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<h3>AARMS PDF Support Program
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<p>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.
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<p>Full details can be found at:
<a href="http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/index.html">http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/index.html</a>
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<big>Rules and Procedures</big>
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<p><b>Eligibility and place of tenure
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<p>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
</p>
<p> 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. </p>
<p><b>Duration
</b></p>
<p> Normally two years. Funding for the second year is dependent upon
satisfactory performance demonstrated in the detailed progress report
submitted by the supervisor(s). </p>
<p><b>Application
</b></p>
<p>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.
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<p> 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: </p>
<ul>
<li>CV (in pdf format)</li>
<li> 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) </li>
</ul>
<p> After the applicant has registered online each intended
supervisor(s) should contribute, through the AARMS online page the
following: </p>
<ul>
<li>A written reference (in pdf format).</li>
<li> 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.</li>
</ul>
<p>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. </p>
<p><b>Assessment
</b></p>
<p>Applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel, who
will
make a recommendation to the Director.
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<p><b>Timetable
</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>December 12</b> - Application deadline.</li>
<li><b>December 22</b> - Deadline for supervisor contribution.</li>
<li><b>February 1</b> -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.</li>
<li><b>June 30</b> - 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.</li>
<li><b>August 31</b> - Latest possible termination date for the
second year of a PDF.</li>
<li><b>September 1</b> - 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.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>
<big>Apply</big>
</b></p>
<p>All applications are made through our online system. A link is
found at the bottom of our "Rules" page:
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<p><a href="http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/rules.html">http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf/rules.html</a><br>
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