The Modeling the Future Challenge, run by The Actuarial Foundation, has teams of 1-5 U.S. high school students taking a junior- or senior-level math course (statistics, probability, pre-calculus, calculus, or similar) research real-world data and build a risk-management model for a partner organization. Registration and participation are free, and winning teams share $55,000 in scholarship prizes at the National Symposium.
Eligibility
Fields of studyMathematics · Actuarial Science
DemographicsEligibility is based on the math course a student is taking (junior/senior-level: statistics, probability, pre-calc, calculus, etc.), not grade level. Teams of 1-5 students. No entry fee.
Applying
Winning teams share $55,000 in scholarship prizes; the program does not publish a fixed per-place breakdown.