The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for the new Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics to provide research support to excellent graduate students in the final years of their Ph.D. studies. This program has been created to honor the work of our late co-founder, Jim Simons, and his commitment to supporting the field of mathematics.
The grant will commence September 1, 2025, for a two-year period, to coincide with the final fourth and fifth years of the Fellow’s Ph.D. program. The grant will provide $19,200 per year as follows:
- $15,000 per year in general research support,
- $1,000 per year to the Fellow’s department as discretionary funds, to be used at the sole discretion of the department chair,
- An additional 20 percent for indirect costs ($3,200 per year), per the foundation’s indirect cost policy.
Grantees will be awarded a total of $38,400 USD.