Mathematics Underpinning Digital Economy and Energy

Mathematics Underpinning Digital Economy and Energy - EPSRC call http://bit.ly/dn5In0 Closing 4 July

The EPSRC Mathematical Sciences programme invites proposals for internationally leading research in the mathematical sciences that underpins the strategic priorities of the Digital Economy and Energy mission programmes. 

The principal aim of this call is to stimulate the exploration, development or use of new mathematical techniques to address research challenges within the scope of the Energy and Digital Economy mission programmes whilst strengthening connectivity between the mathematical sciences, other disciplines and application areas. 

Up to £5 million has been earmarked for this targeted activity; it is anticipated that between 7 and 12 proposals will be funded. 

EPSRC Postdoctoral research fellowships call 2010

Dear colleagues,

Please note that all applications will be discussed at College level with Steve McLaughlin, before going forward for submission. Dear colleague EPSRC Postdoctoral research fellowships call 2010 Please see below a link to information on the EPSRC Postdoctoral research fellowships call 2010.

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/fellowships.aspx EPSRC is offering Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in: Theoretical physics [up to 5]; Mathematical sciences [up to 10]; Cross-disciplinary interfaces [up to 10]. Please note that there are some specific eligibility criteria associated with this call [these are listed in the call document]. There are also some specific criteria that should be discussed with the candidate's prospective Head of School [these are listed in the call document]. The deadline for applications [via JeS] to EPSRC is 4pm on Thursday 12 August 2010.

Goedel fellowship- Kurt Goedel Research Prize Fellowships Announcement

KURT GOEDEL RESEARCH PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS The Kurt Goedel Society is proud to announce the commencement of the second round of the Kurt Goedel Research Prize Fellowships Program. The research fellowship prize program is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and will offer: * two Ph.D. (pre-doctoral) fellowships of EUR 100,000 * two post-doctoral fellowships of EUR 100,000 and * one unrestricted fellowship of EUR 100,000 One International Board of Jurors will be in charge of evaluating the applications and determining up to twenty finalists whose papers will be published in a special issue of the Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, and another international Board of Jurors will be in charge of determining the winners. Both Boards will be chaired by Prof. Harvey Friedman, Ohio State University (USA). Board of Jurors for Determining the Finalists * Jeremy AVIGAD, Carnegie Mellon University, (USA) * Lenore BLUM, Carnegie Mellon University, (USA) * Harvey FRIEDMAN, Ohio State University (USA) CHAIR * John HARRISON, Intel Corporation, (USA) * Kenneth KUNEN, University of Wisconsin, (USA) * Angus MACINTYRE, Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Society, (UK) * Hiroakira ONO, JAIST Research Center for Integrated Science, (JAPAN) * Pavel PUDLAK, Czech Academy of Sciences, (Czech Republic) * Michael RATHJEN, University of Leeds, (UK) * Frank STEPHAN, National University of Singapore, (SINGAPORE) * William TAIT, University of Chicago, (USA) * Simon THOMAS, Rutgers University, (USA) * Albert VISSER, University of Utrecht (NL) * Andreas WEIERMANN, Ghent University, (BELGIUM) * Boris ZILBER, University of Oxford, (UK) Board of Jurors for Determining the Winners * Lev BEKLEMISHEV, Russian Academy of Sciences (RUS) * Harvey FRIEDMAN, Ohio State University (USA) CHAIR * Dov M. GABBAY, King's College London (UK) * Warren D. GOLDFARB, Harvard University (USA) * Howard Jerome KEISLER, University of Wisconsin (USA) Goal and Criteria of Merit The purpose of these fellowships is to support original research in, and areas surrounding, the foundations of mathematics. (See Scope below for more details.) These fellowships are intended to carry forward the legacy of Kurt Gödel, whose works exemplify deep insights and breakthrough discoveries in mathematical logic, with profound impact on the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. In pursuit of similar insights and discoveries, we adopt the following criteria of merit for evaluating Fellowship applications: 1. Intellectual merit, scientific rigor and originality of the submitted paper and work plan. The paper and research plans should combine visionary thinking with academic and scientific excellence.. 2. Potential for significant contribution to basic fundamental issues of wide interest, and the likelihood for opening new, seminal lines of inquiry that bear on such issues. 3. Impact of the Fellowship on the project and likelihood that the Fellowship will make the proposed new lines of research possible. 4. The expectation that the proposed research will be successful. 5. Qualifications of the applicants will be evaluated on the basis of all available information including CV, research paper, research plans, research accomplishments, and letters of recommendation (recommendation letters are not required for senior applications). Winners' Model Projects: http://fellowship.logic.at/2010/files/Bovykin_Project.pdf http://fellowship.logic.at/2010/files/Koellner_Project.pdf Model Questions http://fellowship.logic.at/index.php?questions Scope Original fellowship proposals in the areas of * set theory * recursion theory * proof theory/intuitionism * model theory * computer assisted reasoning * philosophy of mathematics All fellowship proposals, regardless of subject area, will be judged according to * the relevance and resemblance of the research (finished and proposed) to the great insights and originality of Kurt Gödel * its general interest and clarity of motivation * its rigorous scientific quality and depth. Submission Instructions The three categories of fellowships are specified as follows: *Ph.D.(pre-doctoral): being in the stage before finishing the thesis (or equivalent achievements) *Post-doctoral: being in the stage within 10 years after finishing the thesis (or equivalent achievements) *Unrestricted: also open to senior applicants The submission must consist of: - one document A in PDF format containing . the CV . the project description . the recommendation letters - one document B in PDF format containing the article - one text abstract relating to B Maximum allowed length of the abstract is 500 words. Document A containing the CV, the project description, and the recommendation letters must be prepared in the following way: - minimum font size: 10pt - paper size: A4 - maximum length of the CV: 3 pages The CV must contain the list of all/most important publications. The CV must clearly state to which category the application belongs. - maximum length of project description: 4 pages Project description should clearly state where and at which institution the applicant intends to carry out the project. - minimum 2(two)/maximum 3 (three) 1-page recommendation letters,in case of applications belonging to the categories Ph.D.(pre-doctoral) and post-doctoral fellowships. (The recommendation letters should be scanned and included into the PDF document) The submission must be in English. The Board and the Program Chair reserve the right: *to consider only submissions with reasonable format *to reassign a submission to another category as applied for. The applicant will be informed about the reasons for such a decision. The submission software will be available online by the end of June 2010. Timeline November 15, 2010. Submissions deadline February 28, 2011. Jury decision on the papers for publication (at most 20) March 1, 2011. Final versions due March 6, 2011. Jury decision on winners due April 28-30, 2011. Conference and the Award Ceremony June-October, 2011. Commencement of the Fellowships Web:http://fellowship.logic.at/ E-mail contact: goedel-fellowship@logic.at

