Travel Support for Math in Moscow Program

莫斯科独立大学（IUM）是一所小型的精英高等教育机构，主要专注于数学。它于1991年在一群著名的俄罗斯研究数学家的倡议下成立，他们现在组成了该大学的学术委员会。自2001年4月以来，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）向美国数学学会（AMS）提供了两笔持续拨款，用于支持有数学天赋的美国本科生在IUM的“莫斯科数学”项目中学习一个学期。基于现有的莫斯科数学旅行支持计划的成功，美国数学协会要求继续提供22.5万美元的资金，为期三年。这些资金将用于支付10名本科生每学年一个学期的大部分典型费用。莫斯科数学项目是为有数学天赋的学生提供的为期15周的研究体验。该计划主要包括数学和理论计算机科学课程，并提供了一个学术丰富的经验，因为它允许有数学天赋的学生与其他对数学有天赋和兴趣的学生见面和合作，以及与一些世界领先的数学家一起工作的机会。该项目提供了学生在美国找不到的数学体验，这是因为学生体验的数学领域是在俄罗斯传统中实践的，其主要特点一直是发展创造性的数学方法，重点是解决问题而不是记忆定理。事实上，对于独立大学来说，在经验丰富的老师的指导下发现数学是其项目的核心原则，莫斯科数学项目强调对精心挑选的材料的深入理解，而不是对大量材料的广泛调查。除了莫斯科数学项目提供的学术丰富经验之外，支持这样一个项目还有另一个强有力的理由。这是在俄罗斯和美国数学界之间建立重要学术联系的一种方式，这当然对两国未来的科学研究最有利。在我们两个社区的数学家之间建立联系，无论是年轻的还是年老的，都将促进未来的科学合作。美国数学协会在其通知和网站上积极宣传莫斯科数学项目。由美国数学学会任命的3名美国数学家组成的委员会，从已被该计划录取并申请资助的美国本科生中，挑选个人作为资助对象。所有赠款资金都用于学生支持，因为医疗辅助队完全吸收了与项目推广、创建和维护定制申请人管理数据库、支持志愿者选拔委员会以及管理和分配奖学金基金相关的所有行政成本。

The Independent University of Moscow (IUM) is a small, elite institution of higher learning focusing primarily on mathematics. It was founded in 1991 at the initiative of a group of well-known Russian research mathematicians, who now comprise the Academic Council of the University. Since April 2001, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two continuing grants to the American Mathematical Society (AMS) with funds to be used to support mathematically talented U.S. undergraduates for a semester of study at the MATH in MOSCOW program of the IUM. Based on the success of the existing Travel Support for the Math in Moscow Program, the AMS has requested a continuation of funding, in the amount of $225,000, for three years. These funds will be used to underwrite a substantial part of the typical cost for a semester of study in the program for ten undergraduates per (academic) year.The MATH in MOSCOW program is a fifteen-week-long research experience for mathematically talented students. This program consists primarily of courses in mathematics and theoretical computer science, and provides an academically enriching experience because it allows mathematically talented students to meet and work with other students who share a talent and interest in mathematics, as well as the chance to work with some of the world's leading mathematicians. The program provides an experience of mathematics that the students would not find in the U.S. This is because students experience the field of mathematics as it is practiced in the Russian tradition, the main feature of which has always been the development of a creative approach to mathematics, with the emphasis being on problem solving rather than memorizing theorems. Indeed, for the Independent University, discovering mathematics under the guidance of an experienced teacher is the central principle of its program, and the MATH in MOSCOW program emphasizes in-depth understanding of carefully selected material rather than broad surveys of large quantities of material. In addition to the academically enriching experience that the MATH in MOSCOW program provides, there is another strong rationale for supporting such a program. It is a way to build vital scholarly connections between the Russian and U.S. mathematics communities, which is certainly in the best interest for the future scientific research of both countries. Creating ties between mathematicians in our two communities, both young and old, will promote scientific cooperation far into the future.The AMS actively advertises the MATH in MOSCOW program both in the Notices of the AMS and on its web site. A committee of three U.S. mathematicians appointed by the AMS selects individuals for support under this grant from among those U.S. undergraduates who have been admitted to the program and apply for such aid. All grant funds are expended on student support as the AMS fully absorbs all of the administrative costs associated with the promotion of the program, the creation and maintenance of a customized applicant management database, the support of the volunteer selection committee and the management and distribution of scholarship funds.