SINGAPORE, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Morph.org, a new foundation that builds social ventures, has announced The Ramanujan Project, fellowships to US summer programmes for exceptional pre-university math students in India.
This project is inspired by the idea of cultivating the next Srinivasa Ramanujan: the Indian mathematical genius who rose from poverty and disadvantage a century ago to worldwide acclaim and made lasting contributions to the field of mathematics. "We want to identify the most gifted young mathematicians in India and create educational opportunities for them to flourish and contribute," according to Phalgun Raju, Chairman of Morph.org.
"Our vision is to expand to additional emerging markets, finding the most talented young mathematicians where they live, and create an outstanding group of alumni who may become tomorrow's leaders of scientific research at the highest levels," said Nicholas Nash, who envisioned and is leading The Ramanujan Project and is co-founder of Morph.org.
Morph.org has partnered with two of the most respected pre-university mathematics summer programmes in the United States, PROMYS at Boston University and the Ross Program at Ohio State. Each offers an intensive 6-week summer immersion in mathematics, with admission decisions based solely on mathematical ability through an online admissions process that includes a challenging problem set.
Under this scholarship programme, called the Tara and Jasubhai Mehta Fellowships, Morph.org will fund the full costs of travel, tuition, and living expenses for six weeks for four students in India each year, two at Ross and two at PROMYS. The Fellows must earn admission to one of the two programmes and must have demonstrated financial need.
"Over more than a quarter century, we have provided an environment in which exceptionally talented young people from all over the world develop mathematical habits of mind that support independence and creativity in facing unfamiliar mathematical challenges. We welcome this opportunity to work with our friends at Morph.org to develop a network of awareness and a pipeline of opportunity for the most mathematically talented low-income secondary school students in India," said Glenn Stevens, Director of the PROMYS programme.
"For many years we have helped bright young students discover for themselves the power of abstract mathematical ideas: they consider unfamiliar questions, develop methods of solution, and justify every answer. We are pleased to join Morph.org in offering this opportunity to mathematically talented students in India," said Daniel Shapiro, Director of the Ross Program.
Applications are available from each programme's website and are due by April 1st and May 1, 2015 for PROMYS and Ross, respectively.
About Morph.org
Morph.org is a philanthropic foundation whose unique model is to ideate, fund, and build social ventures and projects in India and emerging markets through key partners. The foundation was created by Phalgun Raju and Nicholas Nash in 2015.
