Meetings Child Care Grants
Meetings are an important part of your professional development. The Child Care Grants program provides small grants that may be used for any form of child care that frees parents to participate more fully in a meeting.
The Joint Mathematics Meetings
January 3 - 6, 2024
Information about child care grants for the 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco will be posted later in the year.
AMS Sectional Meetings
The AMS provides a limited number of reimbursement grants of US$125 per family to help with the cost of child care for registered participants of Sectional Meetings. These funds may be used for any form of child care that frees a parent to participant more fully in the meeting, whether on-site or at home.
You must be registered for the meeting as well as be an AMS member in order to apply for this program. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, one per family, and one per season (i.e. Spring or Fall).
Final decisions on recipients are made approximately three weeks after the application deadline. Please see each application for details. The AMS does not offer any on-site child care services, nor will the AMS make any recommendations for child care providers. All grant recipients will must make their own arrangements if they choose to use a local child care provider.
| Meeting | Deadline for application |
| Sectional Meetings | |
| March 18-19, 2023, Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA | January 17, 2023 |
| April 1-2, 2023, Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting (Virtual) | January 31, 2023 |
| April 15-16, 2023, Spring Central Sectional Meeting at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH | February 14, 2023 |
| May 6-7, 2023, Spring Western Sectional Meeting at California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA | March 7, 2023 |
| September 9-10, 2023, Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY | July 18, 2023 |
| October 7-8, 2023, Fall Central Sectional Meeting at Creighton University, Omaha, NE | August 8, 2023 |
| October 13-15, 2023, Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | August 15, 2023 |
| October 21-22, 2023, Fall Western Sectional Meeting (Virtual) | August 22, 2023 |
Details on the distribution of grant funds will be sent to all recipients before the meeting, but please note that each recipient will be required to submit a completed W-9 form prior to the meetings to receive a check. Please note that all recipients are solely responsible for arranging child care. You may apply this grant toward child care expenses at home or at the meeting (such as hiring a nanny at home, bringing a caregiver with you, etc.). This gives you the freedom to use these funds in the way that is most useful to your family.
Where to Apply
Applications are only accepted online through Mathprograms.org. An account (free for applicants) must be created in order to apply.
The child care grant program is administered by:
Meetings and Conferences Department
American Mathematical Society
201 Charles Street
Providence, RI 02904
For questions, email meet@ams.org.