Association of Women in Mathematics Essay Contest 2019-2020

AWM Essay Contest 2019

This is an annual international competition to raise awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America are sponsoring an essay contest.

This competition is open to students in the following categories: grades 6-8, grades 9-12 and college undergraduates. Candidates must submit an essay based mainly on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical career. The winners will receive a prize and their essays will be posted online on the AWM website.

The purpose of the Association for Women in Mathematics is to encourage women and girls to study and pursue an active career in mathematical sciences and to promote equal opportunities and equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.

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The annual international competition is ONLY open to grades 6-8, grades 9-12 and college undergraduates.

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Competition Benefits:

• In each category, there is a first place winner (middle school, high school, and diploma) and the main prize winner selected from these top three finishers. There are also usually 0-3 honorable mentions in each category.
• The winners (including mentions worth mentioning) will receive a cash prize, membership in the Association of Women in Mathematics, a certificate and their name and their affiliation are published in AWM’s newsletter. In addition, all essays will be published online and the essay of the Grand Prize winner will be published in the newsletter.

AWM Essay Competition Eligibility

The competition is open to students in grades 6-8, 9-12 and college students.

How do I apply for the AWM Essay Competition?

Interested applicants can submit their online application form via the link provided: https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/programs/essay-contest/application

A valid submission contains the following information:

• A biographical essay about 500-1000 words in length, which is mainly about an interview, about a woman currently working in a mathematical career.
• A short (about 100 words) biographical sketch of the student candidate. This biographical sketch should include the name of the student, grade level, school, and mathematical interests.
• Information about the student

1. Student’s name
2. Address of student (or parent)
3. Phone number or email address of student (or parent)

• Information about the subject of the biography:

1. Name
2. Address
3. Phone number and/or email address

Application deadline:

 December 1 – January 31, through MathPrograms.org.

Essay Subject. You may interview and write about any woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career. Here are some suggestions for finding possible women to interview:

• Female math teachers.
• Female 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.
• 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), or the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

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 ([email protected]). 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 ask your interviewee about 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?

All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Link for more information:

https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/programs/essay-contest/

Contact information:

If you have any problems with the submission of your essay, please contact Dr. med. Heather A. Lewis (organizer of the contest) (hlewis5-at-naz.edu) .

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