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From the President's Desk

VOLUME 39 NO. 1 FEBRUARY/FÉVRIER 2007 As of this writing, the three Canadian mathematical sciences research institutes have submitted their proposals for renewed and increased funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and are preparing for site visits. By the time this is read, those site visits will be over and the mathematical community will be waiting for NSERC’s decision. As many of you will remember, there was a long process of community engagement with NSERC over the mechanism by which the Institutes would continue to receive funding, leading to the current competition in which their proposals are among the 84 submitted to the new Major Resources Support program (MRS). Some of the pressure on this program derives from the legacy of projects originally funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and now seeking to establish stable ongoing funding from NSERC. The government of Canada must find a way to maintain the momentum established by CFI, without penalizing other equally important initiatives. The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) is expected to compete for its first grant from MRS next year.