2004 ENDOWMENT GRANT COMPETITION - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Deadline Sepetmeber 30

[Graham Wright]

The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the 2004
Endowment Grants Competition to fund projects that contribute to the
broader good of the mathematical community. The Endowment Fund is used to
fund such projects and the Endowment Grants Committee (EGC) administers
the distribution of the grants and adjudicates proposals for projects.
Depending on the performance of the CMS Endowment Fund, the funds
available for this year's competition may be less than past years.

Proposals must address the goal and statement of purpose of the Canadian
Mathematical Society. The goal of the Canadian Mathematical Society is to
support the promotion and advancement of the discovery, learning, and
application of mathematics. The CMS Statement of Purpose is:

1. To unify and support Canadian mathematicians through effective
communication, broad membership, sponsorship of diverse activities, and
partnerships with like professional societies.

2. To support mathematics research through the communication of current
research to both the specialist and non-specialist, public recognition of
research accomplishments and collaboration with the research institutes
and granting agencies.

3. To support the advancement of mathematics education through joint
projects with mathematics educators at all levels, promotion of
educational advancements, and partnerships with provincial ministries of
education and organizations supporting mathematics education.

4. To champion mathematics through initiatives that explain, promote and
increase the general understanding of mathematics, provide extra-curricula
opportunities for students, and encourage partnerships with corporate,
government and not-for-profit agencies.

An applicant may be involved in only one proposal per competition as a
principal applicant. Proposals must come from CMS members, or, if joint,
at least one principal applicant must be a CMS member. The EGC will
consider funding proposals for a maximum of three years. However,
multi-year proposals must be funded from the funds available to the EGC in
the year of application. The EGC will consider funding proposals to a
maximum of $5,000 per year.

The EGC committee intends to favour proposals where CMS funds can be
leveraged or where proposals have no other natural funding body to which
to apply.

If it is anticipated that a proposal will generate something of lasting
financial value, proposers must indicate that this is the case and declare
their intent with respect to that value.

Application process. Application forms and templates as well as advice and
directions are available at the CMS website www.cms.math.ca/Grants/EGC.
Proposals must be received no later than September 30, 2004.

The Chair of the Endowment Grants Committee invites emails expressing
interest in the grant as soon as possible chair-egc at cms.math.ca

Karl Dilcher
Chair, Endowment Grant Committee
Canadian Mathematical Society
577 King Edward
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5