Simons Fellows in Mathematics 2025/26
Sponsor
Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division, The Simons Foundation, Inc.
Program
Simons Fellows in Mathematics
For More Information
Simons Fellows in Mathematics Request for Applications [1]
Description
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 also strongly encourages applications from scientists from underrepresented groups.
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. In order to receive the fellowship, you must be approved by your institution for a full year of sabbatical research leave, consisting of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters with at least 50 percent of the year fully paid by the home university and no more than 50 percent fully or partly supported by the fellowship. Note: A research leave provided by a unit of a university, rather than the university-level sabbatical leave, would not normally be considered as sabbatical equivalent.
Funding Availability
The Foundation expects to award up to 50 mathematics fellowships for 2025.
Maximum Project Value
A Simons Fellowship in Mathematics provides salary replacement (inclusive of both salary and fringe benefits) for up to 50 percent (up to a maximum of $125,000) of the Fellow’s current academic-year salary, whether normally paid over 9, 10 or 12 months, and up to an additional $10,000 for expenses related to the leave. The maximum total budget request should not exceed $162,000 USD.
The Simons Fellowship will fund up to 50 percent of the 2025–2026 academic year, where, for example, the full leave year period could be January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026; or January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. Fellowship funding must be contiguous to the university-supported portion of the leave.
Indirect Costs
20%
Project Duration
Fellowship awards and sabbatical periods may begin no earlier than January 1, 2025, and no later than January 1, 2026. For sabbaticals beginning January 1, 2025, awards will be retroactively started and grant funds available no sooner than March 2025.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | Applicant to submit a copy of application and signature page along with a completed OR-5 form to research.services@uoguelph.ca [2]. The University of Guelph is registered with proposalCENTRAL to manage the signature process in the system. | |
External Deadline | Applicants must submit the completed application directly via the Simons Award Manager (SAM). [3] |
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM) [4]. Please click on the Funding Opportunities icon. Applications should be started and submitted under the applicant’s own account in the Simons Award Manager (SAM). For the 'Simons Fellows in Mathematics' application, please click on Create Application and then on Begin Application.
Informational videos on submitting applications in SAM can be found on the SAM site [5]. Proposal attachments should be single spaced and in a common typeface and font size no smaller than 10 points. Margins must be at least half an inch in all directions.
For complete application instructions see the Simons Foundation Fellow in Mathematics How to Apply tab [6].