The Abel Visiting Scholar Program provides a unique, fully funded one-month opportunity for researchers from disadvantaged nations to work with worldwide research partners. This program seeks to enable brilliant minds by giving them access to a platform where they can advance their research skills with respected mentors and internationally recognized academics. For a month, researchers from developing nations can explore cutting-edge techniques that will lead to ground-breaking findings.
This program, which is overseen by the International Mathematical Union’s Commission for Developing Countries and funded by the Abel Prize in Mathematics, allows academics to conduct post-doctoral research abroad three times a year, with three grants usually being awarded. Abel Prize Scholars program participants are eligible to apply three times in a year, with the possibility of being granted full funding for one month each time.
This program, which is primarily intended for post-doctoral mathematicians in the early phases of their careers, provides an essential research sabbatical to support their ongoing research activities and academic teaching duties. Considering the scarcity of funding in mathematics, this is one of the most renowned and sought-after opportunities for scholars.
The International Mathematical Union and the Commission for Developing Countries are committed to closing the funding gap that mathematicians encounter in the field of research. Acknowledging the abundance of mathematical ability in underdeveloped nations, the Commission offers scholarships every year to allow mathematicians to undertake free research overseas. In addition to financial support, this fully supported research program for post-doc mathematicians cultivates an irreplaceable global network that enhances opportunities for cooperation and access to otherwise unattainable resources. Therefore, academics shouldn’t pass up this wonderful chance to study abroad.
Funded By: Abel Prize
Administered By: The Commission for Developing Countries of the International Mathematical Union
Eligibility:
- At the time of application, candidates must be citizens of a developing nation.
- PhDs are required of candidates at the time of application submission.
- Applicants need to be employed by a university or research organisation.
- Applicants must be employed at a university or college and cannot be full-time professionals.
- As of the application deadline, candidates must be early-career professionals and no older than 35.
- If a candidate can present documentation of their interrupted professional path, they may be eligible for an age reduction of up to three years.
- Candidates must already be in communication with the suggested foreign research partners.
- We especially want women who are mathematicians to apply.
Benefits:
Coverage for one month, up to $5,000 for the applicant, is provided by the grant and includes:
- Travel expenses: The applicant’s round-trip economy airfare from his or her place of employment to the host’s is paid for.
- (General Public) Transportation: There is coverage for rail or bus transportation from the airport to the candidate’s corporate office or host institution. For trips between your house and the airport or train station, you can get reimbursed for up to four taxi tickets (with receipts).
- Hotel Stay: One night each can be arranged for the arrival and departure, if needed.
- Fees for Travel Insurance and Visas: The grant may also pay for travel insurance and visas.
- Basic Living Cost: If meals are included in lodging, a daily allowance based on living expenses is given.
- Cost of Accommodation: All costs associated with lodging in the host nation are paid for. If there isn’t a guesthouse or rental apartment available, a stay in a hotel for up to four weeks is allowed. Longer stays necessitate renting a guesthouse or appropriate apartment.
- All travel, visa, insurance, lodging, and taxi receipt invoices must be kept on file and mailed to the CDC/IMU Secretariat via standard mail.
- Note: While lodging expenses can still be met during public holidays or when the host institution is closed, basic living expenses could not be.
Deadline:
- Visits are scheduled between January 1 and April 30, 2025.Application deadline for these visits is August 31, 2024.
- For visits between May 1 and August 31, 2025, Application deadline is December 31, 2024.
