for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs

Supported by the National Security Agency
the Office of Naval Research, and
the Association for Women in Mathematics

Over the past seventeen years, the Association for Women in Mathematics has held a series of workshops for women graduate students and recent PhDs (referred to as "postdocs" below) in conjunction with major mathematics meetings.

• AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC - Deadline for applications is August 25, 2008
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• AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs, held in conjunction with the 2008 SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
• Past Workshops - Programs, pictures, and so forth
• Information for Applicants and Participants

AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs

SIAM Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA, July 2008
Deadline for Applications Extended to January 23, 2008

When: An AWM Workshop is scheduled to be held in conjunction with the SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 7-11, 2008.

Format: The workshop will consist of a poster session by graduate students and two - three minisymposia featuring selected postdocs, plus an informational minisymposium directed at starting a career. The graduate student poster sessions will include all areas of research but each postdoc minisymposium will have a definite focus, and will be selected from the research areas of Mathematical Biology, Modeling, Control, Optimization, Scientific Computing, and PDEs and Applications. AWM will offer funding for travel and two days' subsistence for up to 20 participants. Departments are urged to help graduate students and postdocs obtain some supplementary institutional support to attend the Workshop and the associated meeting. All mathematicians (female and male) are invited to attend the entire program.

Discussion Group Leaders: We also seek volunteers to lead discussion groups and to act as mentors for workshop participants. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the AWM office.

Eligibility: To be eligible for selection and funding, a graduate student must have begun work on her thesis problem, and a recent Ph.D. must have received her degree within approximately the last five years, whether or not she currently holds a postdoctoral or other academic or non-academic position. All non-US citizens must have a current US address.

All applications should include

1. Summary Sheet (pdf file available for printing)
2. a cover letter,
3. a summary of research work (one-two pages),
4. a title of the proposed poster or talk (with abstract of 75 words or less),
5. a curriculum vitae, and
6. a supporting letter of recommendation from a faculty member or research mathematician who knows their research is required for graduate student applicants and recommended but not required for recent Ph.D.'s. Additional letters of support are encouraged.

All selected and funded participants are invited and strongly encouraged to attend the full AWM two-day program. Those individuals selected will be notified by the AWM Office and will need to submit a final title and abstract with name, affiliation, address, etc. by mid-February to SIAM for the meeting program; AWM will provide instructions with the notification.

Send five complete copies of the application materials (including the cover letter) to: