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A New Frontier-Level Math Benchmark

Nova-Math is a government-supported project (Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA)) to build a calibrated mathematics benchmark that evaluates and challenges large language models (LLMs). We are recruiting problem writers to create original, high-quality items across four difficulty tiers: Challenge, Hard, Medium, and Easy. All accepted items are paid on a per-item basis, and authors will be included in a public paper describing the dataset, evaluation protocol, and baselines by year-end.

Instructions for Contributing

  • Consult the FAQ document and read all instructions.
  • Write a novel question.
  • Check your question. Do not submit questions AI chat models. Your answers will be invalid if they have been seen by existing AI models. To check your question's difficulty level, use our tool.
  • Submit your question using this form.
  • After submission, your question will be checked for difficulty and uniqueness. If the question is accepted, you will receive an NDA and IP transfer document. After that, you will be compensated.

Compensation

Tier Mathematical Depth Explanation Compensation (per question)
Challenge Graduate Research Not solvable by current AI; typically only a few human experts in related areas can solve. A good Challenge problem has a novel core insight and resists back solving, guessing, or relying on heuristics. $3,623
Hard Upper‑level undergrad or early graduate
(e.g., Analysis, Complex Analysis, Algebra, Combinatorics, Probability, Topology) 		Comparable to the hardest problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). One deep idea with a clean logical chain; little to no brute force casework. $326
Medium Undergraduate
(e.g., Analysis, Abstract Algebra, basic Graph Theory, Probability, intro Topology) 		Domestic Olympiad level tier. Crisp statement, single key idea, bounded computation. $72
Easy High school or early undergrad
(e.g., Calculus basics, Linear Algebra basics, Elementary Discrete Math, Elementary Probability) 		Middle/high school contest easy tier. Short solution, unambiguous statement. $36

Important Dates

  • September 1, 2025: Submissions open
  • November 10, 2025: Submissions close
  • December 2025: Competition concludes and report is released.

Contact

For questions about the benchmark or to discuss collaboration opportunities, please contact novamath.faq@gmail.com.