This award is made as part of the FY 2012 Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Program. These fellowships support a research and training plan at a host institution in the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Noah Giansiracusa is "Algebraic geometry." The host institution for the fellowship is the University of California, Berkeley, and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Bernd Sturmfels.