IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program 2022/2023

The program aims to support postgraduate studies, in a developing country, leading to a PhD degree in the mathematical sciences. The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships offers a limited number of grants for excellent students from developing countries.

Professional mathematicians are invited to nominate highly motivated
and mathematically talented students from developing countries who plan
to complete a doctoral degree in a developing country, including their
own home country. Nominees must have a consistently good academic record
and must be seriously interested in pursuing a career of research and
teaching in mathematics.

It is the hope of the donors, the IMU and
FIMU that the fellowship helps educate the next generation of
mathematicians and hopefully results in extended benefits to the home
countries of those chosen for the fellowships.

Eligibility.

• Nominator
  must be a professional mathematicians (including those who have
  superannuated, but continue to mentor young students). It is preferable
  that the nominator has been mentoring the nominee.
• The nominee must be a resident and a citizen of a developing country
• The student must either
  • Be pre-accepted to
    join a doctoral program in the first academic year after the time of
    selection in a university or research institution which is based on a
    developing country. OR
  • Already be enrolled in a doctoral program in a university or research institution which is based on a developing country
• There is no age limit for the student.
• Nomination for women students is strongly encouraged.

Benefits.

The
fellowship can cover the entire period of the doctoral program up to
four years of the student (nominee). The following costs up to a maximum
of USD $10,000 per year can be covered by the grant:

• Full tuition fee
• Accommodation expenses 
• Travel expenses to the host institution (if different from the home country)
• Basic
  living expenses that will depend on the cost of the living of the
  country in which the student will study his/ her doctoral program

Conditions.

• The fellowship is incompatible with any other scholarship.
• The
  fellowship will be awarded starting from the time of selection
  Fellowship (i.e. without retrospective effect) in case of awardees
  already enrolled in a doctoral program, and from the time the awardee
  enrols in a recognized doctoral program otherwise.
• The
  fellowship will be sanctioned for one year at a time and is renewable
  annually, based on satisfactory progress of the awardee and will cease
  to be awarded when the awardee completes the doctoral program or at the
  end of four years, whichever is earlier.

How to Apply.

The
nomination form has to be filled out online and be submitted by the
nominator. Students cannot apply themselves for the fellowship. Paper
applications are not accepted. Changes after submission are not
possible.

Material to be uploaded during the process include: (Only files in PDF format can be uploaded.)

• Statement from nominator
• Scanned copy of student (nominee) passport
• Official letter of pre-acceptance in the PhD Programme
• Budget of total expenses requested
• PhD Supervisor CV
• Research Project
• Two (2) letters of recommendation which both cannot come from the nominator
• Transcripts of coursework (certified copies (e.g. stamped by the university)) of the student
  • A) BSc degree or equivalent
  • B) MSc degree or equivalent
• Nominee CV
• Nominee letter of motivation, research project and future plans of the student
• Nominator declaration
• PhD Supervisor declaration
• Nominee (student) declaration

Both
nominations and accompanying documentation must be submitted in English
only. If the documentation furnished were incomplete the entry would
not be accepted for consideration.

Deadline:

31st May, 2022.