AOGS Funding Support

• Complimentary Registration (AOGS Comps)
• Reduced Registration Fee
• AOGS2016 Registration Waiver Scheme for Student Volunteers

1. Complimentary Registration (AOGS Comps)
• For every 20 accepted abstracts, 1 complimentary registration provided to the Session Convener for deciding the recipient.
• Total funding available is up to 120 complimentary registrations.
• Conveners may not award themselves AOGS Comps because society policy forbids such practices.



Deadlines for Conveners Complete Abstract Review – 9 Mar 2016 Decide AOGS Comps Recipient Online - 16 Mar 2016 (AOGS Secretariat Sends Notification on 23 Mar 2016)

Recipients Must Register by 18 May 2016 or the offer will lapse

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. Once selected, the registration fee of the AOGS Comps recipient will automatically be set to zero.

Secretariat Office should inform the selected individual as early as possible.

The recipient must be an author-presenter and the benefit is not transferable.

AOGS Comps Recipients need complete registration by 18 May 2016 or the offer will lapse.

Enquires & Assistance
Please contact AOGS Secretariat by email to: info@asiaoceania.org

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2. Reduced Registration Fee
AOGS has a reduced fee scheme which is applicable to both standard and student rate. AOGS will set aside funding support for up to 10% of eligible participants to receive reduced fee status.

Eligibility for the reduced fee scheme is restricted to scientists working in less wealthy countries, as defined by the World Bank list of low income and lower middle income countries. Information about the classification procedure is provided at: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications. There are 84 countries defined as low or lower-middle income, including 21 countries in the Asia Oceania region. These are listed below by alphabetical order by category.

If there are more applicants for the reduced fee scheme than funding available, selection criteria will be applied. The selection process will be overseen by the Financial Support Committee which is chaired by the AOGS Treasurer. The criteria used for the selection process include assessment of the quality of the science, the value of the contribution to the conference session and the relative career stage of the applicant, with preference towards junior scientists.



Deadlines Application Closes at 12 noon on 19 Feb 2016 Result Notification by 23 Mar 2016 Registration and Payment by 18 May 2016

Reduced Fee Student RateSGD175 Standard RateSGD350


Conditions for Application
1. Applicants MUST be based in less wealthy countries, as defined by the World Bank list of low income and lower middle income countries. (Refer to list of countries below)
2. Applicants MUST have an accepted abstract.
3. Applicants must submit all required information.
4. Application must be submitted by 12 noon on 19 Feb 2016 (Singapore time).
5. Applications will be reviewed and successful applicants will be notified by email by 23 Mar 2016.
6. Successful applicants must confirm their participation by 18 May 2016, and the payment of that registration fee must be completed by then. Otherwise the offer will lapse.
Note: Submitting the application does NOT imply that the assistance requested will be offered.

Applicants based in the following countries are eligible


Low Income	Low Middle Income
Afghanistan	Armenia
Bangladesh	Bhutan
Benin	Bolivia
Burkina Faso	Cameroon
Burundi	Cape Verde
Cambodia	Congo, Rep.
Central African Republic	Côte d'Ivoire
Chad	Djibouti
Comoros	Egypt, Arab Rep.
Congo, Dem. Rep	El Salvador
Eritrea	Georgia
Ethiopia	Ghana
Gambia, The	Guatemala
Guinea	Guyana
Guinea-Bisau	Honduras
Haiti	Indonesia
Kenya	India
Korea, Dem Rep.	Kiribati
Kyrgyz Republic	Kosovo
Liberia	Lao PDR
Madagascar	Lesotho
Malawi	Mauritania
Mali	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Mozambique	Moldova
Myanmar	Mongolia
Nepal	Morocco
Niger	Nicaragua
Rwanda	Nigeria
Sierra Leone	Pakistan
South Sudan	Papua New Guinea
Somalia	Paraguay
Tajikistan	Philippines
Tanzania	Samoa
Togo	São Tomé and Principe
Uganda	Senegal
Zimbabwe	Solomon Islands
	Sri Lanka
	Sudan
	Swaziland
	Syrian Arab Republic
	Timor-Leste
	Ukraine
	Uzbekistan
	Vanuatu
	Vietnam
	West Bank and Gaza
	Yemen, Rep.
	Zambia

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3. AOGS2016 Registration Waiver Scheme for Student Volunteers
The AOGS2016 Student Registration Waiver Scheme for Student Volunteers is to provide students a well-deserved opportunity to attend the 13th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society taking place from 31 July to 05 August, 2016 in Beijing.


Benefits

• The student volunteer’s registration fee will be waived
• Each will receive a complimentary AOGS Polo-T Shirt
• Upon successful completion, each will receive a Certificate of Recognition
• Meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) will be provided to those on duty
• AOGS membership for 3 years - see member benefits here
  

Current AOGS/AGU/EGU/JpGU Members	Early Bird Rate	Normal Rate	Late/Onsite Rate
	If Paid By 18 May 2016	If Paid By 30 Jun 2016	If Paid After 30 Jun 2016
Student Rate	SGD 290	SGD 350	SGD 385
New AOGS Members
Student Rate	SGD 375	SGD 450	SGD 495

Background and Eligibility

1. The scheme will be implemented by the Local Advisory Committee (LAC) of the 2016 AOGS Annual Meeting in consultation with AOGS
2. At least 40 student volunteer registration waivers will be available. Student volunteer registrants will be required to work for AOGS for AT LEAST half the conference (i.e. 2.5 days).
3. Students must be English-speaking

Application Process and Criteria
4. Students may apply for the scheme by sending an email that provides the required information to kch@meetmatt.net with subject heading “AOGS2016 Student Volunteer” before the end of 16 March 2016.
   Applications must:
   1. State the full name of the applicant, the degree enrolled in, the year of the degree, the name and location of the applicant's university, and the name of the university department;
   2. State the Abstract number(s), title(s) and Session(s) of their submitted abstract(s);
   3. State how definitely they will attend if you obtain a waiver under the LAC/LOC Student Registration Waiver scheme;
   4. State whether they would like to help throughout the conference (i.e. full-time) or for 2.5 days only (i.e. half-time).
   5. State which sessions they would particularly like to help with.

Duties of a Student Volunteer

Either
1. Conference Services – set-up registration desks, issue name badge, program books and help out at the poster sessions.
Or
2. Meeting Room Assistant – Help the Session Chair check author attendance, update technical program. If requested, help speakers to upload presentation files (in thumb drive) on to the computer.

* Why Student Volunteers Cannot Be Paid a Stipend
The AOGS constitution (clause 3.1) does not allow their members to receive remuneration from the society http://www.asiaoceania.org/docs/constitution.pdf. The AOGS officers (e.g., president or program committee chairs) serve the society on a voluntary basis, as in many other academic societies. For AOGS, membership is by way of participation at its annual meeting. Anyone (students included) automatically becomes a member for a 3 year period, once he/she participates at the annual meeting. As such, AOGS cannot pay its student members for helping out during the society’s annual meeting.

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