Targeted Grants to Institutes (Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Theoretical Computer Science)

Targeted Grants to Institutes (Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Theoretical Computer Science) is sponsored by Simons Foundation. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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m. Eastern time, except designated holidays November 25–27, 2026, December 24, 2026–January 1, 2027 The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for the Targeted Grants to Institutes program. Deadline for Application Submission: September 30, 2026, 12 p.

m. (noon) Eastern time. The Targeted Grants to Institutes program is intended to support established institutes or centers in the mathematics and theoretical basic physical sciences through funding to help strengthen contacts within the international scientific community.

Our aim is to enable institutes to extend and enhance their missions; this program will not provide primary support for operating or establishing an institute. This program will also not support initiatives, consortiums or organizations that do not have a physical space.

Award Amount: Up to $750,000 USD, inclusive of 20 percent indirect costs (see grant policies ); annual budgets should be around $250,000 per year, although the foundation would allow the annual budget to vary from $250,000 as long as the total three-year budget is no more than $750,000. Award Duration: Three years; awards can begin no earlier than June 1, 2027, and must begin no later than September 1, 2027.

Number of Awards: The foundation expects to award up to ten grants each year. Future Funding: Awards will not be considered for renewal. Awardees can reapply to the program for new funding for a period after their current award ends.

The funding provided is relatively flexible and based on the type of support requested by the institute in the proposal. Please see the Simons Foundation’s grant policies for further guidelines. These expenses could include, but are not limited to, the following: Salary support and related benefits for visiting scholars, postdoctoral fellows and research associates, and/or graduate students.

Support for visitors, including domestic and international travel, meals and lodging expenses. Conferences, workshops, summer schools and scientific meetings, including meals, travel, lodging, and facility fees. Other expenses related to the support and administration of the supported institute activities (e.g., administrative professional staff) NOTE: PI summer salary for administrative support of programs is not allowed.

Administrative salary should be paid by the existing institutional structure. Applications may be submitted by established U.S. and foreign public and private educational and nonprofit institutes and research centers. The program is not intended to support institutes or centers whose main purpose is to provide a focal point for research of faculty at a specific university.

This program will not support national labs, or the equivalent, with a primary focus on experiments. SF and SFI do not provide funding to institutions in China or to fiscal sponsors or agents of institutions in China. This includes funding to support subcontracts at institutions in China or consultants residing or working for institutions in China.

Simons Foundation employees who receive a W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) from the Simons Foundation, including employees of the Flatiron Institute, may not apply as a principal investigator (PI) to any Simons Foundation or Simons Foundation International requests for applications (RFAs) released by the Simons Foundation.

PIs and any project personnel listed on the application who will receive funding for salary, travel, support for students, postdocs or research staff, lab equipment, computing time or other individual expenses may not be employees of the Simons Foundation, which includes the Flatiron Institute. Applications must be completed electronically and submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM), https://sam. simonsfoundation.

org/ by September 30, 2026, 12 p. m. (noon) Eastern time .

Please refer to the How to Apply tab for further instructions. Full proposals will be reviewed by Simons Foundation scientific staff, the MPS Scientific Advisory Board and an expert external review committee.

Please note that in the event of budgetary or other considerations, The Simons Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation” or “SF”) reserves the right to refer an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (“SFI”) for consideration and funding. SFI and SF have entered into an agreement pursuant to which SF provides program operations and grant administration services, including payment processing, to SFI.

SFI grant recipients are subject to SF policies and procedures . Additional award terms may be included in the official award notification. Grantees are subject to the conditions outlined in their official award notification.

Our Commitment to Expanding Pathways to Science and Opportunities for All Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences. The Simons Foundation is committed to advancing basic science and mathematics to benefit humankind and expand our collective understanding of our world.

As part of our mission, we support partners, programs and initiatives that seek to broaden the scientific community and open pathways to science and mathematics careers.

The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all applicants for funding without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.

How to Apply Instructions Frequently Asked Questions SAM Frequently Asked Questions and Instructional Videos 12 p. m. (noon) Eastern time, June 1, 2027 through September 1, 2027 Program or Administrative Questions: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.

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Eastern time, except designated holidays November 25–27, 2026, December 24, 2026–January 1, 2027 Deadline for Application Submission: September 30, 2026, 12 p. m. (noon) Eastern time.

Late applications will not be accepted. Important Note: If the applicant has a SAM account associated with one institution but is applying on behalf of another institution with whom they also have an association, please contact [email protected] for assistance updating the applicant’s SAM profile to create the correct institutional association on the application.

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. Full Proposal Submission: The applicant’s name and institution will appear in this section.

