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.
Who we are.
Who we are.
Meet the winners.
“I have not trodden through a conventional university course, but I am striking out a new path for myself.”
Srinivasa Ramanujan
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.