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Whether one is seeking algorithms to locate disease genes, designing and predicting the properties of new materials, modeling the effect of economic changes on our climate, or discovering new methods to design trajectories for exploring the solar system, the need for cutting-edge, innovative mathematics is critical in many fields. Fostering new mathematical techniques and training a new generation of mathematical scientists who will develop and use them lies at the heart of IPAM’s mission.

"IPAM...has been a great success since its founding... Its specialty is creating three-month programs where participants (both junior and senior) from two or more fields of mathematics, science, or industry interact through workshops, participant-driven seminars, and informal interactions, centered around a theme that had been identified as particularly fertile for bringing together two or more otherwise disparate communities." – Dr. Terence Tao, Fields Medalist & Professor of Mathematics, UCLA

IPAM was founded in 2000 as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Institute with a grant from the NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences. IPAM seeks to bring the full range of mathematical techniques to bear on the great scientific challenges of our time. We sponsor programs that bring together researchers from different disciplines or from different areas of mathematics, with the goal of sparking interdisciplinary collaboration that continues long after the IPAM program ends. Over 2,000 visitors per year attend its workshops, long programs, student research programs, summer schools, and other programs.

"IPAM embraced machine learning as an area in which mathematics could have an enormous impact, and have an impact, it did. Many mathematicians became interested in ML/Al because of long programs, tutorials, summer schools, and workshops held at IPAM over the last 20 years." – Dr. Yann LeCun, VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta

You can make a donation here. Any donation is appreciated, and no amount is too small.

Sponsorship Opportunities

We seek the support of friends who share our vision and are willing to help to forward it. Your donation will help us to continue our year-round programming, as well as enrich and improve IPAM’s programs and initiatives, including:

Long Programs

Long programs bring together researchers from mathematics and other disciplines, or multiple areas of mathematics, with the goal of facilitating collaborative, cross-disciplinary research. Senior, mid-career and junior researchers from around the world convene at IPAM for three months. The long program

opens with a week of tutorials, which are followed by several (usually four) workshops on topics related to the overall theme of the program, and a culminating workshop at UCLA’s Lake Arrowhead Conference Center. Between the workshops, the participants organize a seminar series and other research activities. IPAM offers housing and travel support to participants of long programs. For a list of our upcoming long programs, please visit: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/long-programs/

Non-commutative Optimal Transport Long Program Participants

The cost to sponsor an IPAM 3-Month Long Program is $1M. Sponsorship includes:

Support for an IPAM Long program, including all embedded workshops and culminating conference.
Support includes acknowledgement in the embedded workshop videos of all talks, seen worldwide.
Sponsor will be acknowledged in publications resulting from the program.
Sponsor will be invited to private events with participants and IPAM leadership.
Acknowledgement on IPAM’s website and newsletter.

Workshops

IPAM sponsors workshops on a broad range of scientific themes. Some workshops are part of an IPAM long program. Long program participants who are in residence at IPAM, attend all of the workshops in the program, while others visit IPAM for just one workshop. Other workshops, including our winter workshop series, are stand-alone. Most workshops are five days and feature 20 to 25 speakers. Exploratory workshops, which address an emerging problem or new application of math, are two or three days in length. Participants may apply for travel support to attend a workshop or may simply register online. IPAM records most of the workshop lectures and posts the videos online; you will find them in the program archive. IPAM hosts 4-5 stand-alone workshops per year. For a list of our upcoming workshops, please visit: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/

Winter 2025 Workshop: Computational Interactions between Algebra, Combinatorics, and Discrete Geometry

The cost to sponsor an IPAM workshop is $200K. Sponsorship includes:

Support for a stand-alone week-long workshop, including production of videos of all talks
Acknowledgement in the videos seen worldwide.
Acknowledgement on IPAM’s website and newsletter.
Invitation to a reception to meet participants and IPAM leadership.

Student Research Programs

The Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) Programs provide an opportunity for talented undergraduate students to work in teams on real-world research projects proposed by sponsors from industry or the public sector. Each student team of 4, with support from their academic mentor and industry mentor, will research the problem and present the results, both orally and in writing, at the end of the program. Subsequent to the RIPS program, some student teams choose to publish their results or present them at national conferences. IPAM provides each undergraduate student with a wide range of support and incentives including, stipend, travel allowance, housing and meals on campus, and site-visit to sponsors. IPAM typically accepts 36 students per year for this program. For more information about RIPS, please visit: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/student-research-programs/research-in-industrial-projects-for-students-rips-2026-los-angeles/

RIPS2025 Students and Mentors

The cost to sponsor RIPS for one summer is $500K. Sponsorship includes:

Acknowledgement on IPAM’s website and newsletter.
Access to invitation-only RIPS Projects Day
Opportunities to meet and recruit some of the best and brightest mathematics students in the U.S.

For more details on how to support Long Programs, Workshops, or Student Research Programs, please contact the Chief Administrative Officer or IPAM Director.

More Sponsorship Opportunities

Named Fellow Program ($200K)
Support for a Special Project at IPAM ($500K)

For more details on how to support these sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Chief Administrative Officer or IPAM Director.

