NSF Support for US based participants of ICMP 2009.
Deadline for
applications: Thursday, April 30, 2009!
A block travel grant proposal has been submitted to the
National Science Foundation for the
XVIth
International Congress on Mathematical Physics to be held in Prague,
Czech Republic, August 3-8, 2009. This grant will provide support for
US based researchers to travel to the Congress and associated satellite meetings.
Priority will be given to conference speakers, recent PhDs and advanced graduate
students who do not have travel support from other sources. Women and members of
under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Application procedure
Deadline
Applications must be received by Thursday, April 30, 2009. We hope to
notify researchers who will receive funds as soon as possible thereafter.
Late applications will receive a lower priority or will not be considered
at all when funds are exhausted.
The Application must include
- A cover letter explaining the applicant's interest
in the congress, other possible funding sources, and what satellite
conferences or visits with other scientists are planned in conjunction
with the congress.
- Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications.
- Brief (one page) description of the applicants research.
- In the case of a student or postdoctoral applicants, a letter
of recommendation from a senior scientist.
Submission of applications
The grant will be administered by Bruno Nachtergaele and the staff of the
Mathematics Department of
the University of California, Davis.
Applicants should submit their applications by
email to Christopher King, Chair of the Selection Committee,
c.king@neu.edu.
The preferred format for applications is a single PDF file, which
should be sent as an attachment to an e-mail message to the address
given above. Student and postdoctoral applicants should also request
the senior scientist to submit the letter in support of their application
by e-mail to the same address.
Selection criteria
- Scientific excellence
- An indication that the applicant's future research and professional
growth will benefit from participation in the conference and associated
satellite meetings.
- Preference will be given to conference speakers, recent PhD's and
outstanding graduate students.
- Researchers who have travel funds available from regular NSF
grants or other sources are not eligible.
Selection committee
Applications will be reviewed a Selection Committee consisting of the following
members:
- Christopher King, Chair (Northeastern University)
- David Damanik (Rice University)
- Bruno Nachtergaele (University of California, Davis)
- Robert Seiringer (Princeton University)
- Robert Sims (University of Arizona)
Amount of award
We anticipate being able to fund travel for approximately twenty
researchers. Awards will specify a maximum support amount which
should be sufficient to cover the cheapest airfare to Prague (with a US
carrier), modest room and board in Prague, and the registration fee.
Participants whose expenses for the main conference (including the
Young Researchers Symposium) are less than the maximum amount will be
allowed to submit expenses for travel to one or more satellite meetings
up to the award amount. Applications for travel to one
or more of the satellite meetings only will not be considered.
Questions
Questions about this travel support can be sent to Bruno Nachtergaele
at
bxn@math.ucdavis.edu .
