The nomination form has to be filled out online and be submitted by the nominator. Students cannot apply themselves for the fellowship. Changes after submission are not possible.

Conditions for Nominator (Professional Mathematician)

• Professional mathematicians (including those who have superannuated, but continue to mentor young students).
• It is preferred that the nominator has been mentoring the nominee.

Conditions for Nominee (Student)

1. The student must be a resident AND a citizen of a developing country
2. The student must be either
   • A) pre-accepted to join a doctoral program in the first academic year after the time of selection in a university or research institution which is based in a developing country. OR
   • B) already enrolled in a doctoral program in a university or research institution which is based in a developing country
3. There is no age limit for the 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:

1. Full tuition fee
2. Accommodation expenses 
3. Travel expenses to the host institution (if different from the home country)
4. Basic living expenses that will depend on the cost of the living of the country in which the student will study his/her doctoral program 

1. The fellowship is incompatible with any other scholarship.
2. The fellowship will be awarded starting from the time of selection Fellowship (i.e. without retrospective effect) in case of awardees already enrolled in a doctoral program, and from the time the awardee enrols in a recognized doctoral program otherwise.
3. The fellowship will be sanctioned for one year at a time and is renewable annually, based on satisfactory progress of the awardee and will cease to be awarded when the awardee completes the doctoral program or at the end of four years, whichever is earlier.

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:

Online Nomination form

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 online. Paper submissions cannot be accepted.

Material to be uploaded as part of application: (Only in PDF format)

• Statement from nominator
• Scanned copy of student (nominee) passport
• Official letter of pre-acceptance in the PhD Program
• Budget of total expenses requested
• PhD Supervisor CV (up to 5 pages)
• Research Project
• Two (2) letters of recommendation - they must NOT be written by the  nominator
• Transcripts of coursework (certified copies (e.g. stamped by the university)) of the student
  • A) BSc degree or equivalent
  • B) MSc degree or equivalent
• Nominee CV
• Nominee letter of motivation, research project and future plans of the student
• Nominator declaration
• PhD Supervisor declaration
• Nominee (student) declaration

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 was a Vietnamese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics of  the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. He obtained his PhD in March 2022.

María Alejandra Ramírez Luna was a Colombian PhD student at the Universidad del Valle, Colombia. She obtained her PhD in April 2022.

Abebe Regassa Tufa (Ethiopia) received the scholarship to obtain his PhD at the University of Botswana. He obtained his PhD in June 2018 .

Further information about the awardees

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 (Nigeria) has obtained a PhD degree in Mathematics in May 2021 at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Further information about the awardees

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.

Further information about the awardees

The 2021 recipients are, listed in alphabetical order:

Hang Nguyen is a Vietnamese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics of the Vietnam Academy of Sience and Technology

Hong Duong Thi is a Vietnamese PhD student at the Thai Nguyen University of Sciences in Vietnam

Sayooj Aby Jose is an Indian PhD student at the Alagappa University in India

Abd-semii'Oluwatosin-Enitan Owolabi is a Nigerian PhD student at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban in South Africa

Avulundiah Edwin Phiri is a Zambian PhD student at the University of Pretoria in South Africa

Edwiga Kishinda Renald is a Tanzanian PhD student at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania

Trinh Tung is a Vietnamese PhD student at Hanoi National University in Vietnam

Further information about the awardees