[cmath] AARMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2009 - Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences

[Alan Kelm]

AARMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2009

Value:  minimum $35,000 per annum
Application deadline:  December 15, 2008

Eligibility and place of tenure:  AARMS postdoctoral fellowships are 
awarded, on the recommendation of its Scientific Review Panel (SRP), to 
beginning researchers who received their PhD no more than four years 
before applying. Applications will be considered from those who anticipate 
receiving their PhD before the proposed start time of the fellowship, 
however the PhD must be in hand before actually beginning the fellowship.

It is typically expected that the proposed supervisor will not be the same 
person as the applicant's PhD supervisor, and that the proposed 
Postdoctoral Fellowship will be at a different university than the one at 
which the PhD was awarded.  The proposed supervisor must be a full-time 
tenure track or tenured faculty member at a university in Atlantic Canada.

Duration: Normally two years. Funding for the second year is dependent 
upon satisfactory performance demonstrated in the detailed progress report 
submitted by the supervisor(s).

Application: The candidate is expected to have linked up with a proposed 
supervisor before applying.  Applicatons should be made by the candidate 
through the AARMS online page (www.aarms.math.ca/pdf) After registering on 
the system, applicants should send their username to their proposed 
supervisor(s). This enables the supervisor(s) to make their contributions 
to the application. The application should include:

- CV (in pdf format)

- Research Proposal: a detailed description of the research area and the 
research to be carried out during the tenure of the fellowship as well as 
a description of how the candidate would interact with the supervisor(s). 
(also in pdf format)

After the applicant has registered online each intended supervisor(s) 
should contribute, through the AARMS online page the following:

- A written reference (to be typed directly into the relevant web form).

- A list of the exact sources of matching funding (NSERC or other 
grant(s), department(s), ...).  If there are more than one intended 
supervisors only one needs to submit this information.  This information 
is also to be entered directly into the relevant web form.

The applicant should also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be 
submitted to the online system by persons who are familiar with the 
candidate's work and can comment on their suitability for an AARMS 
postdoctoral fellowship. The candidate will need to send their username to 
the external referee to enable them to make this contribution.  These 
letters are to be typed by the referee directly into the web form provided 
for this purpose.

Assessment:  Applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel, 
who will make a recommendation to the Director

Timetable:

December 15 - Application deadline

February 1 - Final decision is made on applications.  The 
department/university hosting a successful AARMS PDF applicant is 
requested to provide (to the Director of AARMS) a formal "funding 
package", showing the annual contributions by the supervisor(s), the 
department, and the university. Their amount has at least to match the 
AARMS contribution of $17,500 and may require that the fellowship holder 
teach up to one class each term (including spring/summer sessions).

September 1 - Start time for the fellowship.  AARMS will transfer $8,750 
(first half of the annual amount) during the month when the PDF starts 
his/her programme, and the same amount six months later.  This is done 
upon receipt of a formal invoice from the hosting department/university. 
It is acceptable for the start of a fellowship to be delayed up until 
December 1, but funding will be reduced proportionate to the delay.  This 
reduction will be reconciled in the second year of funding.

For Further information please visit www.aarms.math.ca/pdf or contact

David Langstroth
AARMS Administrator
(902) 494-8087
dll at cs.dal.ca

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