Call for Bids - ICAP 2034
The International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) is held every four years, alternating every other biennium with the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) which is also held every four years. The ICAP is organized under the auspices of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). The ICP is organized under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).
It takes many years to plan and organize an ICAP. For this reason, the IAAP Board of Directors considers proposals and chooses a host for an ICAP so long as eight years before the event is held. It is then the responsibility of the host (and its scientific community) to organize the Congress - including developing the program, issuing calls for participation, publicizing the Congress, arranging accommodation, arranging special programming, and usually arranging additional funding through grants, sponsorship, and the like.
View the full details of the Call for Bids for ICAP 2034.
Application Documents:
Application / Decision Timeline
Before September 30, 2025 - Send a formal letter of intent to the President of IAAP, expressing the willingness to organize an ICAP for the year 2034.
Before January 31, 2026 - Fill out the Application Form for Submitting a Bid for an International Congress of Applied Psychology and send it to the President
March 1, 2026 - IAAP Officers will review your application and, if needed, will request additional information before it goes to the Board.
May 30, 2026 – If additional information has been requested by the Officers, you will be given until May 30, 2026 to update your application and submit the updated pages of your application to the President (president@iaapsy.org) and the Secretary General (secretarygeneral@iaapsy.org) of IAAP, with a copy to the IAAP Operation Center (operationscenter@iaapsy.org).
July 2026 - Board Members will expect a presentation of the Bids at the live Board of Directors meeting, held just prior to the ICAP (July 21–25, 2026) in Florence, Italy. Board Members will vote on your application. If there is more than one acceptable proposal, the Board will rank them. The top-ranked application will receive a site visit to confirm the suitability of the proposed location for hosting an ICAP.
Before July 2027 – Three to four of the current IAAP Officers, at the expense of the applicant, will visit the proposed site for the ICAP:
- If they find that the site is suitable, they will provide preliminary advice to the organizers
concerning the preparations needed for a successful organization of an ICAP. - If they find that it is unsuitable, the applicant will be invited to propose an alternate site or
an alternative budget. - If no suitable site is found, the bid will be discarded and the next highest ranked
application will be selected for a site visit.
