In order to apply for World Outreach Committee support we require the following
conditions:
- A proposal containing a detailed description of the activity should be
submitted to WOC-SMB through any of its members, signed by the organizers
who should belong to Universities and Institutions where research on
biomathematics is done. It is a requirement that matching funds from the
Institution or Organization responsible for the workshop/meeting are provided
in order for WOC to consider funding. WOC funds should be used exclusively for
support of students/young researchers of the region where the event takes
place.
- If the activity is supported formal acknowledgement must be given to the
World Outreach Committee of the Society of Mathematical Biology for the funds
provided.
- At the end of the workshop/meeting, not more than two months after, a
report should be received by the acting chair of the WOC committee on the
number of students/young researchers supported, names, institutions and
academic degrees if any, specifying kind of support (travel and/or living
expenses) provided with WOC funds.
- Any money not used should be returned to the Society in time and form to
be specified if necessary.
- Our Society has a nondiscrimination guideline that must be accepted by
the meeting organizers receiving WOC-SMB support. This is the following:
"The SMB will support and fund only meetings and individuals' travel to
meetings which do not prohibit participation at any level (e.g., organizer,
presenter, attendee, etc.) on the basis of gender, race, age, nationality,
ethnic background, religious belief or sexual orientation. Meeting organizers
who request funding will be asked to sign a declaration to this effect."