AOGS Funding Support
- Funding for AOGS2022 Conference Participation
1.1 As shown in the AOGS2022 fee table, the majority of attendees will be paying what a student would normally pay to present an accepted abstract at the regular in-person AOGS Annual Meeting. In addition, every presenting author may publish an extended abstract of their presentation in the eBook of Extended Abstracts, free of charge.
1.2 Free-For-All Webinars - Major highlights at every AOGS Annual Meeting, these will be offered free of charge along with all other community engagement activities listed on the Free Events Website
- Opening & General Assembly
- Closing & Award Presentation
- Axford Lectures, Section Distinguished Lectures, Medal Lectures
- Section Meetings
- Any Other Community Engagement Activities Listed on the Free Events Website
- Concessions
The AOGS Comps, Reduced Registration Fee, eBook, and Free-For-All Webinars are made possible with cost subsidies by AOGS. AOGS purpose is to spread our key presentations and enhance discoverability of members’ research aimed at countering the effects of travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2.1 AOGS Comps (Year Instituted: 2012)
For every 20 accepted abstracts, 1 complimentary registration is provided to the Session Convener for deciding the recipient.
Total funding available is up to 120 complimentary registrations.
Who is Eligible?
a. All regular and invited speakers are eligible
b. The recipient must be an author-presenter and the benefit is not transferable.
c. Conveners may not award themselves. Society policy forbids such practices
How the scheme operates?
For each session, the quota of AOGS Comps is auto-computed after abstract review is completed and only authors with an accepted abstract can be considered. Convener(s) can access this information on MARS. The Convener needs decide and make the selection online as soon as possible.
Once selected, the registration fee of the AOGS Comps recipient will automatically be set to zero.
2.2 Pay Current Member Rate if you are based in an ASEAN MEMBER/World Bank Defined Low-Middle Income Economies Listed Below:
Source: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups
- ASEAN Members (9) - Excludes: Brunei, Singapore
Burma (Myanmar) Indonesia Philippines Cambodia Laos Thailand Timor-Leste Malaysia Vietnam
- Low Income Economies (27)
Afghanistan Guinea Rwanda Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Burundi Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Somalia Central African Republic Liberia South Sudan Chad Madagascar Sudan Congo, Dem. Rep Malawi Syrian Arab Republic Eritrea Mali Togo Ethiopia Mozambique Uganda Gambia, The Niger Yemen, Rep.
- Lower-Middle Income Economies (55)
Angola Honduras Philippines Algeria India Samoa Bangladesh Indonesia São Tomé and Principe Belize Iran, Islamic Rep Senegal Benin Kenya Solomon Islands Bhutan Kiribati Sri Lanka Bolivia Kyrgyz Republic Tanzania Cabo Verde Lao PDR Tajikistan Cambodia Lesotho Timor-Leste Cameroon Mauritania Tunisia Comoros Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Ukraine Congo, Rep. Mongolia Uzbekistan Côte d'Ivoire Morocco Vanuatu Djibouti Myanmar Vietnam Egypt, Arab Rep. Nepal West Bank and Gaza El Salvador Nicaragua Zambia Eswatini Nigeria Zimbabwe Ghana Pakistan Haiti Papua New Guinea
- ASEAN Members (9) - Excludes: Brunei, Singapore