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Association for Women in Mathematics offers Travel Grants
The next deadline for the AWM/NSF Travel Grant is October 1, 2013. The Association for Women in Mathematics travel program supports these opportunities for women:
1. Travel grants in mathematics, for women mathematicians attending mathematics conferences.
2. Travel grants for women mathematicians…
Earlier this year, we collected input from IMS members for a subcommittee to examine the current structure of support for the statistical sciences within the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and to provide recommendations for NSF to consider.
An update of the committee work is now available from the website…
Travel Grants for ICM 2014, Seoul, Korea, August 13–21, 2014
The American Mathematical Society has applied to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funds to permit partial travel support for US. mathematicians attending the 2014 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2014) August 13–21, 2014, in Seoul, Korea. Subject to the…
INGenIOuS: Strategies for advancing the mathematics and statistics workforce
Deb Nolan writes:
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has joined the INGenIOuS community (Investing in the Next Generation through Innovative and Outstanding Strategies), along with the American Statistical Association, US National Science Foundation, Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematical Society, and…
Deadline June 15, 2013
Nominations are sought for the 2013 National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research. The prize recognizes sustained, high-quality cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences. The prize of $1,000 will be presented at the NISS/SAMSI JSM Reception on August 5, 2013,…