In the summer of 2019, the American Mathematical Society will host three of its Mathematical Research Community
(MRC) events. The second of these to be held June 9-15, 2019 is titled Stochastic Spatial Models and is organized by Shankar
Bhamidi at UNC, Chapel Hill; Gerandy Brito and Michael Damron at Georgia Tech; and Rick Durrett and Matthew Junge from
Duke.

In contrast to typical week-long conferences, these meetings are an intensive hands-on research experience in which
participants work in groups on open problems. The goal is to build long-term collaborations between participants. These
collaborations will be nurtured by MRC special sessions at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver Colorado in January 2020,
and other follow-up activities.

Applicants should be early career, i.e., within 5 years of their Ph.D., or expecting their Ph.D. in less than two years.
Applications are now being accepted at

https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/689

and will be accepted until February 15, 2019. For each of the approximately 40 NSF-supported participants, the MRC program
provides support for travel to the summer conference site and all accommodations and meals there, support for travel to the
2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver, Colorado, and support for follow-up collaboration travel during the year following
the summer conferences.

The AMS web site says “We welcome applicants from academic institutions of all types, as well as from private industry
and government laboratories and agencies. Women and under-represented minorities are especially encouraged to apply.”
For more details see

http://www.ams.org/programs/research-communities/mrc-19