Promys Foundation

“The foundation's officers review and approve the form 990 before submission.”

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

“The foundation makes its form 1023, form 990 and its organizational documents available for public inspection upon request and via the massachusetts public charity website.”

“Grants from the polynera fund, carina initiatives, the international mathematical union and others provided deeply appreciated mission support during 2023. The promys foundation is grateful to all its sponsors and donors who make it possible for promys participants to attend regardless of financial background.”

“Promys india - promys was excited to launch promys india in 2023 with all students receiving full scholarships covering all costs of participation including tuition, room & board, and travel. The new program ran for six weeks in partnership with, and on the campus of, the indian institute of science (iisc) bangalore. A very large number of strong applications were received from across india. Thirty-one very talented high school students and eight counselors participated. Promys india is free for all students thanks to generous support from our partners and donors. The founding sponsors of promys india are nick nash & phalgun raju, avi and sandra nash, and the indira foundation. We are also very grateful for the generosity of the packard foundation, jane street, squarepoint foundation, and the spirit of ramanujan.”

“1. Tara and jasubhai mehta fellowships to promys - 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, and the indira foundation, the mehta fellowship sponsors. Each mehta fellowship covers all costs for participation in promys or promys india. The mehta fellowships were established in 2015 and were the pilot program for promys india which launched at iisc in bangalore in 2023. Promys was delighted to welcome new mehta fellows who attended promys india 2023 plus two new mehta fellows from brazil and egypt who attended promys 2023 at boston university. The vibrant mehta fellowship alumni community continues to grow. 2. Breakout fellowship - the 2023 breakout fellowship to promys, the 9th year of the fellowship, was awarded to shengyu zhang from new york. Terence tao, richard taylor, and jacob lurie, recipients of the inaugural breakthrough prizes in mathematics, very generously created and funded 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. Thanks to the generosity and vision of the alum community, the breakout fellowship endowment assures the future of the breakout fellowships: there will be a breakout fellow in every promys cohort. 3. Promys for teachers - promys for teachers (pft) 2023 ran in person on the campus of boston university. Academic year seminars workshops were offered to help teachers unpack the pedagogical approaches used at 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. Fifteen teachers took part in promys for teachers in 2023, including 5 returning pft alumni. Although most of the participants were local from massachusetts, teachers traveled from california, india, new york, senegal, and texas to attend. Pft is exceptional in immersing secondary teachers in rigorous exploratory mathematics and for being offered free to teachers.”