The Simons Foundation supports research in mathematics and the basic sciences. They sponsor a range of programs that aim to promote a deeper understanding of our world.
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) supports scientific expertise in the developing world and encourage high-level research in the fields of physics and mathematics.
The International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics CIMPA promotes international cooperation in higher education and research in mathematics and their interactions, as well as related subjects, for the benefit of developing countries. Their action concentrates at the places where mathematics emerges and develops, and where a research project is possible.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) funds several programs which provide grants to researchers in some developing countries for specialized equipment, consumable supplies and Master of Science students. Grants are awarded to individual scientists and research groups.