About
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is a major UK learned society for mathematics, dedicated to advancing, disseminating, and promoting mathematical knowledge. Founded in 1865 and operating under a Royal Charter, the Society supports mathematicians through research grants, publishes high-quality mathematical journals and books, organizes academic events including lectures, workshops, and summer schools, and engages with policy makers on matters relating to mathematics education and research. The LMS provides funding opportunities for mathematicians at different career stages and serves as a hub for the national and international mathematics community.
Funding Opportunities
LMS Student Representative Activities Fund
The LMS Student Representative Support Fund aims to strengthen the connection between the London Mathematical Society and mathematics students, encouraging them to become LMS members. Funding is provided for student-led social events. Grants enable student representatives to organise various gatherings that could include coffee mornings, drinks receptions or other informal gatherings. These social events create a welcoming environment where mathematics students can learn more about the LMS, network with peers, and build a sense of community. Information about LMS membership benefits including access to journals, conferences, networking opportunities, career resources, and funding opportunities can be shared informally. Events must be held and claims must be submitted before 31 July, which is the end of the LMS financial year.
LMS Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers
The LMS Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers provide partial travel and/or accommodation support for UK-based Early Career Researchers to attend conferences or undertake research visits either in the UK or overseas. An Early Career Researcher is defined as a PhD/research student or anyone who has completed their PhD in the last five years (excluding academic career breaks). The scheme is open to both members and non-members of the LMS, though non-members must have their application countersigned by a member of the society or provide details of a current LMS member willing to support the application. The maximum award is normally £500 towards actual expenses for travel costs, which can include accommodation and visa costs but not subsistence costs or conference/registration fees. Priority is given to those applying for research visits with conference attendance, and long-distance trips of short duration are less likely to be funded. Applications must be accompanied by a letter of support from the Head of School/Department covering how the conference/research visit will benefit the applicant and details about other funding available. The scheme operates on a rolling basis with two annual deadlines: 15 October (with decisions in November for conferences starting from 1 January) and 22 February (with decisions in March/April for conferences starting from 1 May). Only one grant per scheme per person per LMS financial year (1 August - 31 July) is allowed. In the 2023/24 financial year, 58% of applications for an LMS Early Career Researcher Travel Grant were successful.
LMS Early Career Fellowships
The London Mathematical Society offers Early Career Fellowships to support mathematicians in the transition between PhD and a postdoctoral position. These fellowships provide between 3 and 6 months of funding for recent or soon-to-be PhD graduates in mathematics. The program is designed to help early career researchers maintain active research during the uncertain period after PhD completion and before securing a postdoctoral position. Applicants must demonstrate strong research links outside the institution where they received their PhD, either by changing institutions or by making collaborative visits during the fellowship. The fellowships are partially supported by the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research through the UKRI/EPSRC Additional Funding Programme for Mathematical Sciences. Fellows are permitted to teach up to three hours per week but are otherwise expected to spend their working time on study and research.
Cecil King Travel Scholarships
The London Mathematical Society administers two £6,000 travel awards funded by the Cecil King Memorial Foundation for early career mathematicians, to support a period of study or research abroad, typically for a period of three months. One Scholarship will be awarded to a mathematician in any area of mathematics and one to a mathematician whose research is applied in a discipline other than mathematics. The scholarships are designed to provide early career mathematicians in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland with valuable international research experience and the opportunity to establish independence and gain experience beyond their PhD. The program encourages applications from groups under-represented in UK mathematics, including women, disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic mathematicians.
Atiyah UK-Lebanon Fellowships
This fellowship scheme was established in memory of Sir Michael Atiyah (1929-2019), whose father was Lebanese and who maintained strong connections with Lebanon throughout his life. The scheme operates in partnership with the Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences at the American University of Beirut. It supports two-way exchanges: UK-based mathematicians can visit Lebanon for periods between one week and six months to deliver lectures, courses, and engage with the Lebanese mathematical community; alternatively, mathematicians from Lebanon at advanced graduate level or above can visit the UK for up to 12 months to further their study or research. The fellowship aims to foster mathematical collaboration and knowledge exchange between the UK and Lebanon. Applications are currently paused due to UK Foreign Office travel advisories for Lebanon.
Celebrating New Appointments - Scheme 9
This grant provides partial support for meetings held in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, to celebrate the new appointment of a lecturer at a UK university. The inaugural meeting must take place within two years of the start date of the new appointment and should consist of at least three talks, one of which must be given by the applicant. The purposes of the meeting are to celebrate the new appointment, to strengthen the research network in which the new lecturer naturally sits, and to provide an opportunity for research students and other mathematicians to spend a day focusing on the research area. There should be a social event in the department, with the LMS normally expecting departments to contribute to social events. The Society expects that meetings which it supports will be open to all, and will only support a closed meeting if an exceptional case is made. Only one grant per scheme, per person, per LMS financial year (1 August - 31 July) is allowed.
Postgraduate Research Conference Grants - Scheme 8
The London Mathematical Society's Scheme 8 provides partial support for conferences held in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, which are organised by, and are for, postgraduate research students. The grant is intended to enable postgraduate students to organize mathematical conferences that are open to students from several universities. The maximum award is £2,500 towards actual expenses for travel, accommodation and subsistence costs of participants. The Society also allows the use of the grant to cover caring costs for attendees with dependents. Applications must be submitted well in advance of the conference date, and reasonable registration fees of between £10 and £20 per day should be charged. The grant may not be used to cover secretarial help, publicity, or registration fees, though it can cover room hire at De Morgan House in special circumstances.