The institution will default to the user’s primary affiliation in their SAM profile. Please ensure the listed institution is the one to which funds must be administered if selected for funding. If the institution or applicant must be changed, please refer to the SAM Frequently Asked Questions for assistance.

Enter the title of the application and include the name of the initiative(s) for which the institute is requesting funding (e.g., Visiting Researchers Program at the Institute for Advanced Math). It is not necessary to include the name of the institute in the title. That will be reflected in either or both the Name of Institute field (below) or the applicant institution.

Enter the award start and end dates. Awards can begin no earlier than June 1, 2027, and must begin no later than September 1, 2027. These dates will automatically populate in the budget.

Name of Institute/Center: Please enter the name of the institute or center that is requesting funding. This can be different from the institutional entity associated with the application (e.g., the application institution is the name of the university, and the institute requesting funding within the university is called “Institute for Advanced Math”). Country: Enter the country in which institute or center is located.

This can be different from the country associated with the institutional entity on the application. Proposal Narrative (six-page limit, plus up to two pages for references and figures, which can be embedded within the text): Upload a summary of the support requested, including the specific scientific goals, background relevant to the application and significance of the proposed support.

Up to two letters of support from collaborating institutions can be appended which does not count towards the 8-page narrative limit. Key Personnel Biosketches: Upload a PDF of the biosketch for each individual noted as Project Personnel in the Contacts & Personnel tab outlined below. Biosketches must be in SciENcv, NIH, or NSF-style format or a two- to three-page CV.

Please name each PDF as Last Name_First Name_Biosketch. Current and Pending Support ( for the institute only ): Upload a list of all financial resources that are available in direct support of the institute’s research endeavors. Formatting is at the institute’s discretion but should include at least the sources and dates of support, brief summary of support and total funding provided.

This program does not require support for individual key personnel. Indicate the extent to which, if any, generative AI technology was used and how it was used to develop your proposal. Indicate whether the applicant or any project personnel listed on the application are affiliated with the Simons Foundation or the Flatiron Institute as a Visiting Scholar / Independent Contractor or Employee.

Contacts & Personnel Tab: Please refer to the instructions provided in SAM to add required Institution Administrative Contacts. At least one Signing Official and one Financial Officer must be added to this section. The applicant cannot act as the signing official and/or financial officer.

Under Project Personnel, indicate scientific personnel who will be directly involved in the activities that support is being requested for, as it is known at the proposal stage. To explain the specific involvement of each personnel included, please select Other in the role drop-down in the Add More Details box, then clarify their role in the General Note field.

While not typical for this program, subcontracts can be added by selecting Yes to the “Will there be a subcontract? ” question and adding personnel as appropriate. Click the Edit/Modify button to add a detailed, three-year budget in USD.

Provide justification for each budget line item entered, including all Personnel Costs requested. Please note that the budget justification should be detailed and appropriate for the funds being requested. An insufficient budget justification will result in the proposal not being considered further.

Within each budget period, you have the ability to copy the budget and justification from the previous period and then make edits as needed. Note that if content has already been entered in year 2 or 3, for example, copying from the previous year will not replace the content — it will only add the previous year’s content, potentially duplicating the budget in the next year.

Duplicated entries can only be deleted individually by line item. Important: In order for known project personnel to display in the Personnel column drop-down list, you must add them as Project Personnel in the Contacts & Personnel tab of the application as well as add an application role to each personnel using the Add More Details button. You will need to close and reopen the budget for the changes to populate.

Do not select TBD in the Personnel drop-down list if the personnel are known. They must be first entered in the Project Personnel section as outlined above. Do not combine personnel on one budget line (e.g., multiple postdocs must be itemized individually).

Check Application Progress: Click the Check Application Progress button to check for any missing required information or files. All missing required information will be listed at the top of the screen and must be corrected before the application can be submitted.

Send for Sign-off & Submit: When the application is complete, please click on the Send for Sign-off button to send to the application’s designated Signing Official for signature. The Signing Official will receive an email from [email protected] notifying them that an application requires their signature. The Signing Official must provide an electronic signature in the Submission tab of the proposal.

Once their signature is entered and saved, the Signing Official must click on the Submit Signature button which will submit the application to the foundation. A confirmation page will appear for the Signing Official once the application is successfully submitted, and the application will now appear in the Submitted tab of the Applications and Awards table.

The applicant, Signing Official and Financial Officer will receive an email from [email protected] when the application is signed and submitted. Please note that you will not be able to submit an application if the deadline has passed. Once your application has been submitted, the Simons Foundation staff will be in touch if we require any additional information or revisions to your application.