IPAM Building Naming Opportunities

Lobby “Oasis” - $2M
Atrium - $1.5M
Terry’s Project Space - $500,000
Auditorium - $1M
Conference Room - $500,000
Library - $200,000
Videographer Suite - $150,000
Classroom - $500,000
Coffee Corner/Coffee Bar - $100K
Back Patio - $100K
Front Patio - $100K

For details on IPAM Building Naming Opportunities, please contact the Chief Administrative Officer or IPAM Director for more details.

Other Gift Opportunities

Improvements to our Facilities: Upkeep and enhancement of IPAM’s space is essential in ensuring a healthy and safe workplace. These enhancements cannot be supported by NSF funding. In addition, we need to upgrade our video equipment every 4 years. Your gift will help create and maintain a safe and welcoming place for our participants and the math community and will allow us to continue to provide the video content we currently create.

Child Care Fund: Help IPAM support participants whose active participation in the program is dependent on securing reliable, full- or part-time care for a young child or children. A generous donation from the Berland Foundation has made this program possible, but we seek additional support so that we may serve more participants attending IPAM workshops and long programs.

Celebrating Inclusiveness: IPAM encourages active involvement of all in our activities, and IPAM events promote community building, identification of talent, and celebration of mathematical merit. Your donation will help attract top STEM talent.

Directors Endowment: Donations to this fund will allow the director to fund activities and programs that cannot easily be funded by other sources. It will also support the research activities of the director and thus help with the recruitment of future directors.

To support our Other Gift Opportunities, you can make a donation here. Any donation is appreciated, and no amount is too small.

Corporate Giving

IPAM offers opportunities for corporations to participate in our scientific programs, propose topics for programs, and support activities that are designed to promote diversity in math and science. For more information on any of the opportunities listed below, please contact IPAM’s Chief Administrative Officer.

SPONSOR A RIPS PROJECT

Industrial participation is a defining feature of Research in Industrial Projects for Students. RIPS offers industry-sponsored research projects to undergraduate students in math and related disciplines. IPAM recruits corporate sponsors to propose a project and provide feedback and support to the student team throughout the nine-week program. The sponsors benefit from the results of the research as well as from access to highly talented student participants–some of whom may work for the company afterwards.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS

IPAM long programs, workshops and summer schools benefit from the participation of industrial researchers, and the corporation benefits from the training, networking, recruiting, and opportunities for collaboration that the IPAM program offers. Members of the research staff from a variety of industries, such as data processing, information technology, aerospace, biotechnology, and engineering, come to IPAM workshops and programs.

We invite industry sponsorship of IPAM programs. IPAM offers scientific workshops and summer schools on topics that may be relevant to your company’s current research. The level and benefits associated with these sponsorship opportunities are negotiable and can be designed to suit your organization’s specific needs.

We also invite researchers from corporations to suggest a topic for a scientific program. This can be a 2 or 3-day “exploratory” workshop, a five-day workshop, a 1 to 3-week summer school, or a three-month long program.

EMPLOYER MATCHING PROGRAMS

Finally, we encourage individuals making personal donations to IPAM to seek matching contributions from their employer. You may check UCLA’s database to see if your company has a matching gift program before making your donation.

Join IPAM's Frontiers Society

You can help IPAM achieve its mission by becoming a member of the Frontiers Society!

IPAM offers 3 distinct elevated membership levels. These membership levels are valid These membership levels are valid from the day of the donation until December 31 of the following calendar year. Couples may join with a single membership. Members of the Frontiers Society will receive regular updates about everything that is new at IPAM.

Innovator ($200 or above) Donate Now

Membership at the Innovator level comes with the following benefits:

An IPAM gift (T-shirt, mug, or other).
Mentioning of your name in the annual newsletter and on the IPAM webpage.
Regular updates about IPAM and a print copy of the annual newsletter.

Visionary ($1000 or above) Donate Now

Membership at the Visionary level comes with the following benefits:

All the benefits of the Innovator level membership.
An invitation to at least one special (annual) IPAM event.
Reserved seating at all public (general audience) IPAM events.

Champion ($2000 or above) Donate Now

Membership at the Champion level comes with the following benefits:

All the benefits of the Visionary level membership.
Naming of a seat in the IPAM lecture hall: A plaque appears on the back of the seat with the name of the donor or someone the donor chooses to honor. We will continue to offer this opportunity until all seats are named.

Additional Naming Opportunities:

Donors giving $7,500 or more will be recognized on IPAM’s Donor Wall.
There are additional naming opportunities for larger donations. Please contact the Chief Administrative Officer or IPAM Director for more details.

Please help IPAM carry out its mission by making a contribution online. If you prefer to donate by mail, please print this form and mail it to The UCLA Foundation, PO Box 7145, Pasadena, CA 91109-7145.

If you have any questions about giving to IPAM, or wish to arrange a visit, please contact Loida De Leon at ldeleon@support.ucla.edu.

IPAM is part of UCLA which is a public, nonprofit educational institution exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. All gifts to IPAM are 100% tax deductible.