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Application Form for IMA New Directions Professorship

Applications for New Directions Research Professorships will be reviewed until the end of April, or until the positions are filled. Early application is encouraged.

Applications must include a letter from the applicant's department chair indicating that the home institution will provide a minimum of 50% of academic year salary and 100% of health and other relevant fringe benefits.

Please submit the following files and complete the application form below:

Curriculum vitae including list of publications.
A statement of a few pages describing the applicant's mathematical background and accomplishments, their interest and research plans in relation to the thematic year, the exact period of the visit, and level of funding requested. The statement should address plans to build upon the IMA experience, including broader impacts such as teaching and curriculum development.
In addition to this application form, the following items must be received by the IMA at the address above.

* The applicant's institution must commit to providing a minimum of 50% of academic year salary and all health and other relevant fringe benefit should the Research Professorship be granted. A letter from the department chair at the home institution indicating that the home institution will provide this support is required.

* One or more letters of recommendation sent directly to the IMA.

Materials should be sent electronically to ndprof@ima.umn.edu or by regular mail, attention to "New Directions Professorships", to the address below.

Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
University of Minnesota
114 Lind Hall
207 Church Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

* = Required field
Last Name*:
First Name*:
Office address*:
Office phone*:
E-mail Address*:
Gender*: Female Male Do not wish to provide
Ethnicity*: Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino Do not wish to provide
Race*: American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Decline to Report Race/Ethnicity
Citizenship*: U.S. Citizen
Permanent Resident
Other non-U.S. Citizen
Do not wish to provide
Ph.D Institution:
Ph.D. Received Year:
Ph.D Field:
Proposed start date of visit*: 2012
Proposed end date: 2013

IMA support, in the form of a subcontract to the home institution, will be for up to 50% of 2012-2013 salary with a maximum of $50,000 for the entire 9-12 month visit. Approximate dollar amount of IMA support requested:

* = Required field

In addition to this application form, the following items must be received by the IMA at the address above.

  • Curriculum vitae including a list of publications.
  • A statement of a few pages describing the applicant's mathematical background and accomplishments, their interest and research plans in relation to the thematic year, the exact period of the visit, and level of funding requested. The statement should address plans to build upon the IMA experience, including broader impacts such as teaching and curriculum development.
  • The applicant's institution must commit to providing a minimum of 50% of academic year salary and all health and other relevant fringe benefit should the Research Professorship be granted. A letter from department chair or other cognizant official at the home institution specifying and guaranteeing this funding is required.
  • One or more letters of recommendation sent directly to the IMA.

Materials should be sent electronically to  ndprof@ima.umn.edu   or by regular mail, attention to "New Directions Professorships", to the address above.


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