STEM International Organizations offers registration fee waivers to papers/abstracts whose corresponding authors are based in countries classified by the World Bank as low-income economies as of July 2022.
Abstracts/Papers whose corresponding authors are based in countries with lower-middle-income economies and with a 2021 gross domestic product (GDP) of less than 200 billion US dollars are eligible for a discount. Check the below list for discount (reference – World Bank 1st July 2022).
Please request your waiver or discount at the point of abstract submission.
Registration Fee waivers are not offered for – High Income countries with GDP above $200 billion (USD)
LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES: 50% registration discount | ||
Afghanistan | Guinea-Bissau | Somalia |
Burkina Faso | Korea, Dem. People’s Rep | South Sudan |
Burundi | Liberia | Sudan |
Central African Republic | Madagascar | Syrian Arab Republic |
Chad | Malawi | Togo |
Congo, Dem. Rep | Mali | Uganda |
Eritrea | Mozambique | Yemen, Rep. |
Ethiopia | Niger | Zambia |
Gambia, The | Rwanda | |
Guinea | Sierra Leone |
LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES : 40% registration discount | ||
Angola | India | Philippines |
Algeria | Indonesia | Samoa |
Bangladesh | Iran, Islamic Rep | São Tomé and Principe |
Benin | Kenya | Senegal |
Bhutan | Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
Bolivia | Kyrgyz Republic | Sri Lanka |
Cabo Verde | Lao PDR | Tanzania |
Cambodia | Lebanon | Tajikistan |
Cameroon | Lesotho | Timor-Leste |
Comoros | Mauritania | Tunisia |
Congo, Rep. | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Ukraine |
Côte d’Ivoire | Mongolia | Uzbekistan |
Djibouti | Morocco | Vanuatu |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Myanmar | Vietnam |
El Salvador | Nepal | West Bank and Gaza |
Eswatini | Nicaragua | Zimbabwe |
Ghana | Nigeria | |
Haiti | Pakistan | |
Honduras | Papua New Guinea |
UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES: 30% Registration discount | ||
Albania | Fiji | Namibia |
American Samoa | Gabon | North Macedonia |
Argentina | Georgia | Palau |
Armenia | Grenada | Paraguay |
Azerbaijan | Guatemala | Peru |
Belarus | Guyana | Russian Federation |
Belize | Iraq | Serbia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jamaica | South Africa |
Botswana | Jordan | St. Lucia |
Brazil | Kazakhstan | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Bulgaria | Kosovo | Suriname |
China | Libya | Thailand |
Colombia | Malaysia | Tonga |
Costa Rica | Maldives | Türkiye |
Cuba | Marshall Islands | Turkmenistan |
Dominica | Mauritius | Tuvalu |
Dominican Republic | Mexico | |
Equatorial Guinea | Moldova | |
Ecuador | Montenegro |
HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES : No Discount | ||
Andorra | Greece | Poland |
Antigua and Barbuda | Greenland | Portugal |
Aruba | Guam | Puerto Rico |
Australia | Hong Kong SAR, China | Qatar |
Austria | Hungary | Romania |
Bahamas, The | Iceland | San Marino |
Bahrain | Ireland | Saudi Arabia |
Barbados | Isle of Man | Seychelles |
Belgium | Israel | Singapore |
Bermuda | Italy | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
British Virgin Islands | Japan | Slovak Republic |
Brunei Darussalam | Korea, Rep. | Slovenia |
Canada | Kuwait | Spain |
Cayman Islands | Latvia | St. Kitts and Nevis |
Channel Islands | Liechtenstein | St. Martin (French part) |
Chile | Lithuania | Sweden |
Croatia | Luxembourg | Switzerland |
Curaçao | Macao SAR, China | Taiwan, China |
Cyprus | Malta | Trinidad and Tobago |
Czech Republic | Monaco | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Denmark | Nauru | United Arab Emirates |
Estonia | Netherlands | United Kingdom |
Faroe Islands | New Caledonia | United States |
Finland | New Zealand | Uruguay |
France | Northern Mariana Islands | Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
French Polynesia | Norway | |
Germany | Oman | |
Gibraltar | Panama |