The Niels Henrik Abel Board and the International Mathematical Union
is inviting applications from mathematicians based in developing countries. The
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 postdoctoral mathematicians in the early stages of their
professional careers. It is designed to offer the opportunit
y 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
Deadline: The
deadline is August 31, 2017, for research visits between January 1 and April
30, 2018.
