Our Umbrella
AIBS Connects Science Organizations
Since 1947, member organizations have been the heart of our association.
Learn more about how yours can strengthen and promote the biological sciences.
An Association of Organizations
AIBS is made up of a diverse group of 119 member organizations, including scholarly societies, professional associations, academic institutions and departments, museums and science collections, and others.

Member Benefits
We work with our members to help inform each other and the influencers who shape biology. With our large community, we help you network with others. We also address issues that concern you and your members.
Some members benefits include:
- Networking and collaborating with colleagues from other organizations
- Sharing organization updates with other biology-serving groups
- Participating in science policy and communications programs
- Discounted registration for AIBS Professional Development programs
How to Join
Join as a member organization and you will be part of our mission. Contact us to learn more about your organization joining AIBS.
Dues
Membership dues are based on the size of your organization:
- Small society with less than 1,000 members or a budget of less than $1 million: $200 per year
- Medium society with 1,001-4,999 members or a budget of $1-$3 million: $350 per year
- Large society with 5,000 or more members or a budget in excess of $3 million: $500 per year
- Academic unit, department, institute, or research center: $75 per year
Join us to provide a healthy future for biology!
Science Policy Through Membership
AIBS members support and benefit from AIBS Public Policy Office operations — you can too!
AIBS members generously contribute in partial support of the AIBS Public Policy Office. AIBS pays the remaining costs from its own funds. All contributions are ear-marked to help the AIBS Public Policy Office pay its staff and conduct its activities on behalf of the AIBS membership. Contact our Public Policy Office today to find out how to support science policy.
Funding Levels and Benefits
- Member: This level of support is included in regular AIBS member society and organization dues.
- Supporter: Annual contribution of up to $1000
- Participant: Annual contribution $1000 - $5000 (depending on size)
- Collaborator: Annual contribution of $1,000 - $5,000 plus special project costs (up to $30,000)
- Partner: Annual contribution < $30,000 (includes office and personnel costs)
Compare Our Funding Levels
Member | Supporter | Participant | Collaborator | Partner | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collective action by AIBS on behalf of the biological sciences | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Recieve AIBS Public Policy Reports & Action Alerts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Annual Report on AIBS Public Policy Office activities | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Reprint rights for BioScience's Washington Watch column | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Special acknowledgement on the AIBS website & in BioScience | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Assistance with arranging Congressional visits | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
A seat on the AIBS Public Policy Committee | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Quarterly teleconference briefings by AIBS staff | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Eligibility to sponsor a graduate student public policy fellow | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Use of the AIBS Legislative Action Center | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
One or more special assistance or activity 1 | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
One special project 2 | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
Dedicated staff time & a staff job title to work on specific issues | - | - | - | - | ✔ |
Assist in developing & implementing a policy agenda/campaign | - | - | - | - | ✔ |
1 Examples of specialized assistance or activity...
- Customized Annual Report on AIBS Public Policy Office activities
- Meeting with your board
- Conducting policy workshops at your annual meetings (additional costs apply)
- Assistance with responding to Federal Register notices or drafting letters to Congress
- Assistance in organizing Congressional briefings
- Assistance with preparing written or oral testimony
2 Examples of special projects...
- Compiling information for a report
- In-depth analysis of policy issues or funding trends in your field
- Policy articles for your bulletin or newsletter
- Tracking or lobbying on specific bills or provisions
Subscribe to Bioscience
AIBS no longer offers new individual memberships. But, you can still get or renew your subscription to BioScience at Oxford University Press.
Current legacy individual members can please login to read BioScience.
Connect with Us
Have questions? We’d love to talk with you about how AIBS can partner with your organization.
The List
Currently 119 like-minded organizations have joined us to ensure a bright future for biology, science, and life on earth.
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- American Arachnological Society
- American Fern Society
- American Institute of Biological Sciences
- American Malacological Society
- American Museum of Natural History
- American Ornithological Society
- American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- American Society of Mammalogists
- American Society of Naturalists
- American Society of Parasitologists
- American Society of Plant Biologists
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- American Society of Primatologists
- Animal Behavior Society
- Arkansas State University
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
- Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
- Association of College & University Biology Educators
- Association of Ecosystem Research Centers
- Association of Southeastern Biologists
- Audubon Alaska
- Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
- Bell Museum of Natural History
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
- BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
- Bishop Museum
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas
- Botanical Society of America
- Brigham Young University
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Cactus and Succulent Society of America
- California Botanical Society
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
- Charles R. Conner Natural History Museum
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
- Cornell University
- Crustacean Society
- Delaware Museum of Natural History
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Duke Lemur Center
- Ecological Society of America
- Florida State University
- Genetics Society of America
- Harvard University-MCZ
- Helminthological Society of Washington
- Herpetologists' League
- Human Anatomy & Physiology Society
- iDigBio
- Illinois Natural History Survey
- International Association for Bear Research and Management
- International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Division
- International Society for Ecological Modelling
- Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society
- Lepidopterists' Society
- Long Term Ecological Research Network
- Louisiana State University-MNS
- Merriam Powell Center
- Michigan State University
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Moore Laboratory of Zoology
- Morris Animal Foundation
- Museum of the North
- Museum of Utah
- Mycological Society of America
- National Shellfisheries Association
- Natural Areas Association
- Natural Science Collections Alliance
- Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University
- NatureServe
- New York Botanical Garden
- North Carolina Botanical Garden
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- Oak Ridge (ORAU)
- Organization of Biological Field Stations
- Paleontological Society
- Phycological Society of America
- Poultry Science Association
- Purdue University, Dept. of Entomology
- Radiation Research Society
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- SDSU Natural Resource Management
- Sitka Sound Science Center
- Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
- Society for Economic Botany
- Society for Freshwater Science
- Society for In Vitro Biology
- Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
- Society for Mathematical Biology
- Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology
- Society for Sedimentary Geology
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
- Society for the Study of Evolution
- Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
- Society of Herbarium Curators
- Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
- Society of Nematologists
- Society of Systematic Biologists
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
- Southern California Academy of Sciences
- Southwestern Association of Naturalists
- State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Texas A & M University
- Texas Natural Science Center
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- Torrey Botanical Society
- University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- University of Florida
- Museum of Natural History
- University of Nebraska State Museum
- University of New Mexico-MSB
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Texas-El Paso
- Utah Museum of Natural History
- Weed Science Society of America