Call for applications - Distinguished Visiting Fellowships

Deadline for the next round of applications is 31 May 2010. Brochure and poster can be downloaded from: http://www.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/dvfs/scheme.htm Further information and an application form are also available to download at http://www.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/dvfs/

EU Week! 3rd-7th May 2010

*EU Week* - 3rd-7th May 2010, University of Edinburgh

ERI Research Support and Development

http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyMiwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*EU Week will run from the *3rd to the 7th May 2010. *All University of Edinburgh researchers are warmly invited to attend the events on offer. *

While UK research funders are tightening their belts, the European Commission continues to have strong streams of funding available. To help the University of Edinburgh make the most of the opportunities on offer, staff at Edinburgh Research and Innovation and the University's Dean International for Europe, Professor Andrew Scott, will be hosting EU Week in early May.

EU Week events will allow researchers to learn more about funding opportunities from the key UK representatives for a number of the European Commission's funding schemes. Whether you're experienced with EU funding or you're wondering where to start, there will be something of interest to you.

*Programme of Events*

*Monday 3rd May 2010* - 10:00-11:30 - Scotland Europa http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyMywxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*Tuesday 4th May 2010* - 10:00-11:30 - International Cooperation http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyNCwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*Wednesday 5th May 2010* - 10:00-13:00 - UK Research Office (UKRO) http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyNSwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

14:00-15:30 - Energy National Contact Point http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyNiwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*Thursday 6th May 2010 * - 10:00-12:00 - Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities National Contact Point http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyNywxMzM1MDQwNzk=

14:00-16:00 - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials & New Production Technologies National Contact Point http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyOCwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

14:30-16:30 - Science in Society National Contact Point http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEyOSwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*Friday 7th May 2010* - 09:30-11:30 - Health National Contact Point http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEzMCwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

12:00-16:00 - European Commission: Marie Curie http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEzMSwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

*ERI Research Support and Development* College of Science and Engineering Follow us on twitter http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MzI5OTEzOCwxMzM1MDQwNzk=

EU Week at the University of Edinburgh

Please see below links to information about 'EU week' that has been arranged for 3rd-7th May 2010.

The purpose of the week is to highlight EU funding streams and opportunities that are available.

The general information page: http://www.eri.ed.ac.uk/events/EUWeek2010/

The Programme of events: http://www.eri.ed.ac.uk/events/EUWeek2010/programme.html ERI have arranged the event and staff can make bookings for each of the sessions through MyEd. Just follow the links from the events pages.

Call for Applications - UK-US Collaboration Development Award (CDA) Programme

I would like to remind you of the British Council's UK-US New Partnership fund, 'a $500,000 program to develop new strategic links between higher education institutions'. In a nutshell, up to £20,000 are available for student/postdoc/faculty exchange visits, to develop research collaborations and joint degrees. For more information, please see http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-partnerships_ http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-partnerships

Finally, the RCUK Office in Washington DC provides a summary of research council US-UK funding opportunities on their website, which is updated regularly. Please see http://www.usa.rcuk.ac.uk/default.htm http://www.usa.rcuk.ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/international/opportunities.pdf_

UK - USA Partners in Science *Call for Applications - UK-US Collaboration Development Award (CDA) Programme* The UK's Science & Innovation (S&I) Network in the US is proud to announce the second round of our UK-US Collaboration Development Award (CDA) Programme. These competitive awards have been created to enable our contacts and partners to further develop relationships that have formed as a result of our various activities (workshops, conferences, visits, etc). The CDAs are small travel grants covering transportation, accommodation and subsistence (no more than £2000) to allow UK and US scientists, engineers, academic leaders and innovation experts to travel in either direction to develop their partnerships. Ideal projects will be focused on delivering strong collaborative results (i.e. joint publications, joint funding applications, student / postdoc exchanges, etc.) in the next 6-12 months.

In this second round we've been able to stretch the timeline to allow for greater flexibility. *Applications are due on 9 May*, and successful applicants will be notified on or before 4 June. *All travel funded by these awards should be completed by 1 October*.