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For questions about careers and jobs in mathematics (inside and outside academia)

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Does one need an external, peer-reviewed grant to become tenured faculty in this field?

Many mathematicians have never held a grant (even at my own institution). No mathematician that I know of has been denied tenure (or anything equivalent) on grounds of not obtaining a grant or not obt …
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Is pure mathematics useful outside of mathematics itself?

We cannot tell where our work is going, but the huge payoff that applications of mathematics have had makes it worth while, even if almost all of our work is going nowhere, to keep digging. Mathematic …
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Funding programs for mathematical research

COST EU has grants for research in any area. They have funded pure mathematics research (by Rita Fioresi).
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Funding programs for mathematical research

The Irish Research Council funds research in any area, by researchers at least one of whom is based in Ireland. They have funded pure mathematics research (by Spyridon Dendrinos.)