Akamai Foundation

Akamai Foundation

The Akamai Foundation is a non-profit organization that sponsors mathematics competitions. It was originally founded, and it is supported financially, by Akamai Technologies.It awards annual scholarships to the winners of the high school competition, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, [ [http://www.ams.org/ams/imo2001-closingday.html American Mathematical Society] ] makes awards for specific school mathematics education projects [ [http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=1190 Mass. Dept. of Education] ] , and sponsors a "Magic of Math" program aimed at younger students.

References

External links

* [http://www.akamai.com/html/about/foundation.html Akamai foundation web site]
* [http://www.magicofmath.org/ Magic of Math home page]


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