Updated: 2nd November, 2026 TL;DR If you love math, you have one big question to answer: can you enter? The Math Prize for Girls is a free, in-person contest at MIT for girls in 11th grade or below who live in the U.S. or Canada. You qualify through an AMC 10 or AMC 12 score taken in November, and the 2026 contest was held October 11. The 2027 dates aren't posted yet. If you want to take math into research, look at the Lumiere Research Scholar Program. It pairs you 1:1 with a
