Becoming an AIBS Member and BioScience Subscriber

As a major umbrella organization for biologists since 1947, the American Institute of Biological Sciences is "on the ground" in Washington DC working for and reporting to its members on research, education, and public policy matters at the local, national, and international levels.

Benefits and Services

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Since 1964, BioScience has presented readers with timely and authoritative overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussion sections on education, public policy, history, and the conceptual underpinnings of the biological sciences.

A peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly journal with content written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike, BioScience is provided to all AIBS members in print and online—the latter including access to all issues of BioScience, including the archives—as a part of AIBS dues. BioScience includes articles about research findings and techniques, advances in biology education, professionally written feature articles about the latest frontiers in biology, discussions of professional issues, book reviews, news about AIBS, a policy column (Washington Watch), and an education column (Eye on Education). Roundtables, forums, and viewpoint articles offer the perspectives of opinion leaders and invite further commentary.

Online Media Library

The AIBS Media Library provides free access to online lectures by prominent scientists and teachers, recorded from presentations at AIBS Annual meetings as well as at AIBS public roundtable sessions in Washington DC. CD-ROMs also available for purchase.

Communications Network

Online at http://www.aibs.org/membership-directories/, connects you to key contacts and information for AIBS Headquarters and AIBS's member societies and organizations, numbering almost 200, with a collective membership exceeding 250,000 biologists. Search the AIBS membership database by name, location, specialty, etc. Special-interest e-mail subscriber services, such as public policy reports, education reports, and evolution/creationist alerts, are also provided.

Public Policy

The AIBS Public Policy Office, with funding support from more than a dozen AIBS member societies, provides all AIBS members with services including analysis, representation, and advocacy for biological research and education; Hill/agency visits; Congressional Visits Day; biweekly reports; and the "Washington Watch" column in BioScience.

Education, Diversity, and Public Outreach

The AIBS Education Office provides all AIBS members with services including career information, textbook reviews, curriculum projects, diversity programs, bimonthly reports, and the "Eye on Education" column in BioScience.

Meetings and Conferences

Member discounts, innovative Annual meeting programs, and online Meetings Finder for member societies' meetings.

Personal Benefits

Life and professional liability insurance for biologists.

We hope that you choose to become a member of AIBS. The strength of our numbers and collective activities helps the biological community remain vibrant and effective in its interactions with other areas of science as well as with society at large. Now more than ever, biologists must engage the rest of the world. And above all, please consider AIBS to be your service organization-providing an array of services and benefits for all biologists regardless of other and more specialized professional memberships.

Membership Rates

You can take advantage of all our membership benefits at the reasonable rates listed in the table below . . .

Individual	$70/yr	BUY NOW
Family	$90/yr	BUY NOW
Sustaining	$90/yr	BUY NOW
Emeritus	$50/yr	BUY NOW
Student, Graduate or Postdoctoral Fellow	$40/yr	BUY NOW
Student, K-12 or Undergraduate	$20/yr	BUY NOW
K-12 Teacher/Administrator	$45/yr	BUY NOW
Lifetime	$1,400 one-time payment	BUY NOW

Contact

You can join AIBS and subscribe to BioScience via a secure online credit card transaction. You may also join by printing out a fax-back/mail-back form. And remember, BioScience and membership in AIBS make a great gift!

If you'd like additional information, please contact:

Heide Rohland
Memberships and Subscriptions
AIBS Business Office
1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., Ste. 402
McLean VA 22101
Toll free 1.800.992.2427
Phone 1.703.790.1745 x 11
Fax 1.703.790.2672
E-mail

Join the 5,000 biologists and 200 professional societies and scientific organizations who support biology though membership in AIBS.