The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) has written to EPSRC and the Prime Minister to express its major concerns over the future of the mathematical sciences in the UK as a result of changes to funding being made by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The new Fellowship Scheme has been introduced by EPSRC – with no consultation – and an immediate consequence is a big reduction in postdoctoral opportunities this year and for the foreseeable future. There will be no EPSRC Fellowship support for most of the mathematical sciences portfolio.
