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Mathematical Congress of the Americas Travel Grants
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! With generous funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Mathematical Society (AMS) is pleased to offer the Mathematical Congress of the Americas (MCA) 2025 Travel Grant Program. This program will offer travel grants to provide partial support for U.S.-based mathematicians to attend the Mathematical Congress of the Americas (MCA), July 21-25, 2025, at the University of Miami in Miami, FL. The quadrennial Mathematical Congress of the Americas is organized by the Mathematical Council of the Americas (MCofA), and will be hosted by the Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA), University of Miami.
Selection for MCA 2025 Travel Grants will be based on applicants' eligibility for the program, their research record, the potential impact of the MCA on their professional development, and need. Priority in funding will be given to early-career mathematical scientists.
What is the timeline for this grant?
- Applications open Wednesday February 26, 2025
- Applications must be submitted by MARCH 19, 2025 (11:59 p.m. EDT) *NOTE: Due to temporary disruption of MathPrograms servers, this deadline has now been extended to MARCH 21, 2025 (11:59 p.m. EDT). Institutional verifications and letters of reference are still due by Wednesday, March 26, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
- Institutional verifications and letters of reference will still be due by Wednesday, March 26, 11:59 p.m. ET.
- Applicants will be notified of their application status by May 31, 2025
Who is eligible for this grant?
Applicants must live and work/study in the United States and have home and institution mailing addresses outside a 50-mile radius of the University of Miami (zip code 33124).
Applications will be accepted from mathematical scientists in the following career stages:
| Graduate Student Applications | Students enrolled in a PhD (or its equivalent) program in the mathematical sciences at a US institution. Students who anticipate graduating in May or August 2025 should apply as graduate students, not as early-career mathematicians. |
| Early-Career Applications | Mathematical sciences faculty members who completed the PhD (or its equivalent) within the last six years (between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2024, inclusive). |
| Mid/Late Career Applications | Mathematical sciences faculty members in the United States who completed their PhD before January 1, 2019. |
Note: For any program, fellowship, prize, or award that has a maximum period of eligibility after receipt of the doctoral degree, the selection panel may use discretion in making exceptions to the limit on eligibility for candidates whose careers have been interrupted for reasons such as family or health. Therefore, an applicant who has had to slow down or temporarily stop their career for personal reasons may request that they be considered for an extension in the amount of time after the PhD degree.
What will this grant provide?
This grant will provide partial travel support to attend MCA 2025. Travel grants will be up to \$1,120 for graduate student recipients and \$1,240 for early and mid/late career faculty recipients. Eligible expenses will include economy roundtrip airfare, hotel, meals, and registration.
Grantees are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to the meeting, registering, and paying appropriate fees.
What are the application requirements?
Applications must be in English and contain the following information about the applicant.
- Full name
- Contact information
- Institutional affiliation
- Primary and secondary areas of research
- Disclosure of current or pending support that could fund travel to MCA 2025
- Date of PhD (expected, if applicable) and awarding institution
- Current job/position
- Up to ten (10) publications and/or professional/educational accomplishments
- Statement regarding how participation in MCA 2025 would benefit the applicant (300 words maximum)
- Graduate student applicants only: institutional verification
- Graduate student and early-career applicants only: (1) brief description of PhD thesis work (100 words maximum) and (2) one optional letter of reference from a senior mathematician (submitted through MathPrograms.org)
- ORCiD ID (optional, although applicants are strongly encouraged to register for and provide an ORCiD ID)
