Overview
ISAL has core values of being an inclusive and supportive community as well as making the field viable for junior and early career scholars to succeed and thrive in. We recognize that the cost of ISAL membership is a barrier to participation for some members of the broader artificial life community, particularly those from countries with lower gross national income per capita. We are therefore piloting a discounted membership rate for scholars from specific countries identified as low or low-middle income by the World Bank.
Eligible Locations
Scholars currently working in the following locations will be considered the highest priority for the pilot:
Click here to see list of locations
| Afghanistan | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Somalia |
| Burkina Faso | Liberia | South Sudan |
| Burundi | Madagascar | Sudan |
| Central African Republic | Malawi | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Chad | Mali | Togo |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mozambique | Uganda |
| Eritrea | Niger | Republic of Yemen |
| The Gambia | Rwanda | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone |
Scholars currently working in the following locations are also eligible for the pilot:
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| Angola | India | Papua New Guinea |
| Bangladesh | Jordan | Philippines |
| Benin | Kenya | São Tomé and Principe |
| Bhutan | Kiribati | Senegal |
| Bolivia | Kyrgyz Republic | Solomon Islands |
| Cambodia | Lao PDR | Sri Lanka |
| Cameroon | Lebanon | Tajikistan |
| Comoros | Lesotho | Tanzania |
| Republic of the Congo | Mauritania | Timor-Leste |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Federated States of Micronesia | Tunisia |
| Djibouti | Morocco | Uzbekistan |
| Arab Republic of Egypt | Myanmar | Vanuatu |
| Eswatini | Namibia | Viet Nam |
| Ghana | Nepal | West Bank and Gaza |
| Guinea | Nicaragua | Zambia |
| Haiti | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
| Honduras | Pakistan |
Process Details
Price
Scholars accepted to the pilot program will be granted a one-year ISAL membership at the cost of $5 USD.
Application
The pilot program has a limited number of discounted memberships available, and so you should fill out the linked Google form to indicate your interest and provide evidence of your location. If you are unable to fill out the Google form, please email the information to vostinar (at) carleton (dot) edu with the subject line ISAL Global Membership Application. The form asks for:
- Email address
- What is your full name?
- What country are you located in?
- What institution or organization are you affiliated with (if any)?
- What is your institutional email, if different from above?
- What is your institutional website, if any?
- Part of the evaluation criteria for applications is existing involvement with the Artificial Life field, which you can demonstrate via ALife-themed publications, preprints, Git repositories, videos, book/paper review blog posts, etc. Please include links to any evidence of your existing involvement with the Artificial Life field as well as any other information that is relevant.
- (Optional) If you don’t belong to an institution, please provide any other information that you can to enable verification of your location.
Timeline
- Applications are due May 8th for full consideration.
- We’ll notify you of decisions by May 22nd and provide a discount code for you to use at that time.
- The memberships will be valid for one year from when you activate them.