Travel Support for Mathematicians – 2027 Request for Applications: How to Apply

• 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 that 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.

• Applicant Details: Enter all required fields, including your ORCID iD. The applicant may edit information via the “Edit Profile” button as needed. To add your ORCID iD, navigate to the ORCID tab of the user profile, and select the “Create or Connect Your ORCID iD” button to link to your ORCID profile. Applicants must complete their profiles by clicking the “Complete Profile” button on the user profile in order to submit.
• Degree(s): Click the “Add/Modify Degree(s)” button to provide this information.
  • Indicate whether the mathematics department at the awardee’s institution has a Ph.D. granting program. See the eligibility section of the RFA for further information.
• Application Details:
  • Enter the title of the application.
  • Start and end date are fixed. The five-year award will commence September 1, 2027.
• Proposal: Proposal attachments should be single spaced and in typeface no smaller than 10-point font. Margins must be at least one-half inch in all directions.
  • Statement of Recent Work (two-page limit, plus up to one page for references and figures, which can be embedded within the text): A statement from the applicant explaining the most significant work completed in the previous five years — while unpublished work may be included in the summary, at least some of the work must already have appeared or be accepted in high-quality peer-reviewed publications.
  • Statement of Travel/Invitation Goals (one-page limit, plus up to a half page for references and figures, which can be embedded within the text): A statement from the applicant explaining travel/invitation goals for the first year of the grant.
  • Applicant Biosketch: Upload a SciENcv or fillable PDF NIH- or NSF-style biosketch.
  • Seminars & Conferences List: A list of talks at colloquia, research seminars or research conferences that the applicant has given within the past five years.
  • List of Students: Current or recent (past five years) Ph.D. students supervised, including their dissertation topics, likely date of completion and current employment, if applicable.
  • List of Postdoctoral Fellows: Current or recent postdoctoral fellows supervised.
  • Indicate the extent to which, if any, generative AI technology was used and how it was used to develop your proposal.
  • Indicate if the PI or any project personnel listed on this application are affiliated with the Simons Foundation or the Flatiron Institute as visiting scholars, independent contractors or employees.

Institution Administrative Contacts: At least one Signing Official and one Financial Officer must be added to this section.

Click the “Edit/Modify” button to complete a budget for the proposed project. The total amount requested for each individual budget period must be a whole number. Enter the budget as follows:

• $6,000 per year for Travel & Research;
• $1,000 per year for Department Discretionary Fund; and
• $1,400 per year for indirect costs, equal to 20% of direct costs per the foundation’s indirect costs policy.

• Technical Abstract: Provide a brief summary of the applicant’s most recent research, particularly that which is relevant to future collaboration and travel plans. The abstract text box has a 3,000-character limit.
• Keywords: Click on the “Add/Modify Keywords” button to select up to two tags as it applies to the applicant’s research in the last five years. Your choices will be used to select the most suitable reviewers.

• Publications: Provide up to five accepted or published papers from the previous five years via the applicant’s SAM profile or PDF upload. Applicants selecting from their profile can import data from other publication databases such as ORCID, PubMed or OpenAlex.
• Other Support: Please follow the instructions for providing current support for the applicant via their SAM profile. PDF uploads are not permitted on this application. Add all the applicant’s current external support, which includes all financial resources, whether federal or nonfederal, available in direct support of this applicant and their research. It is not necessary to include internal funding, this current application or any pending support.
  • Reporting overlap is required to submit an application. While overlap is not a consideration for funding in this program, please click on the “Report Overlap” button for each entry and select “Yes” or “No” as appropriate. Additionally, for “Person Months” please enter zero.

Click the “Check Application Progress” button to verify that all required information and files have been submitted. Any missing requirements will be listed at the top of the screen and must be corrected before the application can be submitted.

When the application is complete, please click the “Send for Sign-off” button to send the application to your Signing Official for signature. You will not be able to send the application for sign-off if any application requirements are missing. The Signing Official will receive an email from [email protected] notifying them that an application requires their signature. The Signing Official must electronically sign the application via the “Submission” tab of the application. Once their signature is entered and saved, the Signing Official must click the “Submit Signature” button. This will officially submit the application to the foundation. Upon submitting their signature, the Signing Official will see a confirmation page, 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.