The fund sponsors initiatives that:
- Maximize control community engagement;
- Promote inclusion and diversity in alignment with the IFAC guidelines;
- Increase control engineering influence in public discourse and decision-making.
Financial assistance of Euro 2,500 – 12,500 is provided to activity organizers. Higher amounts can also be requested in exceptional situations. Applications will be sought twice a year. Submission deadlines are in April and October.
Applications and Evaluation Criteria
The application form for Activity Fund projects is available for download below.
Applications should clearly demonstrate that the proposed activity:
- Has a significant aspect related to control engineering.
- Fosters and strengthens the control community.
- Increases control engineering visibility.
- Demonstrates the relevance of control engineering to everyday interests and concerns.
- Has a clearly defined impact on the target audience.
Each application needs to be supported by an IFAC entity, normally an IFAC Technical Committee or IFAC National Member Organisation.
Queries, comments and suggestions can be sent to [email protected]. Be sure to review the Q&A section.
Background
The IFAC Activity Fund was set up in 2020 by then-IFAC president Frank Allgöwer to promote a control engineering community, to increase awareness of control engineering and to foster a diverse and inclusive IFAC Community. The Fund was developed in a taskforce by Margret Bauer (Germany, chair), Dan Cho (South Korea), Tariq Samad (US), Carlos Pereira (Brazil) and John Lygeros (Switzerland). The Activity Fund Committee consists of five committee members: Paul Goulart (UK), Charlotta Johnsson (Sweden), Ayoung Kim (South Korea), Carlos Pereira (Brazil), and Tariq Samad (US, chair).
Committee Members
The committee members are elected every three years at during the council meeting. You can find the current list of committee members here. Please contact the committee chair if you would like to propose a candidate for the committee.
