[FOM] Announcement: Goedel Centenary Research Prize Fellowships

[goedel-fellowship]

KURT GÖDEL CENTENARY RESEARCH PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS

The Kurt Gödel Society is proud to announce the 
commencement of the research fellowship prize 
program in honor of the celebration of Kurt Gödel’s 100th birthday.

The research fellowship prize program is 
sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and will offer:
•	two Ph.D. (pre-doctoral) fellowships of $60,000 US per annum for two years
•	two post-doctoral fellowships of $ 80,000 US per annum for two years
and
•	one senior fellowship of $ 120,000 US per  annum for one year
based on an international open competition, 
resulting in the publication of research papers 
in a special issue of a premier journal
in mathematical logic.

The following International Board of Jurors will 
be in charge of evaluating the applications:

Peter ACZEL, University of Manchester (GB)
Lev BEKLEMISHEV, Russian Academy of Sciences (RUS)
John BURGESS, Princeton University (USA)
Harvey FRIEDMAN, Ohio State University (USA) CHAIR
John HARRISON, Intel Corporation (USA)
Wilfried HODGES, Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Simon KOCHEN, Princeton University (USA)
Jan KRAJICEK, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic(CZ)
Menachem MAGIDOR, Hebrew University (ISRAEL)
Dave MARKER, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Michel PARIGOT, Universite Paris 7 (FRANCE)
Pavel PUDLAK, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic(CZ)
Hilary PUTNAM, Harvard University (USA)
Jeff REMMEL,University of California at San Diego (USA)
John STEEL, University of California at Berkley (USA)
Frank STEPHAN, National University of Singapore (SINGAPORE)
Albert VISSER, University of Utrecht (NL)



Goal and Criteria of Merit

The purpose of these fellowships is to support 
original research in, and areas surrounding, the 
foundations of mathematics. (See Scope below for 
more details.) These fellowships are intended to 
carry forward the legacy of Kurt Gödel, whose 
works exemplify deep insights and breakthrough 
discoveries in mathematical logic, with profound 
impact on the philosophy and foundations of 
mathematics. In pursuit of similar insights and 
discoveries, we adopt the following criteria of 
merit for evaluating Fellowship applications:

    1. Intellectual merit, scientific rigor and 
originality of the submitted paper and work plan. 
The paper and research plans should combine 
visionary thinking with academic and scientific excellence.
    2. Potential for significant contribution to 
basic fundamental issues of wide interest, and 
the likelihood for opening new, seminal lines of 
inquiry that bear on such issues.
    3. Impact of the Fellowship on the project 
and likelihood that the Fellowship will make the 
proposed new lines of research possible.
    4. The expectation that the proposed research will be successful.
    5. Qualifications of the applicants will be 
evaluated on the basis of all available 
information including CV, research paper, 
research plans, research accomplishments, and 
letters of recommendation (recommendation letters 
are not required for senior applications).




Scope

Original fellowship proposals in the areas of

     * model theory
     * proof theory
     * recursion theory
     * set theory
     * foundations of mathematics
     * philosophy of mathematics
     * foundations of computer science (related to logic)
     * automated reasoning (related to logic)
     * complexity (related to logic)

All fellowship proposals, regardless of subject 
area, will be judged according to

     * the relevance and resemblance of the 
research (finished and proposed) to the great 
insights and originality of Kurt Gödel
     * its general interest and clarity of motivation
     * its rigorous scientific quality and depth.

Submission Instructions

The three categories of fellowships are specified as follows:
*Ph.D.(pre-doctoral): being in the stage before 
finishing the thesis (or equivalent achievements)
*Post-doctoral: being in the stage within 10 
years after finishing the thesis (or equivalent achievements)
*Senior: being in a later stage


The submission must consist of:

- one document A in PDF format containing
   . the CV
   . the project description
   . the recommendation letters
- one document B in PDF format containing the article
- one text abstract relating to B
Maximum allowed length of the abstract is 500 words.

Document A containing the CV, the project 
description, and the recommendation letters must 
be prepared in the following way:
- minimum font size: 10pt
- paper size: A4
- maximum length of the CV: 3 pages
The CV must contain the list of all/most important publications.
The CV must clearly state to which category the application belongs.
- maximum length of project description: 4 pages
Project description should clearly state where 
and at which institution the applicant intends to carry out the project.
- minimum 2(two)/maximum 3 (three) 1-page 
recommendation letters,in case of applications 
belonging to the categories Ph.D.(pre-doctoral) and post-doctoral fellowships.
   (The recommendation letters should be scanned 
and included into the PDF document)

Document B containing the article to be published 
in Annals of Pure and Applied Logic must be prepared according to the
guidelines of the Annals of Pure and Applied Logic. Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505603/authorinstructions
for details. In a nutshell: Use LaTeX and elsart.cls.
Maximum allowed length of the article is 
twenty-five (25) pages in the prescribed format.

The submission must be in English.

The Advisory Board and the Program Chair reserve the right
.to consider only submissions with reasonable format
.to reassign a submission to another category as applied for.
The applicant will be informed about the reasons for such a
decision.
The submission software will be available online by the end of March.

Timeline

December 1, 2006.*		    Pre-announcement
June 30, 2007.			    Submissions deadline
October 2007.			    Jury decision on the papers for publication (at most 20)
December 15, 2007.		    Final versions due
January 2008.			    Jury decision on winners due
February 2008.		            Award Ceremony
Mar.-Sept.2008.		            Commencement of the Fellowships



Web:http://kgs.logic.at/goedel-fellowship

E-mail contact: goedel-fellowship at logic.at

* Date of the acceptance of Gödel's postdoctoral 
lecture qualification thesis in 1906.