The Department of Mathematics and Statistics encourages its members to make proposals for the use of funds known as the U.S.A. Foundation Professorships.
The University guidelines include the following discussion.
"The faculty of the Department will make recommendations to the Chair concerning the use of the funds by the Department to support the teaching mission of the Department.
Examples of uses include:
(A) If there are sufficient funds in the professorship, or if the
department elects to combine funds from a vacant faculty position with
the funds in the professorship, the department may use the funds to hire
a distinguished professor. The professor shall have the title 'USA
Foundation Professor' in the particular discipline. The appointment may
be permanent and tenure-track, or it may be for a term and denoted
'visiting.' Appointment to the professorship may be through either an
internal or an external search.
(B) Professorship funds may be used to support lectureships in the
department. The person(s) so named shall have the title 'USA Foundation
Lecturer' in the particular discipline. The lectureship is an honor in
recognition of excellence in teaching and will carry a stipend. The
lecturer( s ) may be named in conjunction with the establishment of a
lecture series in the discipline. The lecturer may be an existing
department member. Visiting lecturers may be named to reside in the
department for a limited term (e.g., two weeks, one semester, one
academic year, etc.). The number of lectureships in a given department is
restricted only by funding and appropriate quality considerations. The
use of the funds is intended to cover all possible colloquia, workshops,
seminars, lectures, and courses presented by scholars, internal or
visiting, within the context of the professorships.
(C) Funds may be used to acquire items or support activities that further, in the broadest sense, the teaching mission of the department. Appropriate expenditures of this type include items or activities that ordinarily would be funded from the department's operating budget or some other account, but that, due to budget constraints, are unlikely to be funded within a reasonable time in the normal manner. Examples would be the establishment of a computerized classroom or the purchase of specialized equipment or materials for use in teaching."
While any activity that contributes to the scholarly atmosphere and development of the Department contributes to the teaching mission, the highest priority for the use of the USA Foundation Professorships for Mathematics and Statistics should be those projects that
Proposals will include a title, a brief discussion of the project, a discussion of the benefits to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, with specific attention to the teaching mission of the Department, and a detailed budget.
In cases where there is an urgent need for funds during the current academic year, the Advisory Committee will hold extraordinary meetings as necessary to review proposals submitted at other times during the year. The Advisory Committee will be the judge of the urgency of the proposals.
The Chair, as part of the announcement of the awards, may designate an Administrator for a supported project. Request for funds in connection with a project must go through the project Administrator to the chair. If no Administrator is designated, then the funds should be requested directly from the Chair.
Funds assigned to a project for a particular academic year will revert to the general pool, if they are not spent during that year. Renewal or extension can be applied for through the Advisory Committee.
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