Develop your talent.
Realize your potential.
Achieve your goals.

Do you have the spirit?

In order to honor the legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Spirit of Ramanujan STEM Talent Initiative supports emerging engineers, mathematicians, and scientists who lack traditional institutional support through financial grants and mentorship opportunities.

Who we are.

Play Video
Apply by December 31, 2018 to be considered for this year’s awards
We’re here to foster your passion for math and science. Ambitious, exceptional students often need resources that don’t exist in the traditional classroom.

Although offers will be made on a rolling basis until May 30, 2019, complete applications received before December 31, 2018 will be given full consideration.


DIRECTOR
Ken Ono
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics, Emory University Vice President of the American Mathematical Society

ADVISORY BOARD
Manjul Bhargava
R. Brandon Fradd Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University
Po-Shen Loh
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University National Coach, US International Mathematics Olympiad Team Founder, Expii.com
David Patrick
Curriculum Director, Art of Problem Solving
Sam Pressman
Vice President of Production, Pressman Film
Sujatha Ramdorai
Canada Research Chair in Mathematics, University of British Columbia

Who we are.

We’re here to foster your passion for math and science. Ambitious, exceptional students often need resources that don’t exist in the traditional classroom.

Although offers will be made on a rolling basis until May 30, 2019, complete applications received before December 31, 2018 will be given full consideration.


Play Video
Apply by December 31, 2018 to be considered for this year’s awards
DIRECTOR
Ken Ono
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics, Emory University Vice President of the American Mathematical Society

ADVISORY BOARD
Manjul Bhargava
R. Brandon Fradd Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University
Po-Shen Loh
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University National Coach, US International Mathematics Olympiad Team Founder, Expii.com
David Patrick
Curriculum Director, Art of Problem Solving
Sam Pressman
Vice President of Production, Pressman Film
Sujatha Ramdorai
Canada Research Chair in Mathematics, University of British Columbia

Who we are.

Play Video
Apply by December 31, 2018 to be considered for this year’s awards
We’re here to foster your passion for math and science. Ambitious, exceptional students often need resources that don’t exist in the traditional classroom.

Although offers will be made on a rolling basis until May 30, 2019, complete applications received by December 31, 2018 will be given full consideration.


Test yourself with
fun math puzzles.
Recreations of Ramanujan’s handwritten letters, produced for the film The Man Who
Knew Infinity.



Meet the winners.

About the initiative

Winners of this international talent search receive up to $5,000 USD to fund participation in research programs around the world, or individual research with an approved sponsor.

“I have not trodden through a conventional university course, but I am striking out a new path for myself.”

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Who is Ken Ono?

The Spirit of Ramanujan Talent Initiative is headed by Ken Ono, the Vice President of the American Mathematical Society and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University. He served as an associate producer and mathematical consultant for The Man Who Knew Infinity, a feature film about the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

I think we can search the world looking for a mathematical talent, just not by the usual metrics. I want teachers and parents to recognize that when you do see unusual talent, instead of demanding that these people have certain test scores, let’s find a way to help nurture them.

Samples from Ramanujan’s last letter to his mentor, G. H. Hardy.

Life-changing opportunities for today’s Ramanujans.

Contact us.

Ken Ono
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics
and Vice President of the American Mathematical Society

ken.ono@emory.edu
+1 (404) 727 3636