The IFAC Activity Fund invites applications for financial support of initiatives that foster and promote public engagement and outreach from the control community. 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 5,000 is provided to activity organisers. For further information please visit

https://sites.ifac-control.org/activityfund

A committee of five members from different geographical regions and technical backgrounds administers the fund.

• Margret Bauer (Germany/South Africa, Chair),
• Tariq Samad (USA),
• Ayoung Kim (South Korea),
• Paul Goulart (UK),
• Carlos Pereira (Brazil).

The next application deadline is 15 October 2021. For any questions please visit the website and email activityfund@ifac-control.org.