Abdus Salam: The Muslim science genius forgotten by history

Salam Fellows Initiative: The Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics announces a new program aimed at fostering exchanges and cohort building with theoretical physicists from LMICs and other underrepresented backgrounds.  

Opportunity: We invite applications for short-term visits (weeks to months) to join the Salam Centre in order to establish long-term collaborations and new connections. The initiative is funded by an Imperial College Academic Strategy Gateway under the Salam New Horizons Initiative. It is anticipated that selected projects will be funded at a maximum value of £2,000 each.  

Focus: We particularly encourage applications from theoretical physicists that are at PhD level (or about to graduate) but are not yet fully internationally established. Applicants are expected to be from LMICs or from an underrepresented background.

Timescale: The scheme is managed on a ongoing basis, without specific deadlines, but support for activities should be sought at least 3 weeks in advance of  expenditure.

Management: To ensure a quick feedback to applicants, the Salam Fellow initiative is directly managed by the Salam Centre, though we will solicit experts' opinions as needed.

Application Process: Please send the following information in a single pdf to SalamCentre@imperial.ac.uk

  1. CV including the following Applicant Details:
    1. Name
    2. InSpireLink
    3. Year and Institution of PhD (or expected)
    4. Current Institution
    5. Department
    6. Type of appointment
    7. Previous appointments
    8. Any other relevant CV information

  2. Collaboration Opportunity:
    Please describe the main objectives of the visit, who you intend to collaborate with, on which topic and for how long (maximum 2 pages).

  3. Impact:
    Please describe (maximum 1 page):
    1. The expected short-term outcomes of this opportunity (eg. new collaboration resulting in new research results in published papers, conference talks, etc)
    2. The long-term benefits (eg. setting new and sustainable network of collaboration)
    3. Clarify whether the project is expected to foster further exchanges of knowledge (eg. grant applications, opportunity to follow up with other visits and exchanges, organisation of conferences, lecture course, etc)

  4. Further Engagement:
    Please provide details for any other soft-skills training or engagement opportunities this project may facilitate (maximum 1 page).
    (eg. contributions to lecturing, mentoring, supervision, outreach, media engagement, connection with fundraisers, etc)

5. Budget:
Please provide the breakdown of expenditure in GBP into:

    1. travel,
    2. visa & immigration fees,
    3. accommodation,
    4. subsistence,
    5. other.