Conference Support Guidelines

The first priority of the IMU is to support conferences of scientific merit held in a developing country with significant participation of scientists from the developing world. Only in exceptional cases will IMU support conferences in developed countries with no developing country component.

IMU conference support categories:
(Please determine the appropriate category and follow the category's guidelines.)

Category A: Conferences Held in Developing Countries

Conference support requests for Category A will be considered by the IMU Commission on Development and Exchanges (CDE) and will follow CDE guidelines (http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cde/description.html#conference). All applications should be submitted online at: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cde/conf_app.php .

Category B: Conferences held in developed countries for which the support requested is for mathematicians from and/or working in developing countries

Conference support requests for Category B will be considered by the IMU Commission on Development and Exchanges (CDE) and will follow CDE guidelines ( http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cde/description.html#conference ). All applications should be submitted online at: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cde/conf_app.php .

Category C: Other Conferences Held in Developed Countries

Applications for support that do not conform to Categories A or B will be considered only on an exceptional basis. Conference requests in this category will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of IMU and must be sent to the IMU Secretariat (preferably by e-mail at secretary(at)mathunion.org) by November 1 of the year prior to the conference date. Category C applications must adhere to the following guidelines:

1. Any conference sponsored or co-sponsored by IMU is to be organized as an international conference.
2. All conference applications must include a cover sheet listing the amount of IMU requested support and the intended purpose of the funds requested. The request also must include a conference budget.
3. All contributions by IMU to a conference must be matched by at least an equal contribution from other sources.
4. An IMU contribution is to be utilized for travel or living expenses of the invitees, preferable foreigners. No invitee can obtain IMU support to cover both travel and local expenses.
5. Immediately after the conference is completed, a financial statement giving the full budget of the conference (showing the income from all sources and the expenditure on all accounts) and a report on the scientific activities are to be sent by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee to the Secretary of IMU.
6. In the years of the International Congresses, the IMU does not financially support conferences other than the Congress itself. It can, however, give its imprimatur to mathematical meetings that meet the conference guidelines.
7. The ICSU principle of free circulation of scientists should be observed (see http://www.icsu.org/5_abouticsu/STATUTES.htm Statute 5). IMU reserves the right not to support conferences in countries which refuse to grant visas to bona fide scientists without due reason.