Please note that in the event of budgetary or other considerations, The Simons Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation” or “SF”) reserves the right to refer an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (“SFI”) for consideration and funding. SFI and SF have entered into an agreement pursuant to which SF provides program operations and grant administration services, including payment processing, to SFI.

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m. Eastern time, except designated holidays November 25–27, 2026, December 24, 2026–January 1, 2027 Who should be the PI on the application? The PI/applicant is typically the director of the institute; although, this is at the discretion of the institute.

My institution received a Targeted Grant, but it will end this year. Can we reapply for funding? Yes, current awardees whose grant will end before June 1, 2027 (including the no-cost extension period) are welcome to apply for continued or new funding.

The proposal will be competitively reviewed with the other applicants. Are the selection criteria different for institutes in developing countries? For institutes in developing countries, the foundation will also consider how the grant can help stimulate the progress of science in those countries and how it can help connect developing countries to the scientific mainstream.

May applications come from a center or institute within a larger university, rather than freestanding institutes? Yes, centers and institutes within larger universities are eligible, as long as their main purpose is to support a field by strengthening contacts within the scientific community.

Centers and institutes whose primary purpose is to provide a focal point for the research of local faculty at that university are not appropriate for this program. Are chemistry-focused institutes eligible? Chemistry is outside the purview of the program and the MPS division, which focuses on mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science.

If my institute is not awarded a targeted grant this year, can we reapply next year? Yes, there is no limit to the number of times an institute can apply. Can my institute submit more than one application during an application cycle?

Yes, there is no limit to the number of applications per institution. Is the cost of insurance to cover the exchange rate allowed as a direct cost? No, this would not be an allowable cost.

Are deadline times adjusted for time zones? No. Please be advised that all deadlines are in Eastern time. We recommend registering early and submitting with ample time for corrections prior to the deadline hour.

Site traffic can slow page-load times. You will not be able to submit after the deadline has passed. Can I make changes to the application once it has been submitted?

No changes are allowed on the application after submission. Applications can only be changed prior to the deadline by clicking on the Revise button. For full proposals, once revised, the application must be sent for sign-off and signed by the Signing Official again in order to resubmit — this must happen before the deadline.

No extensions will be provided for revisions. Frequently asked questions and instructional videos for navigating SAM For assistance navigating SAM, please refer to the SAM frequently asked questions and instructional videos webpage .

Note regarding potential referral of an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (SFI) Please note that in the event of budgetary or other considerations, The Simons Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation” or “SF”) reserves the right to refer an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (“SFI”) for consideration and funding.

SFI and SF have entered into an agreement pursuant to which SF provides program operations and grant administration services, including payment processing, to SFI. SFI grant recipients are subject to SF policies and procedures .

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Simons Foundation International has provided funding to the AAS to organize and grow African continental collaborations in the mathematical foundations of two frontier technologies: (1) semiconductors focusing on mathematical structures and AI frameworks for semiconductor science and technology and (2) quantum computing, focusing on quantum physics and related mathematical fields.

African School of Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASP) SFI will provide support towards the sustainability of the ASP activities. This includes a two-week intensive summer school, a forum to engage policy makers in physics education and research, a mentorship program, an international physics conference, and the short-term visits for alumni of ASP to go to U.S. labs for 4–6 months of additional research training.

Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques Funding will support two long-standing programs, the Global South Chair and the Jean Morlet Chair, facilitating exchanges between established and young researchers and encouraging collaboration between the international scientific community and researchers from developing countries.

ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research SFI will continue SF’s funding to the ICTP-SAIFR to fund two Simons-FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Funding Agency) tenure-track professors for three additional years.

Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences at the CUNY-Graduate Center SFI funding will allow the ITS to expand collaborations nationally and internationally through conferences, scholar exchanges, visiting programs, and postdoctoral support.

International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) The grant will help build on the success of previous funding provided to the Simons Astrophysics Group at ICISE, facilitating robust collaborative research in theoretical physics and astrophysics in Vietnam. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) SFI will providing funding for the Simons Visiting Scientist Program at the KITP.

This program provides support to scientists leaving their home institutions for extended periods of time to visit the KITP and participate in its programs. McWilliams Center for Cosmology & Astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University SFI funding will go towards running the Keystone Astronomy & AI Fellows, a mentored, international visiting-postdoc program.

The program will extend the ongoing activities of the McWilliams Center by catalyzing the development and application of AI methods to advance computational and data-intensive astrophysics and providing a forum for rapid international collaboration and dissemination of those methods.

Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics SFI will continue SF’s support of the Simons Visiting Professors Program at the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, MFO), which, each year, supports 40 Simons Visiting Professors, distinguished scientists from outside Europe, who wish to combine an invitation to a workshop at MFO with a research visit to a European university.

