The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Statistics Division (UNSD) will be providing a limited amount of funds to statisticians from developing and transition countries wishing to attend the IAOS/IASS/ISI conference in Amman.  Applications will only be considered from candidates who are taking an active role in the Conference (presenting an invited or contributed paper) and/or participating in the ISI Briefing Seminar for Chief Statisticians.

Candidates from developing and transition countries who live in those countries and work in national statistical offices in those countries can apply for financial support from the UNSD funds for coverage of travel, accommodation, registration and out of pocket expenses at the Amman Conference. Ideally, candidates should be at the beginning of their statistical career.

We define countries with a GDP per capita of below US $4,000 per year as developing (using GDP data published in the World Statistics Pocketbook of the United Nations, edition 2000 as source). We define transition countries to be Mongolia and China and all former East Block states including Russia, but not including Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

UNSD Fellowship Support Application Form