Abel Visiting Scholarship for Developing Countries

The Niels
Henrik Abel Board and the International Mathematical Union is inviting
applications from mathematicians based in developing
countries. Scholarship is available to visit an international research
collaborator for a period of one month. Applications from women mathematicians
are strongly encouraged.

The
program is designed for post doctoral mathematicians in the early stages
of their professional careers. It is designed to offer the opportunity for

a ‘research sabbatical,’ a necessary complement to teaching and other academic
duties for mathematicians desiring to also sustain a viable research program.

Since
the early 1970s, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) has maintained a
program of cooperation with and in support of mathematical institutions and
individual mathematicians in the developing world. Support activities include
research travel and conference grants, as well as volunteer lectures, joint
research projects and donations. In the past years, these activities were
managed by the IMU’s Commission for Development and Exchanges (CDE) and the
Developing Countries Strategy Group (DCSG).

Course
Level: Scholarship
is available for pursuing one month postdoctoral research progarmme.

Study
Subject: Scholarship
is awarded in the field of Mathematics.

Scholarship
Award: The
grant can cover for one month and only for the applicant:

travel
cost to the host institution (economy flight or equivalent)
food
expenses (daily expenses should not exceed USD 30 per day)
accommodation
expenses (monthly rent should not exceed USD 1200- in case you expect
higher accommodation cost, please explain in your application the expected
higher cost)
travel
health insurance
visa
cost
local
public transport up to USD 100 (for one month)
The
total maximum amount is USD 5,000 per grantee.
Family
expenses and any other cost cannot be covered.

Scholarship
can be taken in Developing
Countries

Eligibility:
Applicants
must

hold
at the time of application a PhD in Mathematics,
be
based in a developing country at the time of application
hold
a position in a university/ research institution
be
in the early stages of their professional careers, more precisely:
the applicants should not yet be of full professorial rank but have
a working contract in a university/ college or be under 40 years of age at
the day of the application deadline.
Therefore
for the application deadline of April 30, 2017, applicants should be born
ON or AFTER April 30, 1977.
The
maximum age may be increased by up to three years in the case of an
individual with a broken career pattern (applicants who wish to apply for
the April 30, 2017 deadline should be born on or after August, 31, 1974).
This should be noted in the application together with the reason for the
broken career pattern.

Nationality:
Citizens
of a developing country can apply for this scholarship.

List
of Countries: Afghanistan, Gambia, Mozambique, Bangladesh, The Guinea, Myanmar,
Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Niger, Burundi, Kenya,
Rwanda, Cambodia, Korea, Dem Rep., Sierra Leone, Central African Republic,
Kyrgyz Republic, Somalia, Liberia, Tajikistan, Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania,
Malawi, Togo, Congo, Dem. Rep, Eritrea, Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania,
Zimbabwe, Albania, Indonesia, Samoa, Armenia, India, São Tomé and Principe,
Belize, Iraq, Senegal, Bhutan, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Bolivia, Kosovo,
South Sudan, Cameroon, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Sudan, Congo,
Rep., Marshall Islands, Swaziland, Côte d’Ivoire, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Syrian
Arab Republic, Djibouti, Moldova, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Arab Rep., Mongolia,
Tonga, El Salvador, Morocco, Ukraine, Fiji, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Georgia,
Nigeria, Vanuatu, Ghana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, West
Bank and Gaza, Guyana, Paraguay, Yemen, Rep., Honduras, Philippines, Zambia,
Angola, Ecuador, Palau, Algeria, Gabon, Panama, American Samoa, Grenada, Peru,
Antigua and Barbuda, Iran, Islamic Rep., Romania, Argentina, Jamaica, Russian
Federation, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Latvia, South Africa, Botswana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Brazil,
Libya, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Suriname, Chile,
Macedonia, FYR, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Tunisia, Colombia, Maldives, Turkey,
Costa Rica, Mauritius, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Mexico, Tuvalu, Dominica, Montenegro
and Uruguay

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirements: In order to be eligible applicants must hold at the time of
application a PhD in Mathematics and be based in a developing country.

Test
Requirement: No

English
Language Requirements: Applicants from outside the home country will often
need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to
be able to study there.

How
to Apply: Applications
should be sent via e-mail. Application form should be cc to
“icmi.cdc.administrator(at)mathunion.org”.

Application Form

Application
Deadline: The
deadlines are: