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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Call for Proposals & Funding Opportunities <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Fields Institute is pleased to announce the following calls for proposals and funding opportunities. Guidelines and application details are available on the web page for each opportunity. Please direct specific inquiries to the contact person listed for each opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><hr size=3 width="100%" noshade style='color:green' align=center></span></div><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Proposals and Applications</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>General Scientific Activity Proposals</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Next competition deadline: <i>February 15, 2018.</i> <br>A lead time of at least nine months is requested between the deadline for submission and the date of the event. <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/general-scientific-activity-proposals">www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/general-scientific-activity-proposals</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Outreach Proposals</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Next competition deadline: <i>February 15, 2018.</i> <br>A lead time of at least nine months is requested between the deadline for submission and the date of the event. <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/outreach-activity-proposals">www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/outreach-activity-proposals</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thematic and Focus Programs</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Next competition deadline: <i>March 15, 2018.</i> <br>A lead time of several years may be required. <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/thematic-and-focus-program-proposals">www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/thematic-and-focus-program-proposals</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Fields Institute Fellows</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Accepting nominations until <i>February 15, 2018.</i> <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-institute-fellows">www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-institute-fellows</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Fields Research Fellowship</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Next application deadline: <i>May 15, 2018.</i> <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-research-fellowships">www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-research-fellowships</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thematic and Focus Programs – Funding for Visitors</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thematic Program on Emerging Challenges in Mathematical Biology</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Application target date of <i>February 7, 2018</i> for short term visitors. Applications will be accepted as long as funding is available. <br>Program web page and link to funding application: <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/MathBiology">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/MathBiology</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Focus Program on Nanoscale Systems and Coupled Phenomena</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Application target date of <i>February 7, 2018</i> for long-term visitors and <i>February 28, 2018</i> for short-term visitors. Applications will be accepted as long as funding is available. <br>Program web page and links to funding applications: <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/nanoscale">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/nanoscale</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thematic Program on Teichmüller Theory and its Connections to Geometry, Topology and Dynamics</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Application target date of <i>February 7, 2018</i> for long-term visitors and <i>May 1, 2018</i> for short-term visitors. Applications will be accepted as long as funding is available. <br>Program web page and links to funding applications: <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/18-19/teichmuller">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/18-19/teichmuller</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Séminaire de mathématiques supérieures (SMS) 2018</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Accepting nominations until <i>February 15, 2018</i>. <br>Program web page and link to funding application: <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/sms-2018">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/sms-2018</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Prizes and Awards</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Accepting nominations until <i>February 28, 2018</i>. <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/margaret-sinclair-memorial-award">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/margaret-sinclair-memorial-award</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br>Accepting nominations until <i>November 1, 2018</i>. <br><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/crm-fields-pims-prize">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/crm-fields-pims-prize</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><hr size=3 width="100%" noshade style='color:green' align=center></span></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We look forward to receiving your proposals and applications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Follow the Fields Institute on Social Media! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Facebook: @fieldsinstitute (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/fieldsinstitute">www.facebook.com/fieldsinstitute</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Twitter: @FieldsInstitute (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/FieldsInstitute">www.twitter.com/FieldsInstitute</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Instagram: @fieldsinstitute <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>