Computer Science Small Grants - Scheme 7

Computer Science Small Grants - Scheme 7 is sponsored by London Mathematical Society (LMS). This scheme supports visits for collaborative research at the interface of Mathematics and Computer Science, either by the grant holder to another institution within the UK or abroad, or by a named mathematician from within the UK or abroad to the home base of the grant holder.

Computer Science Small Grants - Scheme 7 | London Mathematical Society Computer Science Small Grants - Scheme 7 Computer Science Small Grants - Scheme 7 To support a visit for collaborative research at the interface of Mathematics and Computer Science either by the grant holder to another institution within the UK or abroad, or by a named mathematician from within the UK or abroad to the home base of the grant holder.

Any application for a grant under this scheme must be made by a mathematician based in the UK. Priority will be given to early career mathematicians; however, applications may be made by a mathematician at any level. Mathematicians who are not themselves members of the LMS must arrange for an LMS member to support the application.

General rules of the scheme: The scheme is intended to support specific projects with named collaborators and not, for example, to contribute to the cost of a sabbatical visit. The scheme is intended to fund visits to institutions, not attendance at conferences. Applicants are responsible for making all the arrangements for the visit.

At most one grant will be made per collaboration in any financial year (August - July). Although the scheme does not preclude repeat funding, preference will normally be given to awards that enable new collaborations; applications for repeat funding of a collaboration funded in the past by Scheme 7 must make a clear case for the added value of this further support. Academic and financial reports will be required after the visit.

The maximum award is £1000. Deadlines and decision timetable: Applications should be submitted well in advance of the date of the visit. Awards will not be made retrospectively.

Monday 20 April 2026 (23:59 BST) Queries regarding applications can be addressed to the Grants Administrator who will be pleased to discuss proposals informally with potential applicants and give advice on the submission of an application. Kieran O'Connor (email: lmscomputerscience@lms. ac.

uk , tel: 020 7927 0801).

Computer Science Scheme 7 Online Grant Application Form (you must be logged in to access this form) Examples of topics for previously awarded grants: Word-representability of split graphs Aspects of the graph colouring problem Further investigation into category theoretic models of variable binders Obtaining efficient parameterised algorithms for evaluating the Tutte polynomial of a graph Other sources of funding: Information about other funding offered by other organisations can be found here .

“Scheme 7 allowed me to establish an international group of collaborators. We have been working together for a number of years now very productively, thanks to my initial grant from LMS." - Dr Can Başkent, Middlesex University.

"As an early career researcher, I am tremendously grateful to the LMS for supporting me through Scheme 7. The grant enabled me to host Dr Adrien Laurent (INRIA Rennes) and establish a fruitful collaboration. Opportunities like this are rare for ECRs and the grant has been a crucial stepping stone towards shaping my research programme, group, and future fellowship applications."

- Dr Georg Maierhofer, University of Cambridge. "The grant was instrumental in allowing me to spend a week-long visit to a collaborator enabling the initiation of a project, which subsequently led to a publication in a good venue" - Dr Nikhil Made, University of Liverpool. "I received the LMS Computer Science Grant at the crucial point in my ECR phase - between my thesis submission and my viva.

I was able to visit TU Delft for my research visit for a week along with an important conference in Nancy, the previous week. The process of application was super easy, and the interview was encouraging rather than daunting. I managed to publish two papers based on the work my collaborator, Robbert Fokkink and I managed to accomplish during that period" - Gandhar Joshi, The Open University.

"Having an LMS Computer Science Small Grant allowed for a period of intense collaboration on a problem that heavily benefited from detailed in-person discussions. Small grants of this nature are efficient for funders and researchers: they provide the right amount of time and resource to catalyze work on challenging problems.

The application procedure and administrative aspects are simple and allow for scientific focus" - Dr Tyler Helmuth, Durham University