[cmath] OCT 1 DEADLINE APPROACHING: PIMS Call For Proposals

[Manders, Karen]

Call for Proposals - DEADLINE APPROACHING



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, 2012.

Deadline

Proposals must be received by October 1, 2011. 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 2011, 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<mailto:bud at pims.math.ca>) and are not subject to this deadline.

Submission

Proposals must be submitted online at Submit a Proposal<http://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 at assistant.director at pims.math.ca<mailto:gotay at pims.math.ca>.  Incomplete proposals and late submissions will not be included in the scientific review process. Please use the online submission for all proposals, including those for Collaborative Research Groups, thematic programs, and any other activity with a total request of over $2,000. Questions about the process may be sent to the Deputy Director, G. M. "Bud" Homsy (bud at pims.math.ca<mailto:bud at pims.math.ca>).

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.

Mathematics of Planet Earth - 2013

PIMS is a participant in a special year of broadly based programs in 2013 on the Mathematics of Planet Earth. Mathematics plays a key role in many processes affecting our planet, both as a fundamental discipline and as an essential component of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 will provide a platform to showcase the essential relevance of mathematics to planetary problems and create a context for the mathematical developments necessary to meet global challenges. We invite the PIMS community to propose workshops, thematic programs, and conferences that are aligned with this global initiative, especially those that are linked with other scientific institutions.

For further information, please visit: www.mpe2013.org<http://www.mpe2013.org>.

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, 2012. 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, 2011.  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.


--Karen Manders
Communications Manager
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences


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