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The Volunteer Lecturer Program of the IMU Commission for Developing Countries was established in 2008. It is designed to foster research and international research cooperation between mathematicians in developing countries and the global mathematical community by providing financial assistance to universities in developing countries to host an international volunteer lecturer for an intensive course ranging from 10 days to several weeks. Each course must include a minimum of 20 hours of teaching, including training sessions.

IMU classifies Developing Countries as those with GNI per capita in USD, not exceeding USD 11,000, in accordance with the United Nations data. (Data as of December 2015).

Please ensure that you carefully go through all the requirements listed below before sending your application.

1. The applicant has to hold a valid doctoral degree (PhD) in mathematics.

2. The African applicant must be based (place of work) in an African developing country for the list of eligible countries please click here.

The IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program supported 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. All travel and living expenses of the grantees were covered by the fellowship up to 5,000 USD.

This program has been fully funded between 2017 and 2023 by the Simons Foundation, NY, USA, a private foundation based in New York City, incorporated in 1994 by Jim and Marilyn Simons.

Please note that this program is now closed.

The Individual Travel Research Program supported mathematicians from developing countries to travel to a mathematical institution (worldwide) for collaborative research (minimum stay of four weeks). The reaserch visit had to be tied to a specific research project/plan and a collaborating institute.

The grant covered travel costs of the grantees for up to 5,000 Euro (accommodation and local living expenses for the first month).

THIS PROGRAM IS CLOSED. The program offered research travel fellowships during 2014-2017.

If you are looking for research travel fellowships, please go to:

The IMU-CDC offers two distinguished programs designed to support research visits. These programs enable mathematicians based in developing countries to foster and sustain international collaborations by visiting esteemed research institutions worldwide. The two programs available are:

The following conferences were selected in 2015 for a conference grant.