The Institute has funds available to suppport the research of individuals and groups within the department. We solicit the following types of proposals from faculty members in the department:

Short term research visitors

The Institute can help support visitors to the Department for the purpose of joint research. These visits are typically for one to two weeks; shorter or longer visits are negotiable. (Normally the Institute does not support short visits of only a few days, but see the section on seminar speakers below.) Some funds are available for transportation, lodging and local expenses.

Short-term visitor request form [0]

Seminar speakers

The Institute supports the ongoing research seminars of the department by providing annual budgets (currently $3500) to active research seminars for the purpose of helping to defray travel and living expenses for invited outside speakers.

Institute distinguished visitors

The Institute supports the visit of distinguished researchers with a stipend of $1000 per week. The usual period of the visit is 10 weeks, but shorter visits are possible. Often the visitor offers a graduate course through the Mathematics Department. In any case the visitor is expected to give a series of colloquium-style lectures in addition to pursuing research in collaboration with members of the department.

Informal special quarters

This could include multiple short term visitors on a single theme. This could also mean support for a departmental seminar to invite speakers on a particular theme. It is not intended that seminars will be supported permanently in this way.

Special quarters and conferences

The Institute is always looking for proposals for more large-scale special quarters and conferences.

Guidelines for Support

The guidelines that the MRI follows for support are contained in the document guide [0].

Department of Mathematics [0]