<div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program 2024 is a fully funded PhD scholarship for international students from developing countries. International Mathematical Union Scholarship value is up to a maximum of&nbsp; USD 10,000 per year and covers tuition fees, accommodation, travel expenses, and living expenses.</span><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Professional mathematicians are invited to nominate highly motivated and mathematically talented students from developing countries who plan to complete a doctoral degree in a developing country, including their own home country.</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nominees must have a consistently good academic record and must be seriously interested in pursuing a career in research and teaching in mathematics.</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">It is the hope of the donors, the International Mathematical Union and The Friends of the International Mathematical Union that the fellowship helps educate the next generation of mathematicians and hopefully results in extended benefits to the home countries of those chosen for the fellowships.</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b>SCHOLARSHIP SUMMARY</b></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Level of Study:</span>&nbsp;PhD</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Study in:</span>&nbsp;Any country</span><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Opportunity Focus Areas:</span>&nbsp;Mathematics</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Program Period:</span>&nbsp;4 years</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">SCHOLARSHIP COVERAGE</span><br></b></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program value is up to a maximum of&nbsp; USD 10,000 per year can be covered by the grant:</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Full tuition fee</span><br></p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Accommodation expenses&nbsp;</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Travel expenses to the host institution (if different from the home country)</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Basic living expenses will depend on the cost of living of the country in which the student will study his/ her doctoral program</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA</span><br></b></p><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">To qualify for IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program, the candidate must fulfill all of the following requirements below:</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder; font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Required Language:</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">&nbsp;English.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder; font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Eligible Countries:</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">&nbsp;All world countries</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Students cannot apply themselves for the fellowship.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Professional mathematicians (including those who have superannuated, but continue to mentor young students). The nominator should have been mentoring the nominee.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- The student must be a resident and a citizen of a developing country.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- The student must either be pre-accepted to join a doctoral program in the first academic year after the time of selection in a university or research institution which is based in a developing country or already be enrolled in a doctoral program in a university or research institution that is based on a developing country.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">There is no age limit for the student.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nomination for women students is strongly encouraged.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- The fellowship will be sanctioned for one year at a time and is renewable annually, based on satisfactory progress of the awardee, and will cease to be awarded when the awardee completes the doctoral program or at the end of four years, whichever is earlier.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b>MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS</b></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Statement from nominator</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Scanned copy of student (nominee) passport.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Official letter of pre-acceptance in the PhD Program.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Budget of total expenses requested.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">PhD Supervisor CV.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Research Project.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Two letters of recommendation which both cannot come from the nominator.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Transcripts of coursework (certified copies (e.g. stamped by the university)) of the student: A) BSc degree or equivalent. B) MSc degree or equivalent.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nominee CV.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nominee letter of motivation, research project, and plans of the student.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nominator declaration.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">PhD Supervisor declaration.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Nominee (student) declaration.</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;"><br></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b>N/B</b><span style="font-weight: bolder;">:</span>&nbsp;Only files in PDF format can be uploaded</div>