Multi-year

MULTI-YEAR PROGRAMMES

Aim: To give research the time it needs

Many scientific projects need time to achieve results. The aim of this programme is to offer organizers an opportunity to share advances on a common project by taking stock once or twice a year, during a key week at CIRM, and to have the possibility to do this several years in a row.

CIRM's international Scientific Committee will normally study proposals following a call, during one of their bi-annual meetings. However, CIRM may accept proposals received at other times and will have any application studied by experts in the committee outside an official meeting, if necessary.
Joint agreements will then be signed between the selected proposers and CIRM.
One year before the first event is to take place, an oral presentation will take place in front of the Scientific Committee, in order to fine-tune the project.
Timespan: 3 events on average. One-week event to be staged every year normally (or every second year for events taking place every two years)

Two types of programmes are available.

Multi-year programme 1: « Mathematics »

The main objective of this programme is to undertake research in all ambitious areas of mathematics and IT, whether they fall into pure research or applied research. The team of investigators will gather mathematicians and/or computer scientists.

Multi-year programme 2: « Mathematics in Interaction »

The main objective of this programme, aimed at cross-disciplinary projects, is to develop mathematical tools in cooperation with other sciences (physics, medicine, biology, economics etc.) in order to meet current and future societal challenges. The proposal must have an equal number of maths specialists and experts in other disciplines.

Funding

These projects will need to be supported by external funds that can include ERC Grants, ANR grants, NSF funding etc.)

Rationale and format

To make full use of the CIRM environment and administrative / logistical support. By planning events over several years, organizers can be sure that every effort will be made to ease their planning, that CIRM's communication channels will be used to advertise the programme, that hotel and restaurant facilities will be professionally organized for them. CIRM's 2019 new extension, in particular, will be used for this programme. It will provide additional bedrooms, a large conference room equipped with an AV centre to film the event and equipped with a Clevertouch touchscreen, a 40-seat video-conference equipped seminar room, offices for organizers, extended restaurant room.

The format of events may be quite flexible: conference, research schools, large thematic workshops, etc. At least one large annual or bi-annual event may be complemented by smaller workshops of 10-40 people in the same year or alternate year. The general agreement can also carry some flexibility re. its duration. We recommend that you take a look at Conferences and Research Schools to find out more information about what is envisaged.

Important dates

20 June 2019 : the call for proposals is open
8 September 2019 : deadline for online submission
14 October 2019 : evaluation by CIRM's International Scientific Committee. Organizers will know the result in the week following the meeting. If the event is selected, a date will be finalized in the 2021 calendar at this stage with the Event Coordinator.
November - December2019 : the organizing team will receive useful information to plan their event, as well as a roadmap.
Early 2020 : a bilingual mini website will be developed by CIRM for the event, based on the information entered in the proposal. Once the website is online, interested participants will be able to start pre-registering for the event.

GUIDELINES FOR PLACING A PROPOSAL

DEADLINE 8 September 2019

NB: Evaluation of the proposals is carried out by the international Scientific Committee at CIRM, which has 20 members (10 men / 10 women) half of them from foreign-based institutions.

Unless specified otherwise, please note that all sections should be completed in English

Some sections need to be completed online.
Other sections will ask you to upload one pdf file per type of information
You do not have to fill in the application in one go but please remember to save on a regular basis.
You can save, leave the application and then come back later, until the deadline.
You can contact the Event Coordinator if you have a query or a problem with the application.
The same application can be filled in by several investigators.

This is what we will ask you for:

Multi-year programme 1: « Mathematics »

General title of the proposed project
Principal Investigator's email address
Detailed identification of minimum 2 and up to 3 Principal Investigators. Upload a CV/resume (pdf) and list of publications (pdf) for each person.
Detailed identification of minimum 2 and up to 4 Co-investigators. Upload a CV/resume (pdf) and list of publications (pdf) for each person.
Detailed description of the 3-year project (2 to 4 pages) (pdf)
Breakdown of events year by year: choice between conference and research school. You will be asked for details such as information on the organizing and scientific committee teams, tentative speakers, and will be asked to upload a one-page description for each event.
Funding pre-commitment (pdf) : please upload a detailed financial plan covering all costs at CIRM during the duration of the project (origin of the funds, amount, any specifics). To find out about rates at CIRM, click here.
Optional event(s): you will be able to upload a document describing any other additional event you may want to hold in any one year.
Main area: information on the type of research undertaken
Optional : any additional information you wish to provide to support your proposal and/or better explain it to the members of the international scientific committee (pdf).

