ICA Travel Awards for ICC 2007, Moscow, Russian Federation, August 4-9, 2007
A limited number of travel awards to the International Cartographic Conferences of the International Cartographic Association will be made to young cartographers who are nationals from developing countries. ICA generally uses the United Nations definition of developing country, which can be found in the U.N. Statistical Yearbook. Recent definition includes all countries in Africa, South and Central America including the Caribbean, and much of Asia and Oceania.
Applicants must be giving a paper at ICA for the first time and be 35 years old or less. They must send a full copy of the paper as well as abstract to the Conference Secretary and to the ICA Secretary-General in time to arrive by 15 December 2006 for the Moscow conference. In addition, applicants must arrange for a letter of support from a recognised cartographer from the home or other country (due at the same time as the paper; writer sends it to the Secretary-General). With both copies of the paper, the applicant must submit a separate sheet with the following information:
- Applicant's name, address, fax number (if possible), e-mail address (if available), nationality, passport number;
- Paper title;
- Education beyond high school;
- Date of birth (month, year);
- Gender;
- Name and address of person submitting letter of support;
- Estimated cost of transportation to the conference place;
- Number of days the applicant will be at the conference;
- Previous work for ICA, if any (involvement in commission or working group, for example);
- Intended future involvement in ICA (commission or working group interest especially).
Applicants should have at least a certificate beyond their high school education. Papers must be original and clearly written with appropriate citations and credits. Papers should be reports on research studies or other cartography- and/or Geographical Information Science-related projects. Co-authorship is acceptable if the applicant is principal author and will be the presenter. Awardees will be expected to be at the conference a minimum of four days and are encouraged to be there for the entire conference and are expected to attend the opening ceremony. They are also encouraged to participate in at least one commission or working group meeting during the conference.
Awards will cover transportation (economy excursion ticket) and registration at the conference. The Executive Committee will make an effort to spread the awards regionally and to include both men and women. Up to 15 awards will be made depending on number and quality of submissions. Preference may be given to applicants from member countries in good standing but the competition is open to young cartographers in all developing countries.
Notification of awards will be provided till April 29 prior to the conference.
ICA Secretary General :
Ferjan Ormeling
International Cartographic Association
P.O.Box 80115
3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
fax : +31 30 2540604
e-mail :
Conference Secretary ICC Moscow:
c/o Roskartografiya
2 Korpus, 14, Krzhizhanovskogo street
117997, GSP-7, MOSCOW
Russian Federation
e-mail :