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LMS-Sheffield Mathematical Symposia

 

The Society facilitates the organisation of the LMS Symposia (formerly the LMS-Durham Symposia). Proposals are approved by the Society’s Research Grants Committee after consideration of referees’ reports.

LMS-SHEFFIELD MATHEMATICAL SYMPOSIA 2028

Call for Proposals - Open; deadline 15 December 2026

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) held its Call for Proposals for the LMS Mathematical Symposia to be held at the University of Sheffield in Summer 2027. Starting life in 1974 as the LMS-Durham Symposia and then continuing as LMS-Bath Symposia after 2021, the LMS-Sheffield Mathematical Symposia will be held at the University of Sheffield between 2026 and 2030. The Symposia are an established and recognised series of international research meetings that provide an excellent opportunity to explore an area of research in depth, to learn of new developments, and to instigate links between different branches.

Each event will receive funding of circa £50k provided by EPSRC, the LMS, the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) and the Isaac Newton Institute (INI). In addition to this support, organisers are encouraged to seek further funding from other funding bodies, industry partnerships, and/or their local institutions.

The meeting will be held during July, August or early September and will be open to all. A significant proportion of the participants are expected to come from the UK. Each symposium is required to be complemented either by a summer school to prepare young researchers such as PhD students, or a “research incubator”, where problem(s) related to the topic of the conference is studied in smaller groups. 

Prospective organisers are asked to send a formal proposal to the LMS Grants Team (Grants@lms.ac.uk) by 15 December 2026. Proposals are approved by the LMS Research Grants Committee after careful consideration of referees’ reports. 

The Proposal

Your proposal should address the following and be submitted in a pdf format.

  • List the organisers. Indicate, if any, those who are female/other and/or an early career researcher. 
  • Provide a list of key invited participants. Indicate those who confirmed their participation. Discuss composition of the list in terms of gender, career stage and geographical location (within the UK and the world). Explain your efforts to improve the diversity of the composition. Please note the following advice on diversity.
  • Provide a detailed scientific case for the symposium, discussing its objectives, novelty and timeliness. Explain how the meeting will impact UK mathematics.
  • List any other recent or upcoming meetings on similar topics and discuss how this meeting differs from them.
  • Include a budget and the details of any additional support from other funding bodies, or proposed avenues of available funding which organisers are planning to apply for. 
  • Indicate detailed plans for a summer school or a research incubator.
  • Indicate and discuss any ethical dimensions of the topics of the meeting.
  • Where appropriate, prospective organisers should consider the possibility of an “industry day”.

Before submitting, organisers were welcome to discuss their ideas informally with the Chair of the Research Grants Committee, Professor Amanda Turner (Grants@lms.ac.uk).

LMS-SHEFFIELD MATHEMATICAL SYMPOSIA 2027

Call for Proposals - Closed

Prospective organisers were asked to send a formal proposal to the LMS Grants Team (Grants@lms.ac.uk) by 31 January 2026.

Further details about the LMS-Sheffield Symposia 2027 will be available in June/July 2026.

Additional sources of funding

Current and prospective organisers may also consider applying for additional sources of funding e.g. the Clay Mathematics Institute Enhancement and Partnership Programme. A list of other external sources of funding is available here.

LMS-Sheffield Mathematical Symposia (2026-2030)

LMS-Sheffield Symposia 2026:

2-10 July 2026: LMS-Sheffield Symposium 1: Rationality problems, Cremona groups, and motivic invariants

7-17 July 2026: LMS-Sheffield Symposium 2: The Langlands Programme: recent trends, new developments and applications

Further information on current LMS-Sheffield Symposia can be accessed using the link below:

Previous LMS-Bath Symposia (2020 - 2025)

Further information on past LMS-Bath Symposia can be accessed using the link below:

Durham Symposia (1974 - 2019)

Further information on past LMS-Durham Symposia can be accessed using the link below: