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University of Vienna became a member of CoRE-Math on January 15, 2025.University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) became a member of CoRE-Math on October 8, 2025.Stellenbosch University has expressed interest in joining CoRE-Math but has yet to formally apply for membership.
Uppsala University has committed €50,000 annually to fund visitors (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and senior researchers) to the university.Stockholm University supports CoRE-Math through ISP.University of Amsterdam has committed 25% of Diletta’s workload to the management of CoRE-Math.University of KwaZulu-Natal has committed to funding four postdoctoral researchers annually for up to six months.University of Vienna has indicated that it may commit funding to CoRE-Math.
Bergen, Makerere, and UDSM have won an Erasmus+ grant for the exchange of staff and students.LiU and UNZA applied to the new Sida-funded bilateral programme at UNZA. The application was rejected, but mathematicians may still be involved in projects related to climate change, energy, and mining.CoRE-Math will receive USD 10,000 from ICTP for the summer school in Addis Ababa in 2026. An application to CIMPA has been submitted. An application to Simons Foundation for visits of African postgraduate students to the European CoRE-Math members has been submitted. The application pertains to the period 2026–2028 and amounts to USD 244,000 annually.An application to ICMS for funding of Mathematics in Industry Contact Workshops and Study Groups at Makerere has been submitted. The application concerns 2026 and amounts to GBP 15,000. The aim is to conduct similar workshops at the other African nodes later on.The Management Team has continued its efforts to receive funding from Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA).
Bengt Ove and John participated in the ADEANS VI Conference at Zulu Nyala Lodge, Hluhluwe, South Africa, from September 10 to 15, 2025.The 2025 SAMSA conference will take place in Livingstone, Zambia, from November 25 to 28, 2025. CoRE-Math will have an online presentation at the conference.AAU organises a symposium on December 29–30, 2025, in connection with the university’s 75th anniversary and to celebrate 20 years of collaboration with ISP.The (EAMO) will be organised in Kampala from February 25th to 27th, 2026.CoRE-Math plans to start a monthly webinar in March 2026. ARUA and The Guild will organise the Second CoRE Conference at University of Glasgow from June 14 to June 17, 2026.The Second African-Nordic Conference in Mathematics will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, from August 11 to 14, 2026.
The ICTP–CoRE-Math Summer School on Real Harmonic Analysis was organised at University of Rwanda from July 20 to August 2, 2025.The 2026 ICTP–CoRE-Math Summer School on Arithmetic Geometry and Computations will be organised in Addis Ababa, tentatively in July or August.University of Rwanda is organising a summer school on Numbers, Curves, and Codes: Modern Applications of Number Theory from June 15 to June 26, 2026, in Musanze, Rwanda.
Eight CoRE-Math Fellows visit Uppsala University in 2025. The fellows comprise four PhD students, two postdoctoral researchers, and two senior researchers. The next call will be out in March 2026.University of KwaZulu-Natal will offer up to four postdoc fellowships annually (up to six months) at UKZN).
ICMSSimons FoundationThe European Union (Erasmus+ staff and student exchange, Erasmus+ CBHE, the Intra-Africa Mobility Scheme, etc.)Philanthropists, e.g., XTX Market
Learn about what’s going on in the different departments;Work together on some applications;Explore synergies between different initiatives;Discuss future plans.
2025-11-12 CoRE-Math Steering Committee Meeting
Please note that we don’t plan to go through the updates at the Steering Committee meeting; instead, we will focus on the discussion topics. If anything is unclear in the updates, we can discuss it further, of course.
Documents that were shared before the meeting
CoRE-Math links
A. Updates
1. Members of CoRE-Math
2. Commitments
3. Fundraising
4. Communication
5. Dissemination & Outreach
There’s more news on the CoRE-Math website!
6. Summer Schools
7. CoRE-Math Fellowships
8.
ARUA, with funding from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, will support up to 42 early-career researchers at the ARUA Centres of Excellence and the Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence. At least 70% of the fellowships are reserved for female candidates, and applicants must be 35 years old or younger at the time of application. Each fellowship will last six months, between July 2025 and June 2026. A maximum of four fellows will be assigned to each CoE or CoRE, with all positions filled by December 2025.
9. CoRE Annual Survey
At the request of ARUA and The Guild, CoRE-Math has produced a report covering the period from July 2024 to June 2025. The report focuses on collaboration within the cluster.
j. CoRE-Math Questionnaire
CoRE-Math has surveyed the African member nodes. The survey aimed to collect basic information about the departments and the graduate-level training that takes place within them. The questionnaire also included questions about research conducted in the departments, collaborations with stakeholders outside the department, and former and current international interventions to support the departments.
B. Discussion Topics
1. Expansion of CoRE-Math
Proposal for discussion
CoRE-Math aims to expand gradually, admitting new partners strategically, considering, for example, geographic distribution and the potential of new members to contribute to achieving the goals of CoRE-Math. All new partners will be expected to make a commitment to the cluster as part of their membership application.
Please note that also non-members can benefit from CoRE-Math activities.
2. Commitments from CoRE-Math members
Discussion
ARUA and The Guild expect its members to make financial commitments. How could we encourage the universities to make commitments? What could we expect from the African universities?
3. Fundraising
Discussion
These are some avenues CoRE-Math could use for funding as a cluster:
What other funders are there? What activities could we apply for? Here’s a link to our (not recently updated)
4. Website and possible newsletter
Discussion
The CoRE-Math Management Team has created this for collecting news for the CoRE-Math website. Reminders will be sent to the node coordinators on a regular basis. Would it be a good idea to start a newsletter for CoRE-Math? If so, how frequently should the newsletter be sent out?
5. Physical Meeting for CoRE-Math
Proposal for discussion
The CoRE-Math Management Team suggests that we should organise a meeting for the cluster in connection with the Arusha conference. The meeting could provide an opportunity to
6. Summer School 2027
Discussion
Which university would like to organise the 2027 school? Are there any proposals for topics? Should choosing the topic be the responsibility of the hosting node?
7. Gender Matters
Discussion
CoRE-Math aims to achieve a 50/50 gender balance. To reach this goal, we need to have a plan. Should we create a working group for gender matters? Could we have more women coordinators or deputy coordinators?
8. CoRE-Math Questionnaire
Discussion
We plan to bring up the report at the next SC meeting. Everyone is welcome to send feedback to Barbara. Pleae think about whether aything missing in the draft report and how we should use the report.
C. Any Other Business
D. Next Meeting
Proposal: End of January 2026
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