The IFAC Foundation is open to consider applications for support of young authors’ attendance at the IFAC 2026 World Congress. The support consists of waving the registration fees.

Eligible for support are authors of accepted technical papers - citizens of a developing country/region not affiliated to or supported by an institution in a high-income country/region - whose age will be less than 30 years during the Symposium. Only one author per paper can be supported. A limited number of applications will be supported.

A developing country/region is understood to be one which is not on the following list of high-income economies.

Applications should be addressed to the Congress organizer by eligible authors.

A presentation of the paper at the Symposium by the winner is a requisite for support.

List of high-income economies, 2024

As of the 2024 fiscal year, high-income economies are those that had a gross national income per capita above $14,005 in 2023.

Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; Austria; The Bahamas; Bahrain; Barbados; Belgium; Brunei; Canada; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Guyana; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kuwait; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Monaco; Nauru; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Oman; Panama; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; San Marino; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Korea; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Trinidad and Tobago; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay

For more details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy.