About Membership
TOP REASONS TO BECOME AN ISN MEMBER AND TO STAY WITH ISN
- Receive regular updates from ISN (Society e-newsletter & email announcements)
- Reduced ISN congress/meeting registration fees
- Opportunity to apply for ISN Grants & Awards
- Free online access to the Journal of Neurochemistry (JNC) – Impact factor 4.066
- Reduced open access publication fee of 1000 USD in the JNC
- Listing/access to the member directory (Search for members including by keywords)
- Propose symposia, workshops and satellites for ISN meetings
- Right to vote in ISN elections, ISN annual business meetings and by email ballot
- Be nominated, right to nominate candidates for ISN Council and to serve in ISN Committees
- Nominate a candidate for Young Scientist Lectureship Award
Join us
Applications for ISN membership are considered by the ISN Secretary from persons from any part of the world, who:
have a doctoral degree or are in the process of obtaining such a degree, and/or
have contributed notably to the advancement of neurochemistry and related neuroscience disciplines, and/or
have amassed a past or present record of neurochemical research through publications in refereed journals, and/or
have a reasonable prospect of continued neurochemically-oriented activities.
ISN MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND FEES (USD $)
Membership is valid for the calendar year (Jan 1st – Dec 31st)
As proof of your current student status, we require a letter from the administration of your University/Institution or PhD supervisor stating you are a current student. Please ensure your letter is:
• Provided in English
• Written on official letterhead
• Signed and stamped with the current date
• PDF format only (maximum size 10 megabytes)
Please note that a copy of your ID card will not be accepted.
ARE YOU A MEMBERS OF AN ISN SISTER SOCIETY?
If you are a loyal member of one of the ISN Sister Societies, APSN, ASN, or ESN, ISN will waive your ISN membership fee. If you are not yet a member of one of our Sister Societies, you only have to join a Sister Society to become a member of ISN and to benefit from free ISN membership. ISN will waive the annual ISN membership fee for a given year for all active members of the ISN Sister Societies.
- APSN: Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN homepage)
- ASN: American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN homepage)
- ESN: European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN homepage)
ECONOMIC FEE WAIVER:
ISN will waive ISN membership dues on the basis of an annual request and approval if the economic condition of a member and/or currency regulations make membership payment a serious hardship. Please submit your request directly online using the waiver form available in your My ISN Account.
Applications for ISN membership fee waivers due to economical reasons will not be granted for previous years.
OPEN MEMBERSHIP DUES:
If you have not paid your membership fees in the last years, you will be asked to pay fees for up to two unpaid years.
ISN LOYAL MEMBER WAIVER:
Members who have paid their ISN membership fee, continuously to ISN over the last 5 years and have not received a membership waiver before will benefit from a free ISN Loyal Member waiver on the 6th year.
Benefits for continuous ISN membership:
A continuous commitment to ISN will generate additional benefits. Current benefits for continuous ISN membership are:
- Continuous ISN membership and the personal ISN membership history will be considered for all types of ISN support (travel grants, CC, CAEN, Schools, …).
- Members who will have paid the ISN membership fee for a continuous period of 5 years will receive an ISN membership fee waiver for the following 6th year of ISN membership.
ISN Code of Conduct:
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