Multi-year programme 2: « Mathematics in Interaction »

General title of the proposed project
Principal Investigator's email address
Detailed identification of maximum 4 Principal Investigators. Upload a CV/resume (pdf) and list of publications (pdf) for each person. You must choose an equal number of mathematicians & experts in another discipline.
Detailed identification of maximum 4 Co-investigators. Upload a CV/resume (pdf) and list of publications (pdf) for each. You must choose an equal number of mathematicians & experts in another discipline.
Detailed description of the 3-year project (2 to 4 pages) (pdf)
Breakdown of events year by year: choice between conference and research school. You will be asked for details such as information on the organizing and scientific committee teams, tentative speakers, and will be asked to upload a one-page description for each event.
Funding pre-commitment (pdf) : please upload a detailed financial plan covering all costs at CIRM during the duration of the project (origin of the funds, amount, any specifics). To find out about rates at CIRM, click here.
Optional event(s): you will be able to upload a document describing any other additional event you may want to hold in any one year.
Main area: information on the type of mathematics and other discipline present in the project
Optional : any additional information you wish to provide to support your proposal and/or better explain it to the members of the international scientific committee (pdf).

Ready?

Click on the board below to place your ONLINE PROPOSAL

A bit more information...

Normal duration of events (research schools, conferences, workshops): 5 days (Monday to Friday)
Normal start: around 9am on Day 1 and finish after lunch or before 6pm on Day 5. This can be flexible.
Access to an auditorium (90 seats) or to a conference room (one-level room) for 60-80 people.
'Clevertouch' touch screen in the new conference room.
Access to offices in the new wing.
Access to other rooms in the centre for group work, if the centre is not full that week.
Access to the library 24/7. Free access to many journals. Access to printing, scan, photocopying.
Board and lodging possible for non local participants from the Sunday night before the event till the Friday morning - with the possibility to extend until Saturday morning (additional costs normally paid by the participants).
Restaurant also open to local participants and non-residential participants.
Gala Dinner usually on Thursdays ("bouillabaisse" local fish delicacy - with a supplement)
The detailed schedule of talks should be entered in the Organizers Intranet a several weeks ahead of the event to maximize information to the participants and to support internal organisation.
Possibility of video filming by a professional team, if requested and planned in advance. Ask for a quote.
Free wifi (cirm and eduroam)
Two free tea/coffee breaks per day. Free tea at all times. Possibility to add biscuits / Danish pastries / fruit. Ask for a quote. Lounge bar in the evening after dinner (alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks).
Most events plan an afternoon off - usually Wednesdays - to enjoy the wonderful environment of the calanques and Marseille. Picnic meals can be supplied by the restaurant.
Various large and medium- or small-sized events are hosted each week at CIRM therefore accommodation is distributed between all events. You may have to share the centre with other groups.
CIRM extended its academic and hotel / restaurant facilities in 2019 and encourages organizers to not limit their group but look for additional financial support and suggest self-subsidy to those participants who have their own funding.
CIRM communicates widely on its programmes. Organizing teams are also encouraged to advertise their event early by making full use of the bilingual website prepared for them, which contains a description, programme, abstracts, link to intranet, list of participants, speakers, committees, scientific pre-registrations, information on visa letters, practical information, a poster (if supplied), link to the videos, etc.
2019 prices at CIRM.

CONTACT

Olivia Barbarroux
Event Coordinator
Contact: +33 (0)4 91 83 30 03
Fax: +33 (0)4 91 41 27 86
Email

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