Supported by the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
and
the
Association for Women in Mathematics
(AWM).
IMPORTANT: The February 1, 2010 deadline for travel and mentoring grants has been extended to February 11, 2010.
- Mathematics Travel Grants for Women Researchers Deadlines February 1, May 1 and October 1 each year.
- Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants for Women Researchers Deadlines February 1, May 1 and October 1 each year.
- Mathematics Mentoring Travel Grants for Women Deadline is February 1 each year.
- Mathematics Education Research Mentoring Travel Grants for Women Deadline is February 1 each year.
- Advice for Mathematics Travel Grant Applicants
Mathematics Travel Grants
Enabling women mathematicians to attend conferences in their fields provides them a valuable opportunity to advance their research activities and their visibility in the research community. Having more women attend such meetings also increases the size of the pool from which speakers at subsequent meetings may be drawn and thus addresses the persistent problem of the absence of women speakers at some research conferences. The Mathematics Travel Grants provide full or partial support for travel and subsistence for a meeting or conference in the applicant’s field of specialization.
Selection Procedure: All awards will be determined on a competitive basis by a selection panel consisting of distinguished mathematicians appointed by the AWM. A maximum of $1500 for domestic travel and of $2000 for foreign travel will be funded. For foreign travel, US air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grants regulations; prior AWM approval required).
Eligibility: These travel funds are provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the National Science Foundation. The conference or the applicant’s research must be in an area supported by DMS. Applicants must be women holding a doctorate (or equivalent) and with a work address in the USA (or home address, in the case of unemployed applicants). Anyone who has been awarded an AWM-NSF travel grant in the past two years is ineligible. Anyone receiving more than $2000 yearly in external governmental funding for travel is ineligible. Partial travel support from the applicant’s institution or from a non-governmental agency does not, however, make the applicant ineligible.
Applications:
Step 1: All applicants must first complete the online pre-survey (Click here to take survey). The pre-survey is conducted by an independent evaluator. The pre-survey responses are not shared with AWM Selection Panel. After you have completed the pre-survey you will have access to the online application.
Step 2: All applications must be submitted via the online application system. The application requirements and a complete step-by-step process are available on the online site. If you have not already done so you must first create a user account – this will be the first screen when you access the site. During the application process you will be asked to attach one PDF file that includes your proposal, CV (click here for CV instructions) and current and pending funding (indicate if you do or do not have current and pending funding). If you have a speaker confirmation letter or e-mail notification, we ask that you scan the document as an electronic file so you can attach it as a PDF file.
The application materials include:
- a research proposal (two to three pages in length, see Advice for Mathematics Travel Grant Applicants);
- a curriculum vitae;
- a proposed budget; and
- current or pending funding available to the applicant.
Deadlines: There are three award periods per year, with applications due February 1, May 1, and October 1.
IMPORTANT: The February 1, 2010 deadline for travel and mentoring grants has been extended to February 11, 2010.
Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants
There are a variety of reasons to encourage interaction between mathematicians and educational researchers. National reports recommend encouraging collaboration between mathematicians and researchers in education and related fields in order to improve the education of teachers and students. Communication between mathematicians and educational researchers is often poor and second-hand accounts of research in education can be misleading. Particularly relevant to the AWM is the fact that high-profile panels of mathematicians and educational researchers rarely include women mathematicians.
The Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants provide full or partial support for travel and subsistence for:
- mathematicians attending a research conference in mathematics education or related field.
- researchers in mathematics education (or related field) attending a mathematics conference.
Selection Procedure: All awards will be determined on a competitive basis by a selection panel consisting of distinguished mathematicians and mathematics education researchers appointed by the AWM. A maximum of $1500 for domestic travel and of $2000 for foreign travel will be funded. For foreign travel, US air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grants regulations; prior AWM approval required).
Eligibility: These travel funds are provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the National Science Foundation. The conference or the applicant’s research must be in an area supported by DMS. Applicants must be women holding a doctorate (or equivalent) and with a work address in the USA (or home address, in the case of unemployed applicants). Anyone who has been awarded an AWM-NSF travel grant in the past two years is ineligible. Anyone receiving more than $2000 yearly in external governmental funding for travel is ineligible. Partial travel support from the applicant’s institution or from a non-governmental agency does not, however, make the applicant ineligible.