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) PIMS at the University of British Columbia will continue to receive support for postdoctoral fellows, a summer research program in mathematics, and a travel award and institute exchange program.

The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International have continued the ongoing support of CERN via the CERN Non-Member State Summer Student Program, which gives the next generation of scientists the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working on an advanced projects in a scientific team at CERN, and the CERN-Africa Summer Program, which further aims to foster collaboration, provide training, and encourage the development of scientific expertise on the African continent.

Institute of International Education (IIE) In 2025, Simons Foundation International provided an unrestricted gift to the IIE to support their scientific programs, including academic and career support services to STEM students. SFI will provide funding for international schools and research workshops, with the primary goal of international collaboration and career development of students and young researchers.

Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics Funding from SFI will support the participation of young researchers, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, in the thematic semesters held at the Erdős Center.

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics SF and SFI will continue their support of ICTP via funding for the successful Simons Associates program, a new sabbatical program, and a global science portal to connect all ICTP activities across their community of researchers.

Dark Universe Science Center at the University of Washington The SFI grant will support a mentorship-focused postdoctoral program, an anchor postdoctoral fellow, and a postdoctoral program conference in the third year of the program. Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences SFI will provide additional funding to support the Simons Semesters at the Banach Center.

Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées Funding from SFI will support fellowships and collaborative workshops for young mathematicians in developing countries. American Physical Society The Simons Foundation will support a pilot travel grant program at the American Physical Society that will provide travel funds for research-active physics faculty to pursue external collaborations.

Awards will be directed toward faculty in non-doctorate-granting academic departments, faculty at minority serving institutions and faculty who are not currently in tenure-track positions.

International Center for Mathematical Sciences-Sofia (ICMS-Sofia) The foundation will provide support to the ICMS-Sofia to support the hiring of four leading world scientists who will create their own research groups covering different fields of the contemporary fundamental and applied mathematics, as well as the organization of several international conferences to create new long-term collaborations among scientists in Southeastern Europe and the organization of joint workshops with leading international institutions.

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge The Simons Foundation will provide additional funding to continue and strengthen the Simons Fellowship Program at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI).

The INI is known to encourage and support the highest quality research in the mathematical sciences by giving researchers, especially early-career researchers, personal access to world leaders in their own or related fields.

Hamilton Mathematics Institute at Trinity College Dublin The Simons Foundation will continue to provide funding to the Hamilton Math Institute (HMI), which will support four visiting professors in mathematics and theoretical physics, as well as two postdoctoral fellows in such disciplines.

The Simons Visiting Scholars program will be used to support participation by under-represented minorities at HMI workshops/conferences and will allow Simons Visiting Professors to invite visitors during their time at HMI.

Galileo Galilei Institute at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare The mission of The Galileo Galilei Institute (GGI) is to offer long-term visiting positions for experienced scientists and early-stage researchers that can develop research projects beyond the time scale of the programs taking place at the Institute.

With the support of the Simons Foundation, the Simons Visiting Program at GGI will allow the institute to provide the international theoretical physics community with services presently unavailable to improve participation of researchers and students coming from developing countries and other disadvantaged environments.

International Mathematical Union The Simons Foundation will support the International Mathematical Union-Simons Research Fellowship Program for Developing Countries, allowing mathematicians based in developing countries to undertake collaborative mathematical research at mathematical institutions outside their home country and thereby strengthen their interactions within the international mathematical community.

The Simons Emmy Noether Fellows Program, Perimeter Institute The foundation will provide additional funding to the Perimeter Institute to continue the support of the Simons Emmy Noether Fellows Program, which is designed to provide a strategic boost to outstanding early- and mid-career female physicists.

While resident at Perimeter for periods of up to one year, Fellows are able to pursue their research intensively, free of teaching and administrative duties, and to develop new international peer networks.

Associação Instituto Internacional de Física The mission of the International Institute of Physics (IIP), located in Brazil, is to promote regular scientific programs, attract excellent visitors from all over the world and produce research in frontier areas of theoretical physics.

The foundation will support theoretical research in quantum information, quantum matter and high energy physics, including funding fellowships for junior researchers and visiting professors. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Université de Montréal The Simons Foundation will continue to provide funding to the Simons CRM Scholars program, which will allow the CRM to invite junior- and senior-level researchers for extended visits.

Simons-NYU Science Explorations Summer Program The foundation has partnered with NYU to support the Simons-NYU Science Explorations Summer Program, to bring together students from diverse backgrounds with a passion for the physical and life sciences.

