PIMS Education Prize 2010

 

CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award

The CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics recognizes exceptional research in any branch of applied mathematics, interpreted broadly. The nominee's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university. The prize is to be awarded to a researcher less than ten years past the date of Ph.D. at the time of nomination.

The award will consist of a cash prize of $1,000 and a commemorative plaque that will be presented at the CAIMS Annual Meeting. The recipient will be invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the CAIMS Annual Meeting in the year of the award.

Nominations

The current competition is now closed. The recipient of the 2010 prize will be announced by April 1, 2010. Please check back later in 2010 for information on the 2011 competition.

For further information, please see Prizes-Awards.

 

PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2010 - 2011

Update

In the fall of 2009 The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invited nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for Postdoctoral Fellowships for the year 2010-2011. Candidates must be nominated by one (or more) scientists affiliated with PIMS or by a Department (or Departments) affiliated with PIMS. The fellowships are intended to supplement support made available through such a sponsor. The Institute supports fellowships tenable at any of its Canadian member universities: Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, the University of Calgary, the University of Victoria, University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan, as well as at the University of Lethbridge (a PIMS affiliate).

For the 2010-2011 competition, held early in 2010, the amount of the award will be $20,000 and the sponsor(s) is (are) required to provide additional funds to finance a minimum stipend of $40,000.

Award decisions are made by the PIMS PDF Review Panel based on the excellence of the candidate, potential for participation in PIMS programs and potential for involvement with PIMS partners. PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows will be expected to participate in all PIMS activities related to the Fellow's area of expertise and will be encouraged to spend time at other sites. To ensure that PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows are able to participate fully in Institute activities, they may not teach more than two single-term courses per year. Nominees must have a Ph.D. or equivalent (or expect to receive a Ph.D.) by December 31, 2010 and be within three years of their Ph.D. at the time of the nomination. The fellowship may be taken up at any time between September 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011. The fellowship is for one year and is renewable for at most one additional year.

The 2010-2011 competition is now closed. Please check back in autumn of 2010 for the next call for applications.

For further information, visit: www.pims.math.ca/scientific/postdoctoral.

 

PIMS / CNRS Call for Applications 2010 - 2011

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) are calling for applications from French researchers to spend the academic year 2010-11 in one of the PIMS universities and to participate in the PIMS research activities. The applicants should be either "fonctionnaires titulaires" either at the CNRS or at a French university, and priority will be given to junior researchers ("chargé(e)es de recherches" or "maîtres de conferences").

Applications should be sent to Guy Metivier, Directeur INSMI (CNRS), and to Alejandro Adem, Director of PIMS, by December 1, 2009. They should include a vitae and a list of publications, together with a description of the research project to be done during the academic year, and the names of the PIMS researchers which would be involved in the project. Results will be announced by December 15, 2009. In the case of university faculty, once the application has been accepted, the actual appointment is subject to the person asking for a "détachement au CNRS" from his/her home institution and being accepted.

Successful applicants will be sent for one year by the CNRS to the PIMS university where the research is to be carried out, on the understanding that they will be given adequate working conditions, and be treated like local faculty (except for teaching). We encourage researchers at PIMS universities to contact their French counterparts and encourage them to apply. The extent of local support will be a crucial factor in judging the applications.

The 2010-2011 competition is now closed. Please check back in autumn of 2010 for the next call for applications.

Guy Metivier, Directeur INSMI (CNRS)

Email: guy.metivier@cnrs-dir.fr

Alejandro Adem, Director of PIMS

Email: director@pims.math.ca

Please direct any technical questions to Do-Rim Joo, Executive Assistant

Email: reception@pims.math.ca