Promys Foundation

The Promys Foundation was delighted to fund $486,226 in mission-related activities in 2023 including supporting need-based financial aid for 20 students at Promys 2023. Twelve full scholarships were awarded including the breakout fellowship, jane street fellowships, and two separately funded mehta fellowships for students from brazil and egypt. 50% of all financial aid recipients in 2023 had family incomes under $50,000 a year. Eighty high school students, 21 undergraduate counselors, and 3 junior counselors participated in Promys 2023 on the campus of boston university.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. Jane street - the Promys Foundation is very grateful to jane street for its generous support for Promys 2023 including two jane street fellowships for students, two jane street fellowships for counselors, and support for Promys pathways (formerly known as Promys math circle) designed for highly motivated students of mathematics in the boston area who are from low-income backgrounds or from other groups underrepresented in stem. Jane street also gave generous support to Promys india and Promys europe.promys india summer program - Promys Foundation is excited and grateful to have been awarded a $225,000 grant for general support from the david and lucile packard Foundation for Promys india 2023-2025. The inaugural summer of Promys india ran from may 7 to june 17, 2023 at the indian institute of science (iisc) bangalore. Thanks to the generosity of our partners and sponsors, Promys india 2023 was free for all students. Promys pathway - Promys pathways provides deep mathematical experiences to students who are from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in stem and to those who might not otherwise have access to extracurricular mathematics opportunities. These opportunities include the pathways summer program, weekly math circles, and special collaborative events. Promys pathways was previously known as Promys math circle or pmc. 2023 was the 2nd summer of the Promys pathways summer program on the campus of boston university. The 4-week program was free to participants, including public transportation costs and lunches. The thirteen participants were recruited from pathways math circles or were local financial aid applicants to Promys. But weren't quite ready to attend the flagship program.