Annual Report 2008.pdf - SAMSI

Institute directors agree to inform each other of diversity events by email and communicate via
the diversity committee. Furthermore, a “diversity in math” page was added to the Math
Institutes web site to list diversity events. This was also linked to the new SAMSI diversity page.
3. Math Institutes’ website
Each institute sends a new nugget to the math institutes webpage according to the following
schedule:
MBI – Nov. 1
IPAM – Dec. 15
AIM – Feb. 1
SAMSI – Apr. 1
IMA – May 15
MSRI – July 15
IAS – Sept. 1
It was also decided to add links on the webpage to other mathematical sciences institutes,
especially those that receive some NSF support.
4. Meeting with DMS representatives
On May 12, the directors met with the NSF representatives. The status of renewal proposals was
discussed, along with the timetable for the upcoming open institute competition, and updates on
the institute director searches.
The 2007 Committee of Visitors (COV) report commented on the Institute portfolio of DMS.
The COV reported, and NSF agrees, that the institutes are a valuable asset to the mathematical
sciences community, that the balance between institute and other programs in the DMS budget is
appropriate, and that the institutes should continue to be managed as a portfolio, with a premium
on collaboration and cooperation among institutes. The COV recommended that an analysis of
the complete portfolio of institute activities be undertaken as soon as possible.