Before ISME offered the current portfolio of conference awards, there was the sponsored delegate program to assist ISME members to attend the world conference. This ran from 1998 until 2012, when it was replaced with the current awards. These were the recipients of that program.
2012 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Mitchel Strumpf (Tanzania)
- Suvarnalata Rao (India)
- Nahler Mattar (Egypt)
- Gaswan Zerikly (Syria)
- Fadi Ishteh (Palestine)
- Emmason Kayengo (Zambia)
- Richard Muranda (Zimbabwe)
- Ovaborhene Idamoyibo (Nigeria)
2010 Beijing, China
- Otukile, Phibion (Botswana)
- Wycliffe Obiera (South Africa)
- Donald Otoyo (Kenya)
- Irene Soko (Botswana)
- Elizabeth Andang'o (Kenya)
2008 Bologna, Italy
Note: a group delegates policy was implemented.
- Abate, Ezra (Ethiopia)
- Abdullin, Eduard (Russian Federation)
- Akuno, Emily (South Africa)
- Andang'o, Betty (Kenya)
- Balogh, Beatrix (Hungary)
- Bottka, Maria Egeto (Hungary)
- Dombi, Erszébet (Hungary)
- Girdzijaukas, Ruta (Lithuania)
- Kraisilnikov, Igor (Russian Federation)
- Laczo, Zoltan (Hungary)
- Maykoskaya, Larisa (Russian Federation)
- Melov, Pere (Macedonia)
- Mogolo, Phillip (South Africa)
- Nazar, Naser (Iran)
- Nel, Zenda (South Africa)
- Nkosi, David (Swaziland/South Africa)
- Omolo, Rose (Kenya)
- Otukile, Phibion (Botswana)
- Orlova, Elena (Russian Federation)
- Pasztor, Zsuzsa (Hungary)
- Sarmast, Ahmad (Afghanistan)
- Solymosi, Emöke (Hungary)
- Stulova, Galina (Russian Federation)
- Tan, Albert (Macedonia)
- Vechanova, Elena (Russian Federation)
- Chong, Pek Lin (Malaysia)
- Pestano Catherine (UK)
2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Adelina Stefarata (Moldova)
- Christian Onyeji (Nigeria)
- Elvis Koffi (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Chet Yeng Loong (Hawaii)
- Kayode Samuel (Nigeria)
- Emily Akuno (Kenya)
- Lani Stephens (Nigeria)
- Maya Abeywickrama (Sri Lanka)
2004 Tenerife, Spain
- Stela Dragulin (Romania)
- Besa Luzha (Kosova)
- Emil Visenescu (Romania)
2002 Bergen, Norway
- Pavel Puscas (Romania)
- Nikolina Stoyanova (Bulgaria)
There was also a donation by the Norwegian Foreign Minister to assist c.15 African delegates
2000 Edmonton, Canada
- Joycelynne Loncke (Guyana)
1998 Pretoria, South Africa
- Kitty Fadlu-Deen (Sierra Leone)
- Meki Nzewi (Nigeria)
