IMU-Simons Travel Fellowship Program established to provide 75,000 USD for a three-year period for collaborative research visits of mathematicians working in the developing world to a "center of excellence" in any part of the world for collaborative research.

The Simons Foundation has made a grant to the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC) of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) to support mathematicians working in a developing or economically disadvantaged country (as determined by the IMU CDC).

These grants underwrite a mathematician's travel to a center of excellence in any part of the world for collaborative research. In exceptional cases, the funds may also be used by mathematicians from developed countries to visit research centers in developing countries, to collaborate with the mathematicians working there.

Mathematicians with a doctoral degree and employed as a faculty member of a university or equivalent institution may apply for up to 5,000 USD under this program. These grants completely cover travel costs from the applicant's place of work to the host's place of work, including economy class airfare, surface (public) transport and all visa fees as well as travel and health insurance charges.

An applicant should already have established contact with a mathematician at the host institution and should have a definite research plan which must be submitted, along with the curriculum vitae of both mathematicians, with the application. Furthermore, an applicant must have been granted an appropriate leave of absence from his/her home institution covering the period of the visit.

In addition, the application must contain a formal letter of invitation from the host institution which clearly specifies the period of the visit, as well as the extent of its financial commitment. In particular, it is expected that the host institution (at least) completely covers all local living expenses, such as accommodation and boarding.

The duration of the visit should be of a reasonable length of time to allow fruitful interaction. The minimal length of a visit that would be considered is one month.

More information can be found under grants soon.

For questions please contact: Lena Koch, IMU Secretariat, cdc.administrator@mathunion.org