Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

 

 

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) 
welcomes applications for support of activities in the mathematical sciences to 
occur after April 1, 2013. We first 
briefly discuss each of these activity areas and then describe the submission process. Generally, the deadline for submission is October 1, 2012, proposals will be reviewed by the PIMS Scientific Review Panel (SRP) in November, 2012, with awards announced shortly thereafter. Where appropriate, cost sharing is encouraged and can enhance the probability of success.

Activities:

 

NEW IN 2014

PIMS invites Letters of Intent for Pan-Canadian and International Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs) to enable PIMS 
researchers to collaborate with colleagues throughout Canada and the world. 
Proposals will be jointly reviewed by PIMS and the suggested 
participating institution(s), and the costs will be shared between them. For more details on the CRG submission process, please refer to that section below. 



As part of the NSERC Long Range Plan for Mathematics and Statistics, (see http://longrangeplan.ca/), PIMS anticipates an increased emphasis on programs involving statistics starting in April, 2014. Accordingly, we encourage the statistics community to submit letters of intent and proposals for these expanded activities. A special committee of statisticians will evaluate these submissions.

Please contact the Deputy Director, G. M. 
"Bud" Homsy (bud@pims.math.ca), for further details on these new opportunities.



CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS



PIMS supports a variety of meetings around North America 
and the Pacific Rim. These range from small one-day workshops to 
multi-week conferences involving hundreds of participants. Proposals for major events are reviewed by the SRP, while smaller events, such as the Pacific Northwest Seminars, may be approved directly at the discretion of the Director and Deputy 
Director. 





SPECIAL FOCUS PERIODS



Special Focus Periods are special opportunity events depending on current mathematical trends and collaborative prospects. They usually take place in the summer and vary in length depending on the discipline. 





DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

PIMS accepts invitations for distinguished scientists to visit its 
member institutions for periods ranging from one week to one month, and 
provides up to $5,000 for each such visit. Distinguished visitors are 
expected to present several lectures at the PIMS host site; multi-site 
visitors are particularly encouraged. 





COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GROUPS



CRGs consist of researchers with a common interest with a desire to 
collaborate in synergistic ways in a particular research area. They are 
intended to exploit complementary strengths and to promote and support longer term, multi-event, multi-site coordinated activities and they involve 2-3 postdoctoral fellows partially supported by PIMS. Their period of operation is typically 3-4 years. For a listing of current and past CRGs, please see www.pims.math.ca/scientific/collaborative-research-groups.

MATHEMATICS OF PLANET EARTH 2013



PIMS is a participant in a special year of broadly based programs in 2013 
on the Mathematics of Planet Earth: see www.mpe2013.org. Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 will provide a showcase for the essential relevance of mathematics to planetary 
problems and create 
a context for the mathematical developments necessary to meet global 
challenges. 
We invite the PIMS community to propose workshops, conferences and special 
focus periods 
that are aligned with this global initiative, especially those that are 
linked with other scientific institutions.




Submission Procedures:

DEADLINE



Proposals must be received by October 1, 2012. Earlier submissions 
are encouraged, and you may contact the PIMS Deputy Director, G. M. "Bud" Homsy (bud@pims.math.ca) if you wish comments and feedback on draft proposals. The Scientific Review Panel 
will meet to review proposals in November 2012, with results announced 
shortly thereafter. Activities with relatively small budgets (under $2,000, 
exemplified below by Pacific Northwest Seminars) can be proposed directly by 
email to the Deputy Director and are not subject to this deadline.






ONLINE SUBMISSION

Proposals must be submitted online at Submit a Proposal 
(exceptions are noted below). You should receive an automatically generated 
e-mail message confirming receipt of your application immediately after you 
finalize all changes on your proposal. Should you need to make changes to 
your application after the final submission, or wish to check on the status 
of your proposal, please contact the PIMS Program Coordinator at program.coordinator@pims.math.ca. 
Incomplete proposals and late submissions will not be included in the review process. Please use the online submission for all 
activities with a total request of over $2,000. 
Questions about the process may be sent to the Deputy Director.




CONTENT OF PROPOSALS - Conferences, Workshops, Summer Schools, 
Distinguished Visitors and Special Focus Periods




All proposals for these activities should follow the outline below and 
include all 9 sections.





1. Title of proposal.

2. Organizer(s), including affiliation(s) of all investigators.

3. Proposed location and dates.

4. Amount of funding requested from PIMS.

5. Summary of scientific and other objectives. This is limited to 100 words and should be suitable for use in public announcements.

6. List of participants (invited, confirmed, speaking?).

7. Intended audience, provision for students.

8. General comments. This section should contain details as well as any 
unusual features of the proposal, history and possible future aspects, 
educational benefits, etc.

9. Other sources of funding and cost-sharing support. The budget should be itemized and detailed to the 
level of, for example, a cost estimate of travel and accommodation for each 
invited speaker. 


 

PROPOSALS FOR A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GROUP (CRG) 
 



 

Proposing a CRG is a two-step process. Interested researchers first 
submit a Letter of Intent for a CRG to start after April 1, 2013. Letters of Intent are 4-8 pages long, serve as preliminary proposals and/or concept papers, and will be reviewed by the PIMS Scientific Review Panel in November, 2012. Proposers are strongly encouraged to consult with the PIMS Deputy Director and send drafts for comments well in advance of the deadline. Successful groups will then be invited to submit a full CRG Proposal. These are usually developed in consultation with the PIMS Deputy Director and then submitted as described above under Online Submission.





Letters of Intent and CRG Proposals should contain the six sections 
listed below. 






1. Title of the Collaborative Research Group.

2. Name, affiliation and CV/biosketch of CRG Leaders (at least two 
different PIMS sites should be represented) and other participants (please 
give affiliations for all participants).

3. Scientific rationale and objectives.

4. List of proposed events/modules, including proposed start date.

5. Proposed budget.

6. Executive summary (limited to 100 words and suitable for public dissemination).