Regional Conference Travel Support Application
IACCP offers travel assistance to IACCP members (current, renewing, and new) to facilitate their attendance of the upcoming Regional Conference, the next one is planned for 2023. Travel awards are meant to, in particular, support members from the particular region that would otherwise not be represented at the conference.
The President-Elect is Chair of the Travel Grant Committee.
The application procedure is now open. The next regional conference will be in Florence in 2023. More information will be available next year when we call for applications.
You can submit your request for financial support on this page after we call for applications. The deadline for submissions will be April 30, 2023.You must be a member of IACCP for 2023 and 2024 by the time you submit your application. To pay dues as an existing or recent member: Please Login with your username and password and select "join/Pay Dues/Membership History" in the dropdown menu. To join IACCP, please see the Membership page.
Your application must encompass a realistic budget of your assumed expenses for participating in the European Regional Conference of IACCP.
If the total sum requested in the applications will exceed our budget, a selection will be made by a selection committee, chaired by the President Elect.
Decisions will be influenced strongly by the “relative level of need” (IACCP Constitution Article 2.7.2.4) of each applicant. Applications from North America and other continents are possible, but will receive funding only when funds remain after all satisfactory applications from Latin America have been granted.
Travel assistance is offered as a refund against receipts and original proof of payment.
You can submit your application on this page. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2019.You must be a member of IACCP for 2019 and 2020 by the time you submit your application. To pay dues as an existing or recent member: Please Login with your username and password and select "join/Pay Dues/Membership History" in the dropdown menu.To join IACCP, please see the Membership page.
Your application must encompass a realistic budget of your assumed expenses for participating in the 5th Latin American Regional Conference of IACCP.
If the total sum requested in the applications will exceed our budget, a selection will be made by a selection committee. The selection committee comprises Fons van de Vijver (Past-President), Mariano Rosabal (conference organizer), Brigitte Armon (Treasurer), and Colleen Ward (President-Elect) as its Chair.
Decisions will be influenced strongly by the “relative level of need” (IACCP Constitution Article 2.7.2.4) of each applicant. Applications from North America and other continents are possible, but will receive funding only when funds remain after all satisfactory applications from Latin America have been granted.
Travel assistance is offered as a refund against receipts and original proof of payment.
Solidarity Outreach Scheme
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The Solidarity Outreach Scheme (SOS) financially facilitates the participation of IACCP members who, for unexpected reasons, cannot cover expenses associated with attendance at international congresses (even numbered years) or regional conferences (odd numbered years).
IACCP members in good standing who have an established history of involvement with the IACCP are eligible to apply for the SOS. This condition may be waived in cases where there are (or have been) obstacles to being a member in good standing (e.g., demonstrable financial barriers to payment of membership dues, including the conditions that led to the SOS application in the first place).
Unexpected reasons are those that affect a country, region, or specific context in a particularly adverse manner (e.g., sudden inflation, natural disaster, conflict) and which is not a structurally foreseeable adversity (e.g., classification as a low-income nation).
The SOS is not intended to provide or respond to structural solutions. It intended to provide short-term relief for unexpected situations. For foreseeable financial difficulties in attending our conferences, including residing in a low-income nation as defined by the World Bank, we encourage our members to apply for the Witkin-Okonji Memorial Fund Award (international congress) and for Regional Conference Travel Support (regional conferences). The SOS is not designed for activities covered under other member support programs such as research grants (see https://www.iaccp.org/conferences/research_grants).
The SOS covers the costs of (1) membership dues, (2) the conference/congress registration fee, and (3) for in-person conferences only, conference-related costs.
For in-person conferences, the SOS covers travel, travel-related expenses (e.g., Covid tests), and accommodations up to a limit of 1000 USD. Costs will be reimbursed upon submission of receipts to the Treasurer. If necessary, an advance will be provided upon request.
For virtual/hybrid conferences, no additional support is provided (beyond membership dues and the conference/congress fee).
