Department of Mathematics

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Information on Mathematics opportunities for undergraduates

Scholarships and awards

Dio Lewis Holl scholarships --financial awards for an outstanding junior and an outstanding senior ISU mathematics major
Marian Daniells scholarships --financial awards to outstanding undergraduate ISU mathematics majors
Herta and H.T. David Scholarship in Mathematics --financial award to an undergraduate ISU mathematics major with financial need who comes from a challenging family background
Gertrude Herr Adamson awards --awards to students who have shown ingenuity in mathematics
Heckenbach award --award to a student seeking secondary certification in mathematics
Fred Wright Mathematics Endowed Scholarship Fund--award to an undergraduate mathematics major demonstrating exemplary leadership skill
LAS Scholarships --scholarships funded through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

General scholarship information

Scholarship Help -- General discussion of scholarships and the application process

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs)

Research opportunities for undergraduates in the summer
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Iowa State University
Summer in Budapest. This is an excellent program for the best undergraduates.
National Science Foundation web page for math REUs. This is a list of many different REUs in mathematics at many different institutions.
Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute. This is a summer research program for undergraduates scheduled June 16-August 4, 2007. Applications are due February 21.
Wabash Summer Institute in Algebra A summer research program for undergraduates scheduled June 7 - July 27, 2007.
Clemson University A summer research program for undergraduates in computational number theory and combinatorics.
Chico State University A summer research program for undergraduates in mathematical modeling, knot theory, and number theory.
Kansas State University A summer research program for undergraduates in mathematical modeling for aviation.
University of Washington A summer research program for undergraduates in inverse problems which arise in partial differential equations and discrete problems related to them
University of Nebraska A summer research program for undergraduates in applied mathematics
North Carolina State University A summer research program in modeling and industrial applied mathematics.
Illinois State University A summer research program in combinatorics, design theory, and graph theory focusing on both research problems and exemplary teaching practices.

Career and job information

Career Profiles This is a collection of career essays in which men and women with mathematics backgrounds describe how training in mathematics impacts upon their work.
Profiles of graduates with a bachelors degree in mathematics and their work in a wide range of industry sectors
Links on careers and jobs.
Profiles of mathematics and mathematicians in industry
How to become an actuary and get a high-paying job that is rated among the most pleasant and lucrative careers in the U.S.
Mathematical Sciences Career Information more general information about jobs.
Career information from the University of Illinois

Information on graduate school

Contests and activities

Iowa Collegiate Mathematics Competition This is an annual competition by student teams in Iowa, typically held in April.
COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling This is an intense international competition usually held in February. Student teams of three spend a weekend preparing a mathematical model for some situation.
Student activities at the MAA This page includes Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences as well as more career and job related links.
ISU Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon This is the local chapter of the national honorary association. It serves also as the ISU Mathematics Club, with regular meetings and pizza parties.

Mathematics organizations

Links for fun

For more information, contact Stephen J. Willson at swillson@iastate.edu