Applications for Ibni Prize

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>  *Prize "Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh" (or Ibni Prize)
> Call for Applications *
>  
> The French Society of Statistics (SFdS), the Society for Industrial 
> and Applied Mathematics
> (SMAI) and the Mathematical Society of France (SMF) create an award in 
> the memory of
> Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh to continue his commitment to quality 
> training of young African
> mathematicians. All information on the prize may be found at
> http://smf.emath.fr/SouscriptionSaleh/ 
> <http://smf.emath.fr/SouscriptionSaleh/>
>
> The Prize "Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh" is awarded annually by a 
> scientific committee set up
> by CIMPA. It will allow a student of an institution of Central Africa 
> or West Africa (*), in
> mathematics or statistics, at the graduate or post-graduate level, to 
> benefit from a scientific
> training in a country other than his/her own.
> The visit will typically last three months. It will be done in a 
> laboratory/department of
> Mathematics or Statistics. The host should be sufficiently well 
> equipped so that the training
> can be done in satisfactory condition, under the guidance of a 
> supervisor. It is desirable to
> have a co-supervisor of the country of the student. The physical 
> organization of the visit will
> be managed by the administration of the host laboratory or department.
>
> *Application *
> The application must include:
>  a scientific project, specifying the host laboratory or department 
> with the name of the
> scientist in charge
>  a curriculum vitae
>  (optional) letters of recommendation and must be sent by email before 
> November 15th, 2009 to one of the following persons:
>  Aline Bonami (email: aline.bonami [at] univ-orleans.fr)
>  Alain Godinot (email: adgodinot [at] orange.fr)
>  Marie-Francoise Roy (email: marie-francoise.roy [at] univ-rennes1.fr)
>
> Choice of the first recipient before December 31st, 2009.
>
> A subscription is launched in order to fund the prize.
> (*) More precisely : Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, 
> Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
> Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte 
> d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
> Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, 
> Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sao Tomé and
> Principe, Sierra Leone, Togo.
>