Simons Foundation: Targeted Grants in MPS
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- Posted
- Jan 22, 2026
- Closes
- No deadline published by the funder
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Award Amount: The funding level and duration is flexible and should be appropriate based on the type of support requested in the proposal. There is no recommended or assumed funding level for this program Award Duration: The Targeted Grant in MPS program provides funding for up to five years. Use of Funds: Up to one month of summer salary support and related benefits for each PI/co-Investigator per grant year. Typically, summer salary is solely for 9-month/academic-year faculty to charge research efforts to grants during summer months. For PIs/co-Is with annual appointments (12-month), the program will allow PIs to request up to 1/12 of their annual year salary as a contribution to research time, only if an exception exists where their institution permits extracompensation for specific, se...
About this opportunity
The MPS division invites rolling letters of intent for the Targeted Grants in MPS program, which supports high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. The program is intended to support high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. PIs and co-Investigators (co-Is) must hold a tenured or tenure-track faculty, or equivalent, position at said eligible institutions or centers, outlined below, at th