Applications:
Step 1: All applicants must first complete the online pre-survey. The pre-survey is conducted by an independent evaluator. The pre-survey responses are not shared with AWM Selection Panel. After you have completed the pre-survey you will have access to the online application.
If you are a mathematics researcher attending a mathematics education conference click here for the online pre-survey.
If you are a mathematics education researcher attending a mathematics research conference click here for the online pre-survey.
Step 2: All applications must be submitted via the online application system. The application requirements and a complete step-by-step process are available on the online site. If you have not already done so you must first create a user account – this will be the first screen when you access the site. During the application process you will be asked to attach one PDF file that includes your proposal, CV (click here for CV instructions) and current and pending funding (indicate if you do or do not have current and pending funding). If you have a speaker confirmation letter or e-mail notification, we ask that you scan the document as an electronic file so you can attach it as a PDF file.
The application materials include:
- a research proposal (two to three pages in length, see Advice for Mathematics Education Research Travel Grant Applicants);
- a curriculum vitae;
- a proposed budget; and
- current or pending funding available to the applicant.
Deadlines: There are three award periods per year, with applications due February 1, May 1, and October 1.
IMPORTANT: The February 1, 2010 deadline for travel and mentoring grants has been extended to February 11, 2010.
Mathematics Mentoring Travel Grants
The objective of the NSF-AWM Mathematics Mentoring Travel Grants is to help junior women to develop a long-term working and mentoring relationship with a senior mathematician. This relationship should help the junior mathematician to establish her research program and eventually receive tenure. Each grant funds travel, accommodations, and other required expenses for an untenured woman mathematician to travel to an institute or a department to do research with a specified individual for one month. The applicant’s and mentor’s research must be in a field which is supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation.
Selection Procedure: All awards will be determined on a competitive basis by a selection panel consisting of distinguished mathematicians appointed by the AWM. AWM expects to award up to seven grants, in amounts up to $5,000 each. Awardees may request to use any unexpended funds for further travel to work with the same individual during the following year. In such cases, a formal request must be submitted by the following February 1 to the selection committee or funds will be released for re-allocation. (Applicants for mentoring travel grants may in exceptional cases receive up to two such grants throughout their careers, possibly in successive years; each such grant would require a new proposal and would go through the usual competition.) For foreign travel, U.S. air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grant regulations; prior AWM approval required).
Eligibility: Applicants must be women holding a doctorate or equivalent and with a work address in the USA (or home address if unemployed).
Applications:
Step 1: All applicants must first complete the online pre-survey (Click here to take survey). The pre-survey is conducted by an independent evaluator. The pre-survey responses are not shared with AWM Selection Panel. After you have completed the pre-survey you will have access to the online application.
Step 2: All applications must be submitted via the online application system. The application requirements and a complete step-by-step process are available on the online site. If you have not already done so you must first create a user account – this will be the first screen when you access the site. During the application process you will be asked to attach one PDF file that includes your proposal, CV (click here for CV instructions) and current and pending funding (indicate if you do or do not have current and pending funding). If you have a speaker confirmation letter or e-mail notification, we ask that you scan the document as an electronic file so you can attach it as a PDF file.
The application materials include:
- a research proposal (approximately five pages in length) which specifies why the proposed mentoring relationship would be particularly beneficial (see Advice for Mathematics Travel Grant Applicants);
- a curriculum vitae;
- a supporting letter from the proposed mentor (who must indicate his or her availability at the proposed travel time)
- a curriculum vitae of the proposed mentor;
- a proposed budget; and
- current or pending funding available to the applicant.
A final report will be required from each awardee which is to be submitted along with the travel reimbursement request.
IMPORTANT: The February 1, 2010 deadline for travel and mentoring grants has been extended to February 11, 2010.
Mathematics Education Research Mentoring Travel Grants
There are a variety of reasons to encourage interaction between mathematicians and educational researchers. National reports recommend encouraging collaboration between mathematicians and researchers in education and related fields in order to improve the education of teachers and students. Communication between mathematicians and educational researchers is often poor and second-hand accounts of research in education can be misleading. Particularly relevant to the AWM is the fact that high-profile panels of mathematicians and educational researchers rarely include women mathematicians.
