ICOM SUSTAIN offers this travel grant to help young ICOM members attend the 2nd ICOM Students & Young Professionals Forum, hosted by ICOM Seychelles.
The forum runs 21–23 October 2026 in Beau Vallon, Mahé, Seychelles, on sustainable collections management under climate change. The grant is tied to the forum’s call for speakers: applicants must have submitted an abstract.
Benefits & funding
- Up to €1,200 toward airfare and/or accommodation; SUSTAIN may give the full sum to one member or partial amounts to several.
- Paid as a reimbursement: proof of expenses must be sent before payment, up to the maximum.
Eligibility
- Aged 40 or younger on 31 December 2026.
- Member of both ICOM and ICOM-SUSTAIN.
- Has submitted a speaker abstract to the forum’s call for speakers.
- Able to attend the whole forum, 21–23 October 2026.
- No nationality or residence bar is stated.
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Age requirement
≤ 40 yrs
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Application process
- 1Submit a speaker abstract through the forum’s call for speakers by 30 July 2026.
- 2Complete the grant form (English or French) and email it with the required documents to ICOM SUSTAIN’s secretary by 30 July 2026, 23:59 Paris time.
- 3Speakers are selected first; SUSTAIN then reviews the grant applications.
Program timeline
Speaker abstract and grant application due (23:59 Paris time)
30 July 2026
Forum
21–23 October 2026