Meetings Price Accessibility for Less-Resourced Countries
Meeting discounts for scientists in lower-income countries
Individuals in lower-income countries pay less to register for three annual APS meetings: March Meeting, April Meeting, the 2024 Gaseous Electronics Conference, and the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Meeting.
- Residents in lower-income or lower-middle-income countries receive nearly a 90% discount.
- Residents in upper-middle-income countries receive over a 70% discount.
These discounts reflect APS's commitment to supporting scientists around the world.
Lower-income economies
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, Democratic Republic
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Guinea-Bissau
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
Lower-middle-income economies
- Angola
- Algeria
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Comoros
- Congo, Republic
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eswatini
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Mauritania
- Micronesia, Federated States
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Upper-middle-income economies
- Albania
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Namibia
- North Macedonia
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Russian Federation
- Serbia
- South Africa
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- West Bank and Gaza
How to qualify
Registrants with verified residency in lower-income countries, lower-middle-income countries, or upper-middle-income countries will be automatically promoted to select their discount during the March, April, and DAMOP Meetings registration process.
Please note that we monitor the validity of all registrations.
About the price accessibility initiative
Benefits to the physics community
The March, April, and DAMOP Meetings are opportunities for all physicists, regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, to join together and share their research, learn from others, and collaborate. Accessibility in registration pricing is an important step in removing barriers of attendance for those who can both contribute to and benefit from a global scientific community of peers.
Developing the pricing structure
These tiers were developed using GDP per capita and World Bank classifications.
A subcommittee within the APS Committee on International Scientific Affairs, in collaboration with APS leadership, carefully constructed this new structure as part of a larger movement toward offering a “welcoming global hub” and serving physicists worldwide.
APS meeting fees are evaluated each year to reflect the current costs of hosting each event.
Contact
Please contact the APS registrar with questions or concerns about the registration process.
Please contact the APS International Affairs team with general inquiries about initiatives for less-resourced countries and the global scientific community.