Women mathematicians who wish to collaborate with an educational researcher or to learn about educational research may use the mentoring grants to travel to collaborate with or be mentored by a mathematics education researcher. In order to be considered for one of the mentor travel grants, a mathematics applicant must hold a doctorate in mathematics. A mentor should hold a doctorate in mathematics education or in a related field such as psychology or curriculum and instruction. The applicant’s research must be in a field which is supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation.
Selection Procedure: All awards will be determined on a competitive basis by a selection panel consisting of distinguished mathematicians and mathematics education researchers appointed by the AWM. AWM expects to award up to seven grants, in amounts up to $5,000 each. Awardees may request to use any unexpended funds for further travel to work with the same individual during the following year. In such cases, a formal request must be submitted by the following February 1 to the selection committee or funds will be released for re-allocation. (Applicants for mentoring travel grants may in exceptional cases receive up to two such grants throughout their careers, possibly in successive years; each such grant would require a new proposal and would go through the usual competition.) For foreign travel, US air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grants regulations; prior AWM approval required).
Eligibility: Applicants must be women holding a doctorate or equivalent and with a work address in the USA (or home address if unemployed).
Applications:
Step 1: All applicants must first complete the online pre-survey (Click here to take survey). The pre-survey is conducted by an independent evaluator. The pre-survey responses are not shared with AWM Selection Panel. After you have completed the pre-survey you will have access to the online application.
Step 2: All applications must be submitted via the online application system. The application requirements and a complete step-by-step process are available on the online site. If you have not already done so you must first create a user account – this will be the first screen when you access the site. During the application process you will be asked to attach one PDF file that includes your proposal, CV and current and pending funding (indicate if you do or do not have current and pending funding). If you have a speaker confirmation letter or e-mail notification, we ask that you scan the document as an electronic file so you can attach it as a PDF file.
The application materials include:
- a research proposal (approximately five pages in length) which specifies why the proposed mentoring relationship would be particularly beneficial (see Advice for Mathematics Travel Grant Applicants);
- a curriculum vitae;
- a supporting letter from the proposed mentor (who must indicate his or her availability at the proposed travel time)
- a curriculum vitae of the proposed mentor;
- a proposed budget; and
- current or pending funding available to the applicant.
A final report will be required from each awardee which is to be submitted along with the travel reimbursement request.
IMPORTANT: The February 1, 2010 deadline for travel and mentoring grants has been extended to February 11, 2010.
Advice for Travel Grant Applicants
The Association for Women in Mathematics has administered the NSF-AWM Travel Grant Program for Women since 1988, supporting both travel to domestic or foreign research conferences and, more recently, longer-term visits with a mentor. The Program continues to attract applicants of exceptional quality, and it is always the case that many deserving applicants cannot be funded. On average, only a third of those applying can be supported.
The purpose of the travel grants is to enhance the research activities of women mathematicians and increase their visibility in various research venues.
The research proposal is important. The research itself should be of high quality, and the proposal should give a clear, concise explanation of results, reasonably understandable to a lay mathematician. In what way did your work go beyond what was known? What are the connections to and implications for other results or open questions?
If you are applying for a conference travel grant: What are the expected benefits of attending the conference? Who are the major speakers? How relevant is the conference to your research area? Will there be opportunities to discuss mathematics, and are there specific people with whom you expect to confer? Are you giving a talk, or does the nature of the conference preclude that?
If you are applying for a mentoring travel grant: Is the proposed mentor appropriate (a senior mathematician with an established research record in your research area)? Have you already established a preliminary working relationship? How enthusiastic is the mentor about the proposed visit?
You should provide a detailed and realistic budget, with information on the most economical fares (on U.S. carriers), etc. For foreign travel, U.S. air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grants regulations; prior AWM approval required). State clearly any other sources of funding—any sort of personal grant from a federal agency is likely to make you ineligible, but partial support from your institution is allowed. Don't pad your budget in an attempt to reach the maximum allowed level of funding or under the assumption it will automatically be cut. Decisions on the level of funding provided to successful applicants are based both on funds available to the panel and on our evaluation of whether the level requested was appropriate.
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