Kinnaird Program
The Kinnaird Institute Research Experience is a unique, summer undergraduate math research experience conducted on campus at Millsaps. The program is, internally funded by the Kinnaird Endowment. Each year, a group of Millsaps college undergraduate students are selected to participate on a competitive basis. The summer’s program is centered around a core topic of active mathematical research, from which multiple group and individual projects organically splinter. We work full days on Monday-Thursday, as well as morning sessions on Friday. Morning sessions are focused on mini-lectures, problem sessions, progress reports, and group brainstorming, while afternoon sessions are focused on independent work.
Since the program began in 2019, all participants have appeared as a co-author on at least one article. Six papers were published in strong peer-reviewed journals; three appeared in Involve, the leading math journal for student-faculty collaboration. Four papers have already been cited in other published research.
In addition to publication, participants have made 11 conference presentations. Participants are provided with on-campus housing, a stipend, opportunities and funding to travel to conferences and present their research and more.