International Short Visits - Scheme 5

Objectives:  To support a visit for collaborative research either by the grant holder to a country in Africa (or countries where mathematics is in a similar position), or by a named mathematician from a country in Africa (or countries where mathematics is in a similar position) to the home base of the grant holder.

Eligibility:

• The applicant should be a mathematician based in the UK.
• Non LMS members will need to ask an LMS member to support the application.

Criteria:

• Applicants are responsible for making all the arrangements for the visit.
• The grant is intended to support collaborative research or academic activities that will benefit the country concerned. 
• Visits to the UK are expected to be at least 14 days. 
• If the visit includes attending a conference, it must include other academic activities which would justify the grant, and it should be for a period of 14 days in addition to any time spent at the conference.
• If the visit includes attending a conference, the grant cannot be used to cover any expenses incurred during the period of the conference.

Value of award: 

For visits to the UK, the maximum award is £3,000 towards actual expenses for:

• Travel (international and within the UK)
• Accommodation and subsistence (maximum of £2,000, with a limit of £70 per day).

For visits from the UK, the maximum award is £2,000 towards actual expenses for travel, accommodation and subsistence.

Deadlines and decision timetable:

Applications should be submitted well in advance of the date of the visit.

• Please note that applications will not be considered between mid-June and mid-October.
• Grants will not be made retrospectively.

Queries regarding applications can be addressed to the Grants Administrators or the Programme Secretary who will be pleased to discuss proposals informally with potential applicants and give advice on the submission of an application.

Grant Administrators:  Sylvia Daly and Elizabeth Fisher (email:grants@lms.ac.uk, tel: 020 7291 9971/3) who both work Wednesday-Friday.

Programme Secretary:  Robert Wilson (email: r.a.wilson@qmul.ac.uk).

Application Form:

• International Short Visits - Grant Application Form (RTF)
• International Short Visits - Grant Application Form (PDF)