Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences

主要针对本科生的数学会议已经存在了很多年，但是对于能够从中受益的学生来说，数量太少了。 在我们上一次赠款的头三年里，我们帮助增加了这些会议的数量，特别是在该国过去没有这些会议的地区。我们还让更多的年轻教师参与进来，特别是那些参加NExT项目的教师。由于NExT教师的网络非常好，NExT计划不仅由MAA赞助，而且由我们的一位合作PI共同指导，我们希望口碑能够增加这个群体的兴趣。 与过去的补助金一样，希望组织本科生数学会议的机构的教师将向MAA提交一份简单的申请表。 PI将以电子方式审查申请，并向MAA提出建议。预计大多数赔偿金将在1 000美元至3 000美元之间，但在特殊情况下可能会考虑更大的赔偿金。这些奖项可能涵盖举办任何会议所涉及的典型费用，例如受邀演讲者的差旅费和酬金，午餐和茶点，以及广告的复制和邮资，但更多的是直接面向学生的参与。例如，在以前的赠款中，优先考虑为学生旅行提供资金。 主办会议的机构不得承担间接费用。 在审查提案时，如果某些费用似乎不必要，或者预算项目要求的资金过多，而这些项目似乎并不能提高赠款的目标，PI可以选择修改申请的预算。 一旦资金到期，将对那些有可行方案继续开展活动的方案给予强烈的偏见。除了为会议提供资金外，审查委员会还将向组织者提供有关会议发言人、形式、组织和广告的建议。 MAA将继续提供行政支持、网站和全国公众对整个计划和个别会议的认识。

Mathematics conferences aimed primarily at undergraduates have been around for many years, but there have been too few for the number of students who could benefit from them. During the first three years of our previous grant we helped to increase the number of these conferences, particularly in regions of the country where they had not been in the past. We also involved more young faculty, particularly those in the NExT program. Since the network of the NExT faculty is very good, and the NExT program is not only sponsored by MAA but co-Directed by one of our co-PIs, we expect that word-of-mouth with increase the interest within this group. As with the past grant, faculty members at institutions desiring to organize an undergraduate mathematics conference will submit a simple application form to the MAA. The PI's will review the requests electronically and make recommendations to the MAA. It is anticipated that most awards will be between $1,000 and $3,000, but larger awards might be considered in exceptional cases. These awards might cover the typical expenses involved with hosting any conference such as travel and honoraria for invited speakers, lunch and refreshments, and duplicating and postage for advertising, but will more often be directly student-participation oriented. For example, in the previous grant a priority was given to providing funds for student travel.. Indirect costs to institutions hosting the conferences are not permitted. When reviewing the proposals, the PI's may choose to amend the budget of an application if some expenses seem unnecessary or if too much funding is requested for budget items that do not appear to enhance the goals of the grant. A strong bias will be given to programs that have a viable program for continuing their activity once the funding has expired. In addition to providing funding for the conferences, the reviewing committee will offer organizers advice about speakers, format, organization, and advertisement of the conferences. The MAA will continue to provide administrative support, a web site, and national public awareness of the entire program and the individual conferences.