Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge is a mathematical modeling contest for high school juniors and seniors. Through participation in the contest, students experience what it is like to work as a team to tackle a real-world problem under time and resource constraints akin to those faced by professional mathematicians working in industry. The M3 Challenge spotlights applied mathematics as a powerful problem-solving tool and as a viable and exciting profession. The challenge, sponsored by The Moody’s Foundation and organized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), awards $150,000 in scholarships each year.