This page was updated on 20 January 2004.
Mathematical Biology is part of Applied Mathematics but has a later target date to mesh better with collaborating biology programs. The target date for Mathematical Biology is the first week of January; any time in those seven days is fine. A week late is no real problem, a month late is a severe handicap, a month early is a smaller but real handicap, and anything outside the window of December 1 - January 31 is not accepted. There is a window of two months in which to submit proposals because the Foundation aims to reach decisions on proposals within 6 months of their submission, and proposals submitted too far away from the target date cannot be reviewed adequately within this 6-month constraint and the constraints imposed by the funding cycle. Within this two-month window, a proposal that arrives late may miss important reviewing opportunities, such as panels or reviews with other programs. A proposal also is handicapped by arriving a few weeks earlier than all the other proposals we have in that same area: we are forced to decide whether we want to recommend an award or a declination before we can well see how it stands against those other proposals. In our experience, proposals put to this early test in any part of Applied Mathematics or Computational Mathematics are at a disadvantage. Submitting a proposal close to its target date gives it the most advantageous circumstances.
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