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AlphaStar Academy is offering merit-based math Scholarships to help talented students excel further and achieve their true potential in math.  Applicants must be enrolled full-time at a school in the USA. In 2024, several scholarships will be given as course credit.

Through our recent partnership with D.E. Shaw, we've expanded the Maryam Mirzakhani scholarship program and extended the application deadline to May 31st, 2024.

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The scholarship categories are as follows:

Omer Faruk Tekin

Dr. Tekin (​1990-2019) was a former Math Olympian and an A-Star Faculty.
In high school he won a Gold medal in the International Mathematics Olympiads 2008. He taught at A-Star Summer Math camps in the early 2010’s. After receiving a PhD from UCLA Mathematics Department in 2016 he started working at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He inspired many students to work hard to reach their full potentials and will always be remembered with his smile and great passion for Math.

Maryam Mirzakhani

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Professor Mirzakhani (12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was the first female Fields Medalist, the most prestigious award for mathematicians. She was a professor at Stanford University Mathematics Department. She received Fields medal in 2014. She was a great inspiration for girls everywhere and her name and life will continue inspiring current and future generation of girls in understanding that with great passion and hard work, you can achieve anything.

 

Kent Merryfield

Professor Merryfield was a Professor at CSULB Mathematics Department between 1988 and 2018. He had tremendous contributions to the math society for many many years:

He prepared students for Putnam competition. He formed and coached teams from southern California for American Regional Math League for 17 years between 2002 and 2018. He was the organizer of Math Day at the Beach between 2000 and 2018, an annual math contest for high school students in Orange County. 

Scholarship Winners

2024 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Ahana Dhammawat, Ava Bull, Dhriti Shah, Ella Feng, Isabelle Wang, Ivory Wang, Jolene Qian, Julia Vvedenskaya, Krithi Nallapureddy, Liana Lee, Rebeca Costin, Seoyoon Hwang, Shriya Balaji, Sophia Ling, Tiffany Han, Trisha Anup

2024 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Donghyeon Kim, Dylan Wang, Landon Wan, Yichen Wu

2024 AlphaStar Omer Faruk Tekin Scholarship Winners:

Allie Baskakova, Arnav Vunnam, Colin Qiu, Doyoon Kim, James Stewart, Jeremy Zhang, Neil Iyer, Prisha Aswal, Shaheem Samsudeen, Sophie Ma

2023 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Brianna Su, Disha Jena, Elaine Gu, Ella Zheng

2023 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Brandon Nam, Derek Hu, Ian Leung, Justin Zhang, Lusen Yao

2023 AlphaStar Omer Faruk Tekin Scholarship Winners:

Anushi Mittal, Aryan Shome, Jeremy Liu, Nathan Liu, Siyona Narang

2022 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Alivia Cui, Anna Chen, Eva Lin, Helen Law, Sophia Fan

2022 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Andrew Shi, Deepac Ganesan, Michael Tang, Tejo Madhavarapu, William Xiao

2022 AlphaStar Omer Faruk Tekin Scholarship Winners:

Advika Asthana, Akshaj Arora, Akshatha Arunkumar, Alston Tang, Amy Zhou, Azalea Li, Leo Wang, Lily Qin, Priyanka Rathore, Samuel Henderson

2021 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Alena Kutsuk, Hannah Lim, Katie Shih Koh, Nidhi Saravanan, Sophia Smola Matsui 

2021 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Aidan Cao, Ethan Yan, Zachary Cha

2021 AlphaStar Omer Faruk Tekin Scholarship Winners:

Advika Navin, Amritha Praveen, Chloe So, Ender Michael Ramsby, Nelson Huang, Seomgeun Shim

2020 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Ava Chen, Ryka Chopra

2020 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Kai Lum, Sohil Rathi

2019 AlphaStar Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship Winners:

Angela Liu, Lindsey Tuckey

2019 AlphaStar Kent Merryfield Scholarship Winners:

Alex Chen, David Zhang

Application Process:

Who can apply:

  • Maryam Mirzakhani Scholarship: Female students in the 5th or 6th grade in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Kent Merryfield Scholarship: Students in the 5th or 6th grade in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Omer Faruk Tekin Scholarship: Students in the 5th or 6th grade in the United States

How to apply:

  • Fill in the application form.
  • A recommendation letter from a teacher/coach/tutor etc. (not a family member) who is familiar with the applicant’s potential and passion for math should be submitted via the recommendation form.

The deadline for the Kent Merryfield and Omer Tekin scholarship applications have passed. You can find the list of winners on this page now.

 

The deadline for the Maryam Mirzakhani scholarship application is extended until May 31st, 2024. The winners will be announced in June.

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