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学府，主要专注于数学。它成立于1991年在一组著名的俄罗斯研究数学家，谁现在包括大学的学术理事会的倡议。 自2001年4月以来，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）已授予美国数学学会（AMS）两项持续赠款，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。 在现有的莫斯科数学方案旅行支助取得成功的基础上，AMS要求继续提供225 000美元的资金，为期三年。 这些资金将用于支付每学年10名本科生一个学期的典型费用。莫斯科数学项目是为数学天才学生提供的为期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，因为它允许数学天才的学生，以满足和工作与其他学生谁共享的人才和数学的兴趣，以及有机会与一些世界领先的数学家。 该计划提供了一个数学的经验，学生不会发现在美国这是因为学生体验数学领域，因为它是在俄罗斯的传统，其主要特点一直是数学的创造性方法的发展，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，在经验丰富的教师的指导下发现数学是其课程的中心原则，莫斯科数学课程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。 除了数学在莫斯科计划提供的学术丰富的经验外，还有另一个支持这样一个计划的有力理由。 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，这肯定符合两国未来科学研究的最佳利益。 在我们两个社区的数学家之间建立联系，无论是年轻人还是老年人，都将促进科学合作。AMS在AMS的通知和网站上积极宣传莫斯科数学计划。 由AMS任命的三名美国数学家组成的委员会从那些被录取并申请此类援助的美国本科生中选择个人获得此资助。 所有的补助金都用于学生支持，因为AMS完全承担了与推广计划，创建和维护定制的申请人管理数据库，志愿者选拔委员会的支持以及奖学金资金的管理和分配相关的所有行政费用。

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.