The eligibility criteria below are the necessary criteria for the project proposal to be considered (more details will be provided during the online application process and other useful documents are available below).
Co-organizers
The CIMPA School project must be set up jointly by two co-organizers, a 'local' one and an 'external' one:
· The local co-organizer must hold an academic or research position in the country where the school is held and must have established strong contacts with the host institution of the school;
· The external coordinator must hold an academic or research position in an institution located in one of the partner countries of CIMPA (currently: France, Germany, Norway, Spain and Switzerland). Exceptionally, and in the interest of the CIMPA program, a school may be coordinated by someone not belonging to these countries. If this is considered, please contact director@cimpa.info.
Location
The proposed school is usually held in an academic environment (university, conference center or equivalent) located in a developing country according to the IMU classification. Exceptionally, it is possible to propose a country outside of this list after agreement with a scientific officer of CIMPA.
Scientific topic
The topic of the CIMPA School must be related to research activities already present locally and must be part of an active research field in mathematics, either pure or applied mathematics or a related field, such as computer science or theoretical physics.
Level
The CIMPA School is intended first and foremost for young mathematicians from the country in which it is held or from neighbouring countries. The level should be suited to the local situation and offer a range of activities from pre-doc to post-doc level. Under no circumstances should the school be a conference.
Duration of the school and contribution of each team member
A CIMPA School generally lasts two weeks with about ten days of mathematical activities. Any school with less than 9 days of activities will not be accepted. In general, a school day shall not contain more that 6 hours of scientific activities and a break of at least one day should be planned after 5 or 6 days of work. Each speaker or instructor should provide a minimum of 6 hours of scientific activities.
Gender balance
The organizing committee as well as the list of lecturers must comprise at least 30% women and at least 30% men. If this criterion cannot be met in exceptional cases, it is imperative that you justify the reasons in the form.
Budget
The provisional budget of the school (resources and expenses) must be sound and described in detail. The financial commitment of local institutions is important for the success of the project. The financial support provided by CIMPA does not constitute in general more than 1/2 of the total budget of the school and cannot exceed 20,000 euros. Therefore, the co-organizers must seek to secure diversified sources of funding at the local and international level as early as possible, for instance
At least 1/2 of the CIMPA financial support needs to be used for travel and/or living expenses of participants from developing countries outside the host country. If other sources exist for this purpose, it will be possible to allocate this support differently (after discussion with your scientific officer).
The CIMPA financial support shall not be used to cover the travel expenses of lecturers affiliated in developed countries. Thus, the co-organizers are strongly advised to ask those lecturers at the beginning of the project if they can cover their travel costs with their own grants, thus supporting CIMPA activities even more. In general, they respond favorably. If it is not the case, the organizers will have to find sources other than CIMPA to support them.
Finally, it is strictly forbidden to ask for registration fees or to give honorariums to lecturers, whatever the source of funding.