The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced support for two regional research conferences to be held during 2016.

Supported by the NSF and Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), these conferences are intended to stimulate interest and activity in mathematical research. Each five-day conference features a distinguished lecturer who delivers 10 talks on a topic of important current research in one sharply focused area of the mathematical sciences. The lecturer subsequently prepares an expository monograph based upon these lectures, which is normally published as part of a regional conference series. Depending upon the conference topic, the monograph is published by the American Mathematical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, or jointly by the American Statistical Association and Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Support for about 30 participants is provided, and the conference organizer invites both established researchers and interested newcomers—including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students—to attend.

View all past conferences and published monographs. Institutions interested in increasing their research activity and profile are encouraged to submit a proposal for the 2017 NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences. These proposals are due April 29, and more information can be found on the CBMS website.