31st Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications
Paris, July 17 - 21, 2006
Travel Support For U.S. Participant
corresponding PDF file
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR U.S. PARTICIPANTS
to attend
THIRTY FIRST CONFERENCE ON STOCHASTIC
PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
July 17-21, 2006
Paris, France
Funding is anticipated from the U.S. National Science
Foundation for a block travel grant to help defray the
travel costs of junior researchers and members of
underrepresented groups from the United States
participating in the 31st Conference on Stochastic
Processes and their Applications to be held in
Paris, France, July 17-21, 2006.
The conference website is
Junior researchers are those who received a Ph.D. in
2003 or later, or who are advanced graduate students
working on Ph.D. dissertations. All
applicants must be affiliated with a U.S. institution
and residing in the United States. Following standard
NSF restrictions concerning travel,
recipients of travel grant funds for airfare must travel
on U.S. carriers.
All grant recipients must provide receipts for expenses
to be reimbursed,
whether for airfare or subsistence.
Applications received by April 15, 2006, will receive
full consideration.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee consisting
of selected past
and current U.S. members of the Committee for
Conferences on Stochastic
Processes. Applicants will be notified of awards
on or before April 30, 2006.
Each application must include the following in the form of
a pdf file:
-
(i)
- A two page vita including education (all applicants
except current
Ph.D. students should include Ph.D. year, institution
and dissertation
title), current position, current research interests,
complete list of
publications. Advanced Ph.D. student applicants
should include a letter of
recommendation from their dissertation advisor;
- (ii)
- Expected level of participation at the conference,
e.g., will give a
talk (include title and abstract);
- (iii)
- Complete mailing address and e-mail address;
- (iv)
- Amount of support requested (with break-down of
the expected costs
into categories) and any partial support available from
other sources;
- (v)
- Any federal research or other grants held;
- (vi)
- Affirmation that the applicant meets the
eligibility criteria given above.
Those who are eligible and who wish to be
considered for travel support
should send their applications, preferably pdf file by e-mail, to:
Professor Rick Durrett
(SPA31 Travel Grant Applications)
Department of Mathematics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
rtd1@cornell.edu
