind of work does she do?
- Does she have any advice to students who are interested in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences?
- What are your interviewee’s hobbies?
These questions are just starting points! Use them as a guide, but ask other questions based on your interests or what you know about your interviewee’s interests and experiences, too. You should also follow up with more questions based on your interviewee’s responses to make this more of a conversation. Speaking in person, over the phone, or in a videoconference instead of e-mailing will make it easier for you two to respond to each other.
All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
