Thanks to a generous donation by the winners of the Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics – Ian Agol, Jean Bourgain, Simon Donaldson, Alex Eskin, Christopher Hacon, Martin Heirer, Maxim Kontsevich, Vincent Lafforgue, Jacob Lurie, James McKernan, Terence Tao and Richard Taylor – the International Mathematical Union, with the assistance of FIMU, maintains a fellowship program to support postgraduate studies, in a developing country, leading to a PhD degree in the mathematical sciences. The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships offers a limited number of grants for excellent students from developing countries.
Professional mathematicians are invited to nominate highly motivated and mathematically talented students from developing countries who plan to complete a doctoral degree in a developing country, including their own home country. Nominees must have a consistently good academic record and must be seriously interested in pursuing a career of research and teaching in mathematics.
It is the hope of the donors, the IMU and FIMU that the fellowship helps educate the next generation of mathematicians and hopefully results in extended benefits to the home countries of those chosen for the fellowships.
2021 Call for nominations:
The nomination process will open on February 1, 2021 and conclude at 09:00 AM hours CET on May 31, 2021.
The nomination form has to be filled out online and be submitted by the nominator. Students cannot apply themselves for the fellowship. Paper applications are not accepted. Changes after submission are not possible.
Conditions for the Nominator (Professional Mathematician)
Conditions for the Nominee (Student)
Nomination for women students is strongly encouraged.
The fellowship can cover the entire period of the doctoral program up to four years of the student (nominee). The following costs up to a maximum of USD 10.000 per year can be covered by the grant.
The nomination has to be filled out and submitted online by the nominator.
Before you can access the online nomination form, please register in IMU website and log in.
If you have previously registered in IMU website you can use the same credentials.
Once your are logged in, you can find the online nomination form here:
Information to be filled out online (by the Nominator)
For an overview of the nomination form, please download the nomination form here (pdf file).
Please notice that application is not to be uploaded, but filled out on line and that paper applications can unfortunately NOT be accepted.
Material to be uploaded during the process: (Only files in PDF format can be uploaded.)
Both nominations and accompanying documentation must be submitted in English only. If the documentation furnished were incomplete the entry would not be accepted for consideration.
Questions before submitting the nomination
In case of questions please contact the London Mathematical Society (LMS) at fellowships@lms.ac.uk
Selection Process
LMS will administer this programme during and after submission of the nomination on behalf of IMU and will liaise with the awarded nominees. The selection will be done by the CDC Breakout Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee.
Obligations of the Awardees
The awardees of the fellowship and their PhD advisors will be asked to submit annual reports to LMS. All awardees will be asked, on the completion of the PhD programme, to submit a copy of the approved thesis and a final report on the work carried out to LMS.
The 2016 recipients are, listed in alphabetical order:
Do Thai Duong is a Vietnamese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
María Alejandra Ramírez Luna is a Colombian PhD student at the Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Abebe Regassa Tufa (Ethiopia) received the scholarship to obtain his PhD at the University of Botswana. He has obtained his Ph. D. in June 2018
The 2019 recipients are, listed in alphabetical order:
Phan Thang Hong is a Vietnamese PhD at the Institute of Mathematics of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Darya Sukhoresbka is an Ukrainian PhD student at the B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Adeolu Taiwo is a Nigerian PhD student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa
The 2020 recipients are, listed in alphabetical order:
Christelle Judith Agonkoui is a Beninese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP) of the University Abomey-Calavi.
Annisa Nur Falah is an Indonesian PhD student at Padjadjaran University in Indonesia.
Caroline Namanya is an Ugandan PhD student at the Makerere University in Uganda.