IAU grants

A limited number of IAU grants for individual participants will be available. The IAU wishes to support qualified scientists to whom only limited means of support are available, e.g., colleagues from economically less privileged countries and young scientists. An IAU Grant should be the seed money in ensuring the participation of a selected beneficiary, rather than adding comfort for colleagues whose attendance is already assured. In addition, a reasonable gender and geographical distribution is expected in the IAU Grant distribution proposal. Normally, no more than 1/3 of the IAU Grant funds for a Symposium should be allocated to a single country.

The Grant Application Form can be downloaded from: http://www.iau.org/static/meetings/GrantSymposiumRIM.pdf

Applications should be submitted by e-mail to LOC@iaus277.org before 2010 June 15. After approval by the AGS of the IAU Grant distribution proposal of the SOC, individual IAU Grant notification letters will be mailed by the AGS to the recipients, with a copy to the SOC chair and LOC chair. The LOC chairperson will pay individual IAU Grants to recipients, upon their arrival and registration at the Symposium

The application rules can be found in: http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/rules/#23

Remember that these funds are strictly limited and the IAU carefully controls their use. Please indicate if your attendance is conditional on support and the level of support required. All applications must be discussed and approved by the LOC and is dependant on the applicant making an oral or poster presentation at the meeting.