The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Simons Foundation.
UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde | forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: Simons Foundation
Opportunity: Simons Fellows in Mathematics
Deadline: October 2, 2024, 9am PT
Overview
The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for the Simons Fellows in Mathematics program to make sabbatical research leaves more productive by extending them from a single term to a full academic year. The foundation strongly encourages applications from scientists from underrepresented groups.
Awards will be based on the applicant’s scientific accomplishments in the five-year period preceding the application and on the potential scientific impact of the work to be done during the leave period.
Award Amount & Terms
- A Simons Fellowship in Mathematics provides salary replacement (inclusive of both salary and fringe benefits) for up to 50% (up to a maximum of $125,000) of the Fellow’s current academic-year salary.
- Funding will support up to an additional $10,000 for expenses related to the leave.
- The foundation’s indirect cost policy allows up to 20% of direct cost expenditures; the maximum total budget request should not exceed $162,000.
- The Simons Fellowship will fund up to 50% of the 2025–2026 academic year.
- Fellowship awards and sabbatical periods may begin no earlier than January 1, 2025, and no later than January 1, 2026..
Eligibility
- Eligibility is restricted to sabbatical or equivalent leave-eligible faculty who wish to use the Simons Fellowship award for the purpose of extending at least a single-term sabbatical research leave to a full academic year without teaching or administrative responsibilities.
- The fellowship program will not support the extension of a full year of sabbatical research leave to an additional term.
- Applied mathematics and statistics disciplines are eligible as long as the applicant resides within the mathematics, and not statistics, department.
- Fellows must have an active, current research program.
See here for a list of previous Fellows.
Timeline
- October 2, 2024, 9am PT Application Deadline
- December 31, 2024 Notification
- January 1, 2025 Earliest Award Start Date
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Advancement. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits. For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding