The ICTP Mathematics Group has received a US$27,000 grant from the European Commission (EC) and a US$23,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the cost of participation of young European and American scientists, respectively, in the Centre's School on High-Dimensional Manifold Topology. The School will be held in Trieste from 21 May to 8 June. Meanwhile, Brazil's National Research Council (CNPq) will increase its annual grant to the ICTP Mathematics Group from US$40,000 to US$50,000. The funds will be used to cover the cost of participation for Brazilian scientists in the ICTP School on Dynamical Systems (30 July to 17 August) and other Centre-based activities in mathematics and physics.