Building bridges in regional science

2026 conference participation support

The RSAI facilitates the participation of researchers from low-income and lower-middle-income economies (as defined by the World Bank, see below) at the RSAI World Congress 2026, and the three largest Regional Science Conferences in 2026: PRSCO, ERSA and NARSC.

RSAI will provide a subsidy up to 500 Euros to selected researchers. This is likely to cover the conference registration fee and some local travel costs. Alternative means of financing will have to be sought for international travel and accommodation.

Only one author of a submitted paper presentation proposal can apply for a subsidy.

Interested researchers should upload a two-page CV plus a one-page motivation –including a budget with proposed sources of funding of the conference-related registration, travel and accommodation costs – within 30 days of receiving confirmation of the acceptance of the researcher’s abstract by the conference organizers.

Applicants should be regular members of the RSAI and have a paper accepted for presentation at the conference for which they are asking for support. In case you are willing to become a RSAI member, please get in touch with RSAI Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

All applications, to be submitted at the following link:

https://forms.gle/G57Q983dAUK7aV9Z8

will be reviewed by the Committee and will have to be formally approved by the RSAI Council. Their decision will be final.

Before applying, please check if your country is eligible.

WORLD BANK CLASSIFICATION 2026

A - High Income Countries: American Samoa; Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Bahamas, The; Bahrain; Barbados; Belgium; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Canada; Cayman Islands; Channel Islands; Chile; Costa Rica; Croatia; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; French Polynesia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Guam; Guyana; Hong Kong SAR, China; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea, Rep.; Kuwait; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macao SAR, China; Malta; Monaco; Nauru; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Palau; Panama; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico (U.S.); Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; San Marino; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Martin (French part); Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan, China; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Virgin Islands (U.S.).

B - Upper Middle Income Countries: Albania; Algeria; Argentina; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belize; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Cabo Verde; China; Colombia; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; Gabon; Georgia; Grenada; Guatemala; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Rep.; Iraq; Jamaica; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Libya; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Paraguay; Peru; Samoa; Serbia; South Africa; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Thailand; Tonga; Türkiye; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Ukraine.

C - Lower Middle and Low Income Countries: Lower Middle: Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Cambodia; Cameroon; Comoros; Congo, Rep.; Côte d’Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt, Arab Rep.; Eswatini; Ghana; Guinea; Haiti; Honduras; India; Jordan; Kenya; Kiribati; Kyrgyz Republic; Lao PDR; Lebanon; Lesotho; Mauritania; Micronesia, Fed. Sts.; Morocco; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Timor-Leste; Tunisia; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vietnam; West Bank and Gaza; Zambia; Zimbabwe. Low Income: Afghanistan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Eritrea; Gambia, The; Guinea-Bissau; Korea, Dem. People's Rep.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Somalia, Fed. Rep.; South Sudan; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Togo; Uganda; Yemen, Rep..