Simons African Fellowship Program with Travel Grants 2019

The Simons Foundation, NY, USA has funded this IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program. This organization helps to support research sabbaticals for mathematicians from African developing countries employed in Africa to travel to an internationally known mathematical center of excellence (worldwide) for collaborative research.

The Simons Foundation is a private foundation that is based in New York City. The main objective of the program is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences. A range of programs in the sciences, including grants programs in mathematics and the physical sciences are sponsored. The program focuses more on the foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division is the theoretical sciences radiating from mathematics: in particular, the fields of mathematics, theoretical computer science, and theoretical physics.

Eligibility

• Applicants must hold a valid doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in mathematics
• Candidates must be based in one of the developing countries(Countries whose Gross National Income per Capita (GNI) is less than 11,000 USD) of Africa
• Applicants must be working as a mathematician in either a faculty of a university or an equivalent higher education institution
• Contact with a mathematician in the host institution in the mathematical center of excellence worldwide must be established by the applicants and must also have a definite research plan with the host
• Appropriate leave of absence must be granted by the applicants’ home institutions which will cover the period of the visit
• A formal letter of invitation from the host institution which clearly specifies the period of the (short) research visit, as well as the extent of its financial commitment and support, should accompany the application form
• One month would be considered as the minimal length of a visit

Benefits

• All travel and living expenses of the grantees will be covered by the fellowship up to 5,000 USD

Documents required

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) of both the host Professor and the applicant must be submitted which must include a selected list of publications. (Max. 3 pages)
• A detailed Research program should include expected interaction with local mathematicians and Ph.D. students, the general aim of the visit, schedule of the research visit
• Budget details (in EURO)(detailed draft of the approximate spending)
• A formal letter of invitation from the host institution
• A formal letter from the home institution
• The grantee has to submit a detailed financial report and has to send all invoices and boarding tickets to the IMU Secretariat (in original by post) six weeks after the end of the visit
• A minimum of 3 pictures must be sent by the grantee during the visit to the CDC website

Note: The interested participants can apply to this scholarship here.  This scholarship is open for Open to selected African countries.