The regional representative of the region in which an unexpected adversity has occurred or is ongoing is encouraged to inform the IACCP SOS committee of the situation and to inform members in their region of the availability of the SOS program. Individual members may initiate an application but are encouraged to seek assistance from their regional representative. Information about the SOS program will be included in conference announcements.
Applications are in the form of a letter to the SOS Committee (see below). The letter should include information about the unexpected adversity, how it affects participation in the conference, and details/costs of the required assistance. Preference will be given to applicants who have submitted a contribution to the conference. Information about the applicant’s professional background may also be included in the letter.
Applicants are encouraged to get in touch with their regional representatives to receive assistance with the process. In case the regional representative cannot be reached, the chairperson of the committee can be contacted for assistance.
Deadline for application
Applications must be received before the final conference registration deadline but will be reviewed up to two weeks before the conference opening in circumstances in which an unexpected adverse event takes place after the final conference registration deadline.
The SOS Committee will review applications and inform applicants of the outcome as quickly as possible. Applications will be reviewed, and decisions made, in the order in which they are received. Decisions are not made relative to other application; they only take into consideration the situation of the applicant.
In line with the other international and regional travel awards committees, the following committee is formed each year ahead of a conference.
| Conceptual SOS Committee Composition | Committee for the 2022 Congress |
| The current President-Elect (Chairperson) | William Gabrenya |
| The organizer of the conference organizer or assigned representative from the organization committee | Emma Buchtel |
| The regional representative of the region where an unexpected adversity occurs will be asked to join the committee at the discretion of the Standing Awards Committee | |
| The Treasurer | Jason Young |
| Other IACCP members in good standing, as determined by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Awards (see constitution, section 2.7.2.1) | Judith Gibbons and Mostafa Zarean |
The IACCP determines the total funds available for the SOS for each conference and reviews the appropriateness of this budget afterwards. The budget for the 2022 online conference is 5000 USD.
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Requests for reimbursements against receipts and approved advances should be made to the IACCP Treasurer, Jason Young (treasurer@iaccp.org).
The following information is needed by the Treasurer:
Information needed for United States payments:
Recipient’s name and mailing address
Recipient’s email address and phone number
Information needed for International Bank payments
Recipient’s name
Recipient’s address, including country and postal code
Recipient’s email address
Country/currency
Bank name
Bank street address, including country and postal code
Recipient’s Bank account number
Bank’s IBAN and/or SWIFT number
Note—if you have previously been paid by iaccp, please let the treasurer know this to ensure that payment is made to the correct bank.
Witkin-Okonji Memorial Fund Award
The W-O Award is may cover travel/registration expenses in case of the bi-annual international IACCP Congresses. The IACCP solicits applications for these funds prior to each international Congress. For the bi-annual regional conferences a different a Award, the Travel Award is allocated. Both Awards are given on the basis of need and contribution to the Congress.
Provided by John Berry
At the 1974 IACCP meeting in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, I received substantial funding (from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and from the Canadian Ministry of Multiculturalism) to support the travel of 20 colleagues from Africa, Asia, and elsewhere.
One of these was Michael Okonji from Nigeria. At the conference, the two of us met with Hy Witkin to discuss our mutual interests in cognitive style. Okonji asked me if there was any funding for him to visit with Witkin in Princeton after the conference. I had a surplus from the conference funding, and gave some of it to Okonji for this purpose.
The participation by members from various parts of the world in IACCP, particularly in our conferences, is essential for the international character and development of the Association. So, the Executive Committee decided to promote such participation in the future, using the Okonji-Witkin interaction at the Kingston meeting, and their follow-up discussions, as a model. Since both members died shortly after, it was considered appropriate to name this programme after them.
An obituary of Herman Witkin appeared in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1980, Vol. 11, pp. 125-126 (by John Berry and Donald Goodenough)
Link to obituary of Michael Okonji, Cross-Cultural Psychology Newsletter, 1975.
Prior to each Congress, members are notified of the application procedure and of any specific requirements for participation. A committee of officers reviews the applications and notifies the applicants of the outcome several months prior to the Congress.