Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
The Simons Foundation, which works to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, is accepting applications for grants to mathematicians interested in collaborating with peers.
The goal of the program is to support the "mathematical marketplace" by substantially increasing collaborative contacts in the community of mathematicians working in the United States. The foundation will make a large number of grants to accomplished, active researchers who do not otherwise have access to substantial research funding that supports travel and visitors.
Collaboration Grants provide $7,000 a year for a period of five years. The foundation will award $5,000 a year for collaboration, travel, and research expenses, plus $1,000 a year in discretionary funds for the awardee's department to enhance the research atmosphere within the department. The foundation will also pay $1,000 a year in indirect costs to the awardee's institution. The foundation anticipates making up to one hundred and forty awards a year.
To be eligible to apply, an individual must have a tenure-track or tenured position, or be a professor emeritus, at a United States institution of higher education; have a current record of active research and publication in high-quality journals; and not hold any other grants of over $3,000 a year that allow for support for travel or visitors during the Collaboration Grant award period. There are no citizenship requirements. For-profit organizations may not apply.
For complete program guidelines and application procedures, visit the Simons Foundation Web site.
