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Annual IUMI Conference Bursary Award

The award will cover the IUMI 2026 Rotterdam Conference  registration fee as well as airfare and hotel accommodation during the conference (5 nights max). The 2026 conference will take place in Rotterdam from September 20-23, 2026.

Previous Winners of the IUMI Conference Bursary Award

The application period is over, questions, please email aimu@aimu.org

 BACKGROUND:

1) To encourage new or younger marine insurance professionals employed by an AIMU member company to attend the annual IUMI Conference.

2) To provide funding that offsets all or most of the costs to the employer of allowing the individual to attend.

3) To mutually benefit AIMU, the individual winner, and IUMI. The winning individual is given a unique educational and networking experience with the international marine insurance community at this high-profile annual event, IUMI gains the perspective of a younger marine professional, and AIMU demonstrates our commitment to engaging the next generation in the work of IUMI.

BURSARY AWARD:

The award will reimburse the IUMI Conference Registration fee, plus a stipend to cover air travel and hotel accommodations. The stipend will vary from year to year depending on the conference location.


AWARD CRITERIA:

  1. Any individual who applies should be actively employed by an AIMU corporate member company in the U.S. and have at least 3 years and not more than 15 years of experience in the marine insurance field, and otherwise be eligible to attend the annual conference per registration guidelines set by IUMI.

  2. The applicant ideally is actively engaged with AIMU or his/her local marine insurance association such as BMUSF, AMIF-NY, MIAS, COMA, or similar local market association.

  3. Please provide a personally written essay of no more than 500 words on why you are applying for this award and what you hope to gain from attending the IUMI Conference. Essays must be submitted in .pdf or .docx format. Do not use AI to write your essay as those applications will be rejected.

  4. Applicant has not attended a previous IUMI Conference (with an exception for IUMI Chicago 2022).

  5. Preference will be given to candidates who have taken AIMU educational courses and/or pursuing The Institutes AMIM designation.

  6. One winning applicant will be selected by the AIMU Education Committee from the applications submitted.

  7. If for any reason the winning applicant is unable to attend and sufficient notice is provided to AIMU ahead of the conference (no later than August 1st), then the Award could be passed to a second-place applicant or not awarded for that year at the discretion of the AIMU officers and Education Committee.

  8. Applicants must secure prior approval of their employer to apply and attend the annual conference.

  9. AIMU’s intention is to fund this award annually through an endowment made possible by the surplus generated from hosting the IUMI Chicago Conference in September 2022.

  10. The winning applicant is expected to attend the entire IUMI conference and provide a written summary report of their experience within 30 days of the end of the IUMI conference. The report or excepts from it may be published by AIMU on our website and/or via social media.

  11. Applications will be accepted starting on or about May 1 and each year thereafter with a deadline for all applications to be submitted by June 1 in order that AIMU may review all applications and the selected individual has sufficient time to register and make travel arrangements for the conference.

  12. The application form and selection criteria will be posted on the AIMU website under the “Education” tab.