Colorado Math Awards

Colorado Math Awards fosters, or nurtures, the development of problem-solving skills by:

• Tracking performance by Colorado middle school, high school, and college undergraduate students in 11 national and international mathematics competitions and conducting an annual awards program to honor outstanding students and their teachers and coaches.
•  Awarding $1,000 college scholarships annually to two high school graduates (one male, one female) who’ve excelled in a variety of math contests over several years.
•  Awarding $250 grants to rural middle schools to promote greater participation in national middle school competitions.
•  Awarding $250 summer math camp scholarships for middle school BIPOC students.
•  Promoting annual state-level math competitions in Colorado, such as the University of Northern Colorado’s Annual Secondary School State Mathematics Contest for students in grades 7-12, and the Soifer (formerly Colorado) Mathematical Olympiad for students in grades 5-12, founded by Professor Alex Soifer and held at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.