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“Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013” (MPE2013)—the year-long program created to encourage research on a range of topics related to Planet Earth—has been active for almost a year and will transition into “Mathematics of Planet Earth” (MPE) at the end of 2013.
What has been accomplished and what are the plans…
Professor Kathryn Chaloner is Head of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Iowa, and leads the Alliance Statistics Initiative of the US National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (“Math Alliance”). She writes:
The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (www.mathalliance.org) is a…
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…