The goal of the program is to introduce students to college-level scientific concepts while giving them a traditional 4-year-college experience, and providing networking and mentorship opportunities with some of today’s most innovative researchers.

During the course of this program, students will participate in lectures and labs led by some of the world’s leading scientists in NYU’s biology, chemistry, neural science, physics, and psychology departments.

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences The Simons Foundation will provide funding to the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at the University of British Columbia to support postdoctoral fellows, a summer research program in mathematics, a scholars exchange program, and travel support for scientists to attend the Pacific Rim Mathematical Association Congress in 2022. William I.

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute The foundation will provide funding to the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to support summer schools in condensed-matter physics, particle physics, and astrophysics and cosmology, long-term visitors, working groups, and rapid response workshops organized on current hot topics in theoretical physics.

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education The foundation’s award will provide funding to the institute for astrophysicists to attend workshops and summer schools, to collaborate on computational modeling and data analysis, and to support young scientists, including research internships for college students and postdoctoral fellows.

ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research The Simons Foundation will again provide funding to the ICTP-SAIFR to supplement funding to two Simons-FAPESP (Sao Paulo State Research Funding Agency) tenure-track professors for three additional years. MATRIX is a residential research institute for the mathematical sciences.

The Simons Foundation funding will support a variety of MATRIX-Simons programs, including extended visits of international scholars, the participation of early-career researchers in MATRIX programs, engagement with other institutions and external partners, and assisting the travel of researchers and their families to MATRIX.

Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) at Rutgers University The foundation’s award will support the Simons Postdoctoral Leadership Initiative, which, over a three-year period, will host four Simons Postdoctoral Leaders to conduct research in either theoretical computer science or the foundations of data science and artificial intelligence. P. N.

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Funding will support Lebedev Physical Institute’s Summer School of Modern Astrophysics (SOMA) via student and lecturer fellowships. SOMA is designed for the scientific growth of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in astronomy and astrophysics.

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR) Simons Foundation funding will establish Simons Early Career Fellowships, enabling some of the best young researchers to become tenure-track faculty at ICTS. Additionally, the award will continue current support for Simons Visiting Scholars and Simons Visiting Chair Professors. Funds will also be used toward special program initiatives.

Banach Center of the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IMPAM) The foundation will continue to provide funding to the Banach Center to support Simons Semesters, in which distinguished senior researchers and outstanding young researchers are appointed as Simons Semester Fellows to come to IMPAN to lead long-term programs in forefront research areas.

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences Simons Foundation funding will be used to establish the Simons Distinguished Visitors Program, which will support the participation of outstanding and globally recognized mathematicians in the Fields’ thematic programs.

The Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA) The Simons Foundation will support CIMPA courses, whereby mathematics departments or laboratories in developing countries can apply to CIMPA for funding to invite external researchers to deliver courses to local students or researchers.

The funding will also create CIMPA-SIMONS Fellows, supporting young mathematicians from developing countries in long-term thematic programs in mathematics at CIMPA. Park City Mathematics Institute at the Institute for Advanced Study The Simons Foundation will provide funding to the Park City Mathematics Institute to support the six programs that are part of their annual three-week residential summer program.

Institute of Mathematical Sciences of the Americas at the University of Miami The University of Miami Department of Mathematics will create and manage the Institute of Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA), with the goal of building a cohesive mathematical community for the Americas. Intensive, two-year-long research working groups, semester emphasis programs and hot-topic workshops will be key components of IMSA’s work.

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge The Simons Foundation will continue to provide funding to the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences to expand upon the Simons Fellowship Program to support more fellows, provide per diem and travel support, and allow fellows to be appointed to short programs, with the condition that they must stay for the full duration (four to six weeks).

Instituto de Matemáticas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Funding will go to support Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO), a recently created center developed by a partnership between Banff International Research Station (BIRS), UNAM and the Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas.

Activities include CMO/BIRS meetings and workshops, research groups, schools and conferences, contributing to the training of U.S.-based mathematical scientists, mostly young researchers, and encouraging interactions with the Mexican, Canadian and Latin American mathematical communities.

Hamilton Mathematics Institute at Trinity College Dublin The Simons Foundation will continue to provide funding to the Hamilton Mathematics Institute to extend the Simons Visiting Professors, the Simons Postdoctoral Fellows and Simons Visiting Scholars programs.

Additionally, funding will support an annual Simons Graduate School focusing on mathematics and theoretical physics in alternating years, offering lectures suitable for graduate students and early-career researchers to benefit Irish and international students. The funds will also support the organization of a Simons Symposia during the final two years of the grant, bringing Irish and international mathematicians and physicists together.

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