“Scholarships like this inspire and give opportunities to those who are often overlooked.”
Emily Ngo
Meet Emily Ngo, a Year 11 student at Cabramatta High School, Sydney. A highly promising mathematician, Emily is one of six students to be awarded the $6000 for 2026–27.
Emily’s story is typical of many talented high school mathematics students in Australia. Growing up in a single-income household, her education is a priority to help secure a bright future for both her and her family. With plenty of determination on her side and encouragement from those around her, Emily has excelled in her high school education — all while helping her younger siblings with their studies in her spare time.
Emily’s passion for mathematics is fervent: “Maths is a language beyond letters, where every equation speaks to me like words in a logical narrative,” she says. “It’s the alphabet of the written universe.”
AMSI knows that there are promising and passionate students just like Emily who all too often fall through the cracks. This is where you can step in.
How your gift helps
Your gift to the AMSI Foundation can help fund programs such as AMSI’s Specialist Maths High School Scholarships for Girls. This scholarship provides students with:
• Vital resources
• Mentoring support
• The confidence and skills they need to excel in mathematics.
Together, these supports help pave the way for greater gender equity in the discipline.
We believe that active support is the most effective way to nurture and empower emerging talent. That is why we partner every Scholarship recipient with an academic mentor. Emily is no exception. We’ve paired her with University of New England teacher and PhD candidate Narges Shabgard, who will mentor Emily throughout her Specialist Mathematics studies.
Thanks to the scholarship, Emily says her ambition to become a mathematics academic at university “feels closer than ever.” Knowing that she has “the support of the scholarship, AMSI and the people around me” her next step is “to inspire others to pursue maths and discover otherworldly concepts like quantum physics.”
Make your EOFY gift today
Your tax-deductible gift to AMSI has the potential to empower another promising young mathematician like Emily this EOFY. Give what you can and help AMSI secure the future of mathematics in Australia.
What is the AMSI Foundation?
The AMSI Foundation was created to support AMSI’s mission to champion the mathematical sciences for Australia’s advancement. Your donation will help AMSI amplify its impact in the following ways:
• Support participation of women and girls, First Nations, regional and other under-represented groups in the mathematical sciences.
• Deliver programs that increase student participation in maths.
• Illuminate the many career pathways in today’s data driven workforce.
• Facilitate employment linkages for maths graduates.
• Create programs that strengthen the mathematical sciences to ensure Australians have the skills needed for economic progress and social wellbeing.
