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<div class="moz-forward-container">This is an announcement that the
annual AARMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program is now open for
applications<small>. <big>Details can be found below</big></small>
or on our website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf">http://www.aarms.math.ca/pdf</a>
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<h3>Eligibility and place of tenure</h3>
<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>
<h3>Duration</h3>
<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>
<h3>Application</h3>
<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.</p>
<p> Applications should be made by the candidate through the PDF
Application page found through the Online Services link in our
menu.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>
<li>Name(s) and email address(es) of proposed supervisor(s)</li>
<li>Names and email addresses of two referees</li>
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<p> After their name(s) and email addresse(s) have been entered by
the applicant, the proposed supervisor(s) will receive an
automated message from the system, giving them access to the
application, and requesting the submission of the following
materials:</p>
<ul>
<li>A written reference.</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 proposed referees will also receive an automated message
from the system, giving them access to the application, and
requesting the submission of a written reference. Referees
should be persons who are familiar with the candidate's work and
can comment on their suitability for an AARMS postdoctoral
fellowship. </p>
<h3>Assessment</h3>
<p> Applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel,
who will make a recommendation to the Director. </p>
<h3>Timetable</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>December 13</b> - Application deadline.</li>
<li><b>December 20</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. If
a successful candidate has also been offered an NSERC
postdoctoral fellowship it is permitted to accept the AARMS
award as well. In this case AARMS will contribute $7,500 per
year on top of the NSERC award. No matching fees will be
required from the supervisor(s).</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>
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<h2>Apply</h2>
Make your application through our online system<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.aarms.math.ca/service">https://www.aarms.math.ca/service</a>
(System opens November 12, 2013).<br>
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