[cmath] Call for Proposals - 2007 Endowment Grants Competition

[Graham Wright]

Call for Proposals - 2007 Endowment Grants Competition

The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the 2007 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.

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-curricular 
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 tends 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, 2007.

The Chair of the Endowment Grants Committee invites emails expressing  interest 
in the grant as soon as possible

Dr. Karl Dilcher
Chair, Endowment Grants Committee
Canadian Mathematical Society
577 King Edward
Ottawa, ON  K1N 6N5
chair-egc at cms.math.ca