Promys Foundation

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“Annually, each trustee is expected to report conflict of interests to the board of trustees.”

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“1.in may 2021, the 2021 breakout fellowship to promys, the 7th year of the fellowship, was awarded to andy zheng of chicago, illinois. Terence tao, richard taylor, and jacob lurie, recipients of the inaugural breakthrough prizes in mathematics, very generously created the breakout fellowship to promys. The breakout fellowship is a full scholarship to promys for a mathematically talented student who might not otherwise be able to attend. With the goal of creating a fully funded breakout fellowship to promys endowment, the promys alum community was invited in december 2014 to match the very generous donation of the breakthrough mathematicians. Thanks to the generosity and vision of all the donors, this endowment goal was reached in march 2015. The future of the breakout fellowships to promys is now assured: there will be a breakout fellow in every promys cohort. 2. The tara and jasubhai mehta fellowships to promys are for mathematically talented low-income students in india and other low-gdp countries and are funded by nicholas nash & phalgun raju, avi & sandra nash, the indira foundation and morph.org, the mehta fellowship sponsors. Each mehta fellowship covers all costs for participation in promys (including room and board plus travel when the program is run in person). The mehta fellowships were established in 2015 as a pilot program for a planned new promys program for students in india. Due to the global pandemic, the launch of the promys india was postponed, and the mehta fellowships for students in india were extended through 2021 and then 2022. Promys india is now scheduled to launch in may 2023 at the indian institute of science (iisc) bangalore. Promys was delighted to welcome twenty-six mehta fellows to the online promys 2021 program: ten first-year mehta fellows, seven returning mehta fellows, and nine mehta counselors. 3.for a second summer, the covid-19 pandemic forced promys for teachers (pft) to run in a virtual format during 2021. Promys ran 3.5 weeks of morning math based on the park city mathematics institute (pcmi) curriculum, famous functions in number theory. Thirty-one teachers took part, including 12 returning pft alumni and 19 first-time participants. The online format allowed for teachers from across the usa and globe to participate, representing five states and five countries. Two returning teachers also enrolled in a five-week curriculum design independent study, earning four graduate credits from the bu wheelock college of education & human development. During the 2020-2021 school year, promys teachers were invited to attend six virtual half-day workshops offered in conjunction with the education development center (edc) in waltham. These seminars are designed to help teachers "unpack" the pedagogical approaches used in promys to enrich the mathematical experience in their own classrooms. Another important goal of the workshops is to establish an ongoing professional network of teachers, mathematics educators, and research mathematicians. Pft is exceptional in immersing secondary teachers in rigorous exploratory mathematics and for being offered free to teachers. 4.thanks to the generosity and vision of a family foundation, the yongren fellowships to promys were established in 2017 to enable mathematically talented low-income students in china to participate in promys at no cost to their families. The 2021 yongren fellow was yiming ding. Yiming was a rising high school senior from beijing, china who now attends the university of pennsylvania. 5.promys is grateful to the american mathematical society (ams) epsilon fund for its support for promys 2021 including for need-based financial aid. As part of this award, the student twyla colburn was awarded the ky and yu-fen fan scholarship. 6.promys is very grateful to jane street for its generous support for promys 2021 including for funding two jane street fellowships for students from beam (bridge to enter advanced mathematics) and two jane street fellows”