Registration fee waivers and discounts

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
AfghanistanGuinea-BissauSomalia
Burkina FasoKorea, Dem. People’s Rep  South Sudan
BurundiLiberiaSudan
Central African RepublicMadagascarSyrian Arab Republic
ChadMalawiTogo
Congo, Dem. RepMaliUganda
EritreaMozambiqueYemen, Rep.
EthiopiaNigerZambia
Gambia, TheRwanda 
GuineaSierra Leone 
LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES : 40% registration discount
AngolaIndiaPhilippines
AlgeriaIndonesiaSamoa
BangladeshIran, Islamic RepSão Tomé and Principe
BeninKenyaSenegal
BhutanKiribatiSolomon Islands  
BoliviaKyrgyz RepublicSri Lanka
Cabo VerdeLao PDRTanzania
CambodiaLebanonTajikistan
CameroonLesothoTimor-Leste
ComorosMauritaniaTunisia
Congo, Rep.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Ukraine
Côte d’IvoireMongoliaUzbekistan
DjiboutiMoroccoVanuatu
Egypt, Arab Rep.MyanmarVietnam
El SalvadorNepalWest Bank and Gaza
EswatiniNicaraguaZimbabwe
GhanaNigeria 
HaitiPakistan 
HondurasPapua New Guinea 
UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES: 30% Registration discount
AlbaniaFijiNamibia
American SamoaGabonNorth Macedonia
ArgentinaGeorgiaPalau
ArmeniaGrenadaParaguay
AzerbaijanGuatemalaPeru  
BelarusGuyanaRussian Federation
BelizeIraqSerbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina  JamaicaSouth Africa
BotswanaJordanSt. Lucia
BrazilKazakhstanSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
BulgariaKosovoSuriname
ChinaLibyaThailand
ColombiaMalaysiaTonga
Costa RicaMaldivesTürkiye
CubaMarshall IslandsTurkmenistan
DominicaMauritiusTuvalu
Dominican Republic  Mexico 
Equatorial Guinea  Moldova 
EcuadorMontenegro 
HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES : No Discount
AndorraGreecePoland
Antigua and BarbudaGreenlandPortugal
ArubaGuamPuerto Rico
AustraliaHong Kong SAR, ChinaQatar
AustriaHungaryRomania
Bahamas, TheIcelandSan Marino
BahrainIrelandSaudi Arabia
BarbadosIsle of ManSeychelles
BelgiumIsraelSingapore
BermudaItalySint Maarten (Dutch part)
British Virgin IslandsJapanSlovak Republic
Brunei DarussalamKorea, Rep.Slovenia
CanadaKuwaitSpain
Cayman IslandsLatviaSt. Kitts and Nevis
Channel IslandsLiechtensteinSt. Martin (French part)
ChileLithuaniaSweden
CroatiaLuxembourgSwitzerland
CuraçaoMacao SAR, ChinaTaiwan, China
CyprusMaltaTrinidad and Tobago
Czech RepublicMonacoTurks and Caicos Islands
DenmarkNauruUnited Arab Emirates
EstoniaNetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Faroe IslandsNew Caledonia  United States
FinlandNew Zealand  Uruguay
FranceNorthern Mariana IslandsVirgin Islands (U.S.)
French PolynesiaNorway 
GermanyOman   
GibraltarPanama