LMS Interdisciplinary Collaboration Grants
This grant scheme supports universities in hosting joint lectures and events that connect mathematics with other disciplines. Examples include lectures or workshops exploring the intersection of mathematics with, for example, medicine, or mathematics and engineering. The program is designed with flexible criteria to assess demand and promote cross-disciplinary mathematical collaboration. Events must be held in the United Kingdom before the end of the LMS financial year on 31 July. Applications should be submitted by the LMS Representative at the institution well in advance of the event date. The grant aims to foster connections between mathematics and other fields, encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.
Collaborations with Developing Countries - Scheme 5
The London Mathematical Society's Scheme 5 grant supports collaborative research visits between UK-based mathematicians and researchers from developing countries where mathematics is in a disadvantaged position. The grant can support either a UK-based mathematician visiting a developing country, or a mathematician from a developing country visiting the UK. The objective is to facilitate collaborative research and academic activities that will benefit the country concerned. Visits are expected to be at least 14 days in duration. If attending a conference forms part of the visit, there must be other academic activities justifying the grant for an additional 14 days beyond the conference period, and grant funds cannot cover conference-related expenses. Applicants are responsible for arranging all aspects of the visit and must explain why the selected country fits the circumstances eligible for Scheme 5 funding. The grant provides up to £3,000 for visits to the UK (covering international and domestic travel, accommodation and subsistence up to £120 per day) or up to £2,000 for visits from the UK to developing countries. An additional £200 is available to cover caring costs for those with dependents. Grants must be claimed within two financial years of award.
Visiting Speakers to the UK - Scheme 2
The Visiting Speakers to the UK - Scheme 2 grant provides partial support for a visitor to the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, who will give lectures in at least three separate institutions. The grant is intended to facilitate international academic exchange by bringing distinguished mathematicians to the UK to deliver lectures across multiple venues. Applicants based in the UK are responsible for organizing the visit and making all arrangements. The scheme expects that provisional bookings for lectures should already be made by the time of application. The grant serves as a partial contribution to expenses, with host institutions expected to provide additional funding. The maximum award is £2,000 towards travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs, with an additional allowance of up to £200 for caring costs for applicants with dependents. Applications are reviewed three times per year, and grants must be used within two financial years of being awarded.
Conference and Research Workshop Grants - Scheme 1
The London Mathematical Society's Conference and Research Workshop Grants - Scheme 1 provides partial support for mathematical conferences and research workshops held in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The scheme supports principal speakers for conferences and principal participants for workshops, UK-based research students, participants from developing countries, and covers caring costs for attendees with dependents. For conferences, the Society expects events to be open to all, while research workshops are designed for small groups of active researchers working together on specialized topics. The grant can be used towards travel, accommodation, and subsistence expenses, as well as costs for running hybrid events. Applications must demonstrate diversity among invited speakers and participants, with particular attention to including women mathematicians. The Society emphasizes supporting new research initiatives rather than established meeting series, and encourages participation of postdocs and graduate students.
LMS Emmy Noether Fellowships
The Emmy Noether Fellowships offer grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 per applicant to enhance the mathematical sciences research, broadly construed, of holders either re-establishing their research programme after returning from a major break associated with caring responsibilities or requiring support to maintain their research programme while dealing with significant ongoing caring responsibilities. In the context of this scheme, caring responsibilities are interpreted as looking after young children, or looking after a person – e.g. a family member, partner or friend – who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, mental health problem or addiction and cannot cope without this support. In order to be eligible, applicants must have a PhD in Mathematics or closely related subject and be affiliated with a UK University in an academic capacity. This scheme is also available to mathematicians who have recently reached the UK after fleeing their home country and are continuing their studies in a UK host institution. The Emmy Noether Fellowships are funded by a donation by Liber Stiftung (Liber Foundation).
Grace Chisholm Young Fellowships
This fellowship, named after Grace Chisholm Young, will give an endorsement of the holder's status as a mathematician, so that a break in formal employment should not prevent them from resuming a career as a mathematician at a later stage. The Society offers one fellowship each year to a mathematician who needs support when their mathematical career is interrupted by family responsibilities, relocation of partner, or other similar circumstance, making possible some continuous mathematical activity, enabling the fellow to be in a position to apply for posts when circumstances allow. The fellowships are administered by the Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics of the London Mathematical Society. Applications are not gender restricted and may be made by anyone who fulfils the eligibility criteria. Applicants must at least have submitted their PhD thesis to be eligible to apply.
Caring Supplementary Grants
The Caring Supplementary Grants enable parents and carers to attend conferences, research schools, meetings or visits by making a supplementary contribution towards caring costs. The grants are designed to support mathematicians in the UK who need financial assistance to cover childcare or caring responsibilities while participating in professional activities. Applicants should first approach the institution or event organisers to see if arrangements for funding caring costs are in place before applying to the LMS. The Society views these grants as supplementary support while institutions develop their own provisions for caring costs. Applications are considered quarterly by the Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics, with priority given to early career applicants and those who have not received support from other sources. A report is required after the conference or meeting has taken place.
Small Grants for Education
The Small Grants for Education scheme aims to stimulate interest and enable involvement in mathematics from Key Stage 1 (age 5+) to Undergraduate level and beyond. The program focuses on enhancing and enriching mathematical study beyond the curriculum, engaging the public with mathematics, and encouraging unusual ways of communicating mathematics. The scheme is primarily intended for activities for which there is limited scope for alternative sources of funding. The grant should make an identifiable and significant contribution to specific purposes and preferably stimulate interactions between different sections of the mathematical community and/or address a new or wider audience. Applications should be countersigned by someone who can confirm the project's value and indicate what additional support is being provided locally. A brief report is required after the activity or event has taken place.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 21
- Active Now
- 15
- Source Domain
- lms.ac.uk
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