The Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics offers the following schemes to support mathematicians:
Caring Supplementary Grants
To enable parents and other carers to attend conferences and other research schools, meetings or visits by making a contribution towards caring costs.
Maximum award: £200
Applications are open year-round, and decisions are made on a quarterly basis in September, December, March ann June.
Read more and download an application form here.
Grace Chisholm Young Fellowships
A fellowship of 1 year which endorses the holder’s status as a mathematician, so that a break in employment does not prevent them from resuming a career at a later stage.
Maximum award: £2,000 (£1,500 to applicant, £500 stipend to the university)
Deadline: 31 December
Read more and download an application form here.
Emmy Noether Fellowships
Fellowships of 1 year to enhance the maths research of holders either re-establishing their career after a break or dealing with significant caring responsibilities.
Awards: between £2,000 and £10,000, to a total of £25,000
Deadline: there is no fixed deadline for this scheme but the call for applications is normally issed in February or March.
Read more and download an application form here.
Diversity in Mathematics Events
Outsourced events which are organised by universities around the UK after receiving a grant from the LMS. The call for expressions of interest to host these days is normally issued in August, and the decision is made the following October. Read more:
- Women and Non-binary People in Mathematics Days
- Girls in Mathematics Days
- Diversity in Mathematics Days
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