Seeking Faculty Mentors for 2026 High School Summer Research Program

The Institute for Mathematics and Democracy has funding available to support faculty who want to participate in our high school summer research program. We are seeking faculty mentors to participate in our online six-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. This year, we have 126 applications from 22 U.S. states and 16 countries.

The virtual program runs from the end of June through the beginning of August. Faculty commitment is a few hours per week, working with a group of three or four high school students. IMD can also provide undergraduate teaching assistants. Faculty will receive stipends for their participation.

Projects can be theoretical or empirical, and many involve analysis of real-life data. Some of the past projects include the study of properties of voting methods, the influence of court decisions on measures of gerrymandering, modeling proportional representation in the U.S., and analyzing the effect of alternative sizes and apportionments of House of Representatives on presidential elections. 

If you are interested in being a faculty mentor for this program or to learn more about it, please email us at contact@math-democracy.org.

We look forward to working with you to support student engagement with mathematics and democracy!