Summary
This award supports U.S.-based participants at the “Escuela Costarricense de Combinatoria (Combinatorial School of Combinatorics)”, held from July 27 to August 07, 2026, at the Universidad de Costa Rica. Drawing inspiration from the influential Encuentro Colombiano de Combinatoria, this research school aims to strengthen the ties between mathematical communities across the Americas and cultivate a collaborative environment for researchers at all career stages. The program features four intensive minicourses led by experts in graph theory, matroid theory, polyhedral geometry, and symmetric func