Travel Grants for US Participants in the Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 19 - 24, 2021

为了支持参加将于2021年7月19日至24日在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯举行的美洲数学大会（MCA），美国数学学会（AMS）将为在美国的数学家（美国机构的学生或教师或美国组织或公司的雇员）管理一项旅行资助计划。该协会将努力通过利用其在数学界的通信基础设施和联系来吸引一个强大而多样化的申请者池，并将努力确保来自历史上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的数学家得到特别关注。在选拔过程中，AMS希望优先考虑早期职业申请者。MCA是一个四年一度的聚会，于2013年发起，其目标是“在国际上突出美洲卓越的数学成就，促进美洲研究人员、学生、机构和数学学会之间的合作。”该会议由美洲数学委员会管理，该委员会是一个由北美、南美、中美洲和加勒比国家的20多个学会、研究所和机构组成的网络。第三届大会将吸引来自西半球和世界其他地区的顶级数学家。它将为在广泛的数学领域交流思想提供一个极好的机会，并为美国在国际舞台上提供良好的代表。美国维持其备受推崇的研究努力，在一定程度上是通过鼓励其公民参与国际会议。MCA为这些参与者提供了一个绝佳的机会，既包括现有的研究人员，也包括那些将成为未来研究领导者的人。那些前往布宜诺斯艾利斯的人将能够亲自分享他们的研究成果，并从美洲各地的同行那里获得新的想法，从而丰富半球和全球数学发现的努力。MCA 2021的组织者预计将有大约1000名来自西半球和世界其他地区的与会者。六位全体会议发言人分别是Ian Agol（美国加州大学伯克利分校）、Julia Chuzhoy（美国芝加哥丰田技术学院）、Carlos Kenig（美国芝加哥大学）、Allan Sly（美国普林斯顿大学）、Claire Voisin（法国法兰西学院）和Miguel Walsh（阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯大学）。22位特邀演讲者代表了代数几何、分析、概率论、遍历论、微分几何、偏微分方程、相对论与引力、数值分析、图论与组合学、应用计算分析、复解析几何、动力系统、黎曼流形、代数拓扑、几何、随机微积分、分形几何、数论、模型论、统计力学和神经科学等主题领域。会议将包括一系列特别会议主题，预计日程安排将包括多个小组讨论和海报会议以及社会和文化活动。MCA也是颁发MCA奖、美洲奖和Solomon Lefschetz奖章的场合。大会为早期职业数学家提供了一个极好的机会来分享他们的知识，获得新的想法，并与国际舞台上的同行和名人互动。有关MCA 2021的最新信息请访问www.mca2021.org， AMS旅行资助计划的详细信息请访问https://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/mca.This。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

To support participation in the Mathematical Congress of the Americas (MCA), to be held July 19 – 24, 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the American Mathematical Society (AMS) will administer a travel-grant program for mathematicians based in the United States (US)—those who are students or faculty in US institutions or employees of US organizations or companies. The Society will strive to draw a robust and diverse applicant pool by utilizing its infrastructure of communications and its connectivity in the mathematical community, and it will work to ensure that mathematicians from groups historically underrepresented in STEM areas receive particular attention. In the selection process, AMS expects to give priority to early-career applicants. MCA is a quadrennial gathering, initiated in 2013, with the goal "to internationally highlight the excellence of mathematical achievements in the Americas and foster collaborations among researchers, students, institutions, and mathematical societies in the Americas." The conference is administered by the Mathematical Council of the Americas, a network of over twenty societies, institutes, and agencies throughout North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean nations. This third Congress will draw top-tier mathematicians from around the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world. It will provide an excellent opportunity for exchange of ideas in a broad array of mathematical areas and for the US to be well represented in the international arena. The US sustains its highly-regarded research endeavor, in part, by fostering the participation of its citizens in international conferences. MCA presents an excellent opportunity for such participation, both by established researchers as well as those who will become the research leaders of the future. Those traveling to Buenos Aires will be able to share in person the results of their research and garner new ideas from their counterparts from across the Americas, thereby enriching the hemispheric and worldwide endeavor of mathematical discovery. The organizers of MCA 2021 anticipate approximately one thousand attendees from around the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world. The six plenary speakers are Ian Agol (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Julia Chuzhoy (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, USA), Carlos Kenig (University of Chicago, USA), Allan Sly (Princeton University, USA), Claire Voisin (Collège de France, France), and Miguel Walsh (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Twenty-two Invited Speakers represent such topical areas as algebraic geometry, analysis, probability, ergodic theory, differential geometry, partial differential equations, relativity and gravitation, numerical analysis, graph theory and combinatorics, applied computational analysis, complex analytic geometry, dynamical systems, Riemann manifolds, algebraic topology, geometry, stochastic calculus, fractal geometry, number theory, model theory, statistical mechanics, and neuroscience. The conference will include a wide array of special session topics, and it is anticipated that the schedule will include multiple panel and poster sessions as well as social and cultural events. The MCA is also the occasion for awarding the MCA Prize, the Americas Prize, and the Solomon Lefschetz Medals. The Congress presents a splendid opportunity for early-career mathematicians to share their knowledge, garner new ideas, and interact with counterparts and luminaries on the international stage. Current information about MCA 2021 is at www.mca2021.org, and the AMS travel grant program is detailed at https://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/mca.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.