The "Pipeline" Project is a study about issues associated with the supply and demand for mathematics students and personnel in educational institutions and the workplace.  The study is coordinated by ICMI at the request of its mother organization, the International Mathematical Union (IMU).  It also builds on, and is an extension of, the work of the Survey Team for ICME-11 on the topic of "Recruitment, entrance and retention of students to university mathematical studies in different countries" and chaired by Derek Holton. 

The aim of the Pipeline project has been to collect data, on an international basis, on the number of mathematical science students passing through four transition points:

After distributing an initial questionnaire to establish availability of data, the Pipeline project began collecting data from ten countries:

·      Australia

·      England & Wales

·      Finland

·      France

·      Hong Kong

·      New Zealand

·      Portugal

·      Scotland

·      Taiwan

·      United Kingdom

·      USA