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MathWorks Math Modeling (M3 Challenge)

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$20,000
37 winners

Eligibility

Location
United States
Major
Mathematics Statistics
Education level
High school
Year of study
Third year

About this scholarship

U.S. high school juniors and seniors and sixth-form students in England or Wales may enter teams of three to five in the free MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge.

Thirty-seven team scholarship awards are granted, with the top champion team receiving $20,000 split equally among members. Homeschool, cyber school, and self-formed teams are welcome.

Coaches register teams online. During Challenge Weekend, teams download an open-ended problem and have 14 continuous hours to submit a solution paper. No separate scholarship application is required beyond team registration and certification by the coach.

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What else to submit

  • Team solution paper submitted during the 14-hour Challenge Weekend window.
  • Team-based math modeling competition: each team is 3-5 high school junior/senior students plus one teacher-coach (not an individual application).
  • Deliverable is a mathematical 'solution paper' (single PDF) answering the released open-ended modeling problem, written during a 14-hour Challenge weekend window that cannot be paused.
  • Solution paper main body is recommended to be not more than 20 pages (letter 8.5x11 or A4); judges are not required to read beyond 20 pages. Appendices (e.g., code) do not count toward the 20 pages.
  • Recommended formatting: minimum 11pt font, simple readable font, team ID number and page number in header. No identifying info other than team number permitted on the paper.
  • Free registration; teams register during the registration period (opens in fall) and submit via the MyM3 site before their time expires.
  • Scholarships awarded solely on judged quality of the solution paper (mathematical accuracy, depth of analysis, clarity); Champion $20,000 down to Finalist $5,000.
  • Teams download an open-ended mathematics-modeling problem during Challenge Weekend and have 14 continuous hours to prepare and submit the solution paper.
  • The solution paper must not contain identifying information other than the team number.
  • Awards are determined by judged quality of the submitted solution paper.