[cmath] PIMS - Call for Proposals: October 1 deadline

[Alejandro Adem]

Call for Proposals

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) welcomes
applications for support of conferences, workshops, seminars,
collaborative research groups and related activities in the mathematical
sciences, to occur after April 1, 2011.

Deadline

Proposals must be received by October 1, 2010. Earlier submissions are
encouraged so that necessary feedback and revisions can be made before
the deadline. The Scientific Review Panel will meet to review proposals
in November 2010, with results announced shortly thereafter. Activities
with relatively small budgets under $2,000 (exemplified below by Pacific
Northwest Seminars) can be proposed directly by email to the Deputy
Director, G. M. "Bud" Homsy (bud at pims.math.ca) and are not subject to
this deadline.

Submission

Proposals must be submitted online at

www.pims.math.ca/scientific/call-proposals/submit-proposal

(exceptions are noted below). You should receive an automatically
generated e-mail message confirming receipt of your application
immediately after you finalize all changes on your proposal. Should you
need to make changes to your application after the final submission, or
wish to check on the status of your proposal, please contact the PIMS
Program Coordinator Ken Leung at kleung at pims.math.ca. Incomplete
proposals and late submissions will not be included in the scientific
review process. There are two online forms. One is for Collaborative
Research Groups – see below – and the other is for all other activities
except thematic programs, which can be proposed directly to the Deputy
Director.

Content of Proposals – General Activities

All proposals for general scientific activities and major education and
industrial outreach events should follow the outline below and include
all 9 sections. Section 5 should be at most 100 words and may appear in
public announcements. Section 8 should contain details as well as any
unusual features of the proposal, history and possible future aspects,
educational benefits, etc. The budget should be itemized and detailed to
the level of, for example, a cost estimate of travel and accommodation
for each invited speaker.

1. Title of proposal.

2. Organizer(s), including affiliation(s) of all investigators.

3. Proposed location and dates.

4. Amount of funding requested from PIMS.

5. Summary of scientific and other objectives.

6. List of participants (invited, confirmed, speaking?).

7. Intended audience, provision for students.

8. General comments.

9. Other sources of funding and cost-sharing support.

___________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Intent and Proposals for a Collaborative Research Group (CRG)

Proposing a CRG is a two-step process. Interested researchers first
submit a Letter of Intent for a CRG to start after April 1, 2011.
Letters of Intent are 2-4 pages long, serve as preliminary proposals
and/or concept papers, and will be reviewed by the PIMS Scientific
Review Panel in Fall, 2010.  The PIMS Director will then invite
successful groups to submit a full CRG Proposal. These in turn are
usually developed in consultation with the PIMS Deputy Director and then
submitted online as described above under Submission.

Letters of Intent and CRG Proposals should contain the six sections
listed below.  The Summary should be at most 100 words and may appear in
public announcements.

1.  Title of the Collaborative Research Group.

2. Name, affiliation and CV/biosketch of CRG Leaders (at least two
different PIMS sites should be represented) and other participants
(please give affiliations for all participants).

3. Scientific rationale and objectives.

4. List of proposed events/modules, including proposed start date.

5. Proposed budget.

6. Executive summary (suitable for public dissemination).

___________________________________________________________________________

Pacific Northwest Seminars

These are scientific meetings of one to two days in length. Funding of
up to $1,000, together with administrative support is available from
PIMS. Cost sharing with other institutions is encouraged.
Proposals for Pacific Northwest Seminars are not reviewed by the
Scientific Review Panel but are assessed by the Director and Deputy
Director.