[cmath] AARMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Support Program - Atlantic Association for Research in Mathematical Sciences

[Alan Kelm]

      AARMS PDF Support Program

The annual AARMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Support Program will start
accepting applications on November 12, 2010.  The rules of the program
are given below.  AARMS would like to encourage faculty at the smaller
universities to participate in this program.  Applications will be
accepted where the costs and the supervision of a postdoctoral fellow
are shared between more than one faculty member, or between more than
one institution.

Full details can be found at: http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/index.html


* Rules and Procedures *

*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. AARMS will provide $17,500 per
year for the fellowship and the supervisor is responsible for organizing
matching funds of at least this amount

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 *

Applicants are required to establish a relationship with a prospective
supervisor before applying to AARMS, and to have a tentative agreement
from that supervisor to make a joint application to this program. This
program is not a service for matching applicants with supervisors.

Applications should be made by the candidate through the PDF Application
page found through the Online Services link in our menu. 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 (in pdf format).
    * A list of the exact sources of matching funding (NSERC or other
      grant(s), department(s), ...); to be typed directly into the web
      form provided. If there are more than one intended supervisors
      only one needs to submit this financial information.

The applicant should also arrange for two letters of reference 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 submitted in pdf format.

*Assessment *

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

*Timetable *

    * *December 12* - Application deadline.
    * *December 22* - Deadline for supervisor contribution.
    * *February 1* -Deadline for the assessment phase. Initial offers on
      Postdoctoral fellowships are made within the next few weeks. The
      department/university offered an award is requested to provide to
      AARMS a signed "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). If an offer is declined
      AARMS reserves the right to either offer or to refrain from
      offering a fellowship to the next candidate in the ranking.
    * *June 30* - Deadline for reports from supervisors of renewing
      PDFs. The supervisor must submit a detailed progress report,
      outlining the research work and listing publications, talks, etc.
      Electronic copies of all publications must be submitted to AARMS
      for archival purposes. The PDF is also expected to acknowledge the
      support of AARMS in their publications.
    * *August 31* - Latest possible termination date for the second year
      of a PDF.
    * *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 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.

* Apply *

All applications are made through our online system.  A link is found at
the bottom of our "Rules" page:

http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/rules.html

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