2024 IMD Summer High School Research Program

Every year, IMD runs an online five-week summer research program for advanced high school students, who work in groups on projects of various scope and difficulty, tailored to their backgrounds and interests. Most of the projects are hands-on as they involve analysis of real-life data from elections or the census. Students typically meet twice a week with an instructor, as well as with each other so they can collaborate on the research projects. Some of the past projects include the study of the influence of court decisions on measures of gerrymandering, like the efficiency gap, partisan bias, and Polsby-Popper score, and the effect of alternative sizes and apportionments of House of Representatives on presidential elections.

If you’re a high school student interested in participating in IMD’s summer 2024 online research program, visit this page. Linked there is a form you should fill out to apply by March 1, 2024.

If you have any questions, feel free to write to us at contact@math-democracy.org. We are looking forward to receiving your applications and exploring math and politics this summer!