Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences

以本科生为主要对象的数学会议已经存在了很多年，但是能够从中受益的学生太少了。在我们上次赠款的头三年里，我们帮助增加了这些会议的次数，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，尤其是NExT项目的年轻教师。由于NExT教师的网络非常好，而且NExT项目不仅由MAA赞助，而且由我们的一位合作项目负责人共同指导，我们希望通过口口相传增加这个群体的兴趣。与过去的拨款一样，希望组织本科数学会议的机构的教员将向MAA提交一份简单的申请表格。PI将以电子方式审查请求，并向MAA提出建议。预计大多数奖励将在1 000美元至3 000美元之间，但在特殊情况下可能考虑给予较大的奖励。这些奖励可能包括举办任何会议所涉及的典型费用，如旅行和邀请演讲者的酬金，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参与。例如，在以前的补助金中，优先考虑为学生提供旅费。会议主办机构的间接费用是不允许的。当审查提案时，如果某些费用似乎是不必要的，或者如果预算项目要求太多的资金，而这些预算项目似乎并不能提高奖助金的目标，那么PI可能会选择修改申请的预算。对于那些在资金到期后有继续开展活动的可行方案的项目，将给予强烈的偏见。除了为会议提供资金外，审查委员会还将向组织者提供关于会议演讲者、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项目和个别会议的认识。

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.