Aim of the Scheme
The central aim of this grant scheme is to support the ‘Pathways in Mathematics’ strategic goal of the LMS Strategy 2023–2028. As such it seeks to:
‘Promote the importance of mathematics and the provision of opportunities for those that wish to study and develop a career in mathematics and its applications’.
The scheme provides funding for scholarship projects undertaken by colleagues who are building a teaching and scholarship profile within higher education mathematics and its applications.
Making an application
Click here to apply via the online form. Please ensure you read the detailed guidelines below before making an application.
The deadline for applications in the current round is Monday 26 January 2026 (11:59pm).
*Please note:* this is a new grant scheme, so please contact us at the address below if you have any queries or difficulties with the form.
Contact us
For queries on this or any other education grant scheme, please contact education@lms.ac.uk.
Guidelines
Overview:
The scheme will provide funding for innovative scholarship projects in general areas related to teaching and learning, curriculum, the student experience and student success. Projects funded under this scheme should be collaborative and take place across two or more UK universities.
Key Information:
- Grants of up to £3,000 are available for each project.
- Projects should aim to deliver one or more of the following:
- Improved teaching quality and/or student learning
- Enhanced curriculum design/delivery
- An enriched student experience
- Improved student outcomes.
- Projects should result in tangible benefits for students which are long lasting and extend to future cohorts of students (i.e. they should have long-term sustainability).
- Projects should be evaluated and the ideas and approaches should be readily transferable to other higher education institutions.
- Projects should aim to develop benefits that extend beyond a single academic year, ensuring the long-term impact of the award.
- Projects should be environmentally sustainable. Please refer to the LMS sustainability policy for guidance: https://www.lms.ac.uk/policy/sustainability.
- All projects should be scheduled for delivery in the academic year immediately following the award.
- Project outcomes should benefit students in UK universities.
Eligibility:
- The applicant and all collaborators should be mathematical scientists based in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands for the duration of the project. Applicants based outside of the UK at the time of application should provide evidence that they will have relocated to the UK by the time of the project start date. Should a grant holder leave the UK before the project end date then the grant will be withdrawn. There is the possibility of the grant being transferred to a co-organiser within the same organisation, with the agreement of the Education Committee.
- Applicants who are not LMS members will need to ask an LMS member to countersign the application. If you do not know an LMS member, a list of LMS Representatives in UK universities can be found here.
- Applicants must have, or be building, a teaching and scholarship profile in higher education mathematics and its applications.
- Applicants must be at a career stage prior to Associate Professor, Reader, Professor or equivalent. If you are uncertain about your eligibility please contact us.
- PhD students are not eligible to apply.
- Project team composition:
- Members of the project team must be based across two or more universities.
- Projects should involve a Project Lead and up to two additional collaborators.
- Project Leads are encouraged to include students as partners in their projects.
Application requirements:
- Funds will not cover full economic costs. Departments are expected to provide grant awardees with the necessary time allocation to support the funded project in the year of the project delivery.
- Applications must clearly demonstrate how ethics approval will be obtained for the project. Ethics approval must be obtained for all collaborating institutions.
- Applications must include a detailed strategy for project evaluation and dissemination of outcomes.
- The application should include letters of support from the Heads of Department of each institution involved, supporting the application and confirming that the applicant and their collaborators will be afforded time to work on the project as part of their core workload allocation for the duration of the project.
Reporting
- A mandatory academic and financial report should be submitted within four months after the project ends.
- Reports should be submitted using the template provided.
- Reports will be reviewed by the LMS Education Committee.
Post-project engagement:
- Applicants whose project outcomes are deemed particularly strong may be invited to contribute to a London Mathematical Society event or other activity.