Funding Opportunities

ICMS is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support research in all areas of the mathematical sciences and its connections to other disciplines and industry. In 2021, we were awarded significant additional funding that enabled us to expand our existing activities and to provide new opportunities to enhance the UK mathematical landscape. ICMS funding from EPSRC was renewed in 2024 for a further five years.

ICMS invites proposals for a range of activities including research workshops, research-in-groups, knowledge exchange activities, public engagement initiatives, and events that fall under our new project ‘Mathematics for Humanity’. All proposals are refereed and organisers are encouraged to discuss their proposal with ICMS before submission. The details on the scheme’s objectives, what funding is available, who to contact, and an indicative realistic planning timescale can be found within each call.

ICMS has a strong committment to equality, diversity and inclusion and we ask that all proposers give sufficient consdieration to a broad range of diversity, incuding gender, ethnicity and georgraphical spread (in particular, particpants from LMIC countries).

Any of our funding opportunities can go with a ‘satellite event’ request to use a venue that is not ICMS, even while our staff will continue to provide support to the workshop preparation and logistics.

These can be academic venues, with particular emphasis on regions that have historically had less access to national or international academic activities, but also locations that the organisers feel will help generate focus and a collaborative atmosphere.

For example, we have had successful events at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the Isle of Skye.