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 108 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 size:
- Small organization with less than 1,000 members or a budget of less than $1 million: $200 per year
- Medium organization with 1,001-4,999 members or a budget of $1-$3 million: $350 per year
- Large organization with 5,000 or more members or a budget in excess of $3 million: $500 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 of $1001 - $5000 (depending on size)
- Collaborator: Annual contribution of $5,001 plus special project costs (up to $30,000)
- Partner: Annual contribution of $30,001 or more (Includes office and personnel costs)
Compare Our Funding Levels
Member | Supporter | Participant | Collaborator | Partner | |
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Collective action by AIBS on behalf of the biological sciences | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
AIBS Public Policy Reports, Federal Register notices, & Action Alerts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Special acknowledgement on the AIBS website | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Assistance with arranging Congressional visits | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Opportunity to sponsor a graduate student public policy fellow * | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
A seat on the AIBS Public Policy Committee | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Teleconference briefings by AIBS staff upon request ** | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Meeting with your board or policy committee upon request ** | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Use of the AIBS Legislative Action Center | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
One special project | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
One or more additional special projects | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
Dedicated staff time & a staff job title to work on specific issues | - | - | - | - | ✔ |
Assist with developing & implementing a policy agenda/campaign | - | - | - | - | ✔ |
Examples of special projects...
- Assistance with responding to Federal Register notices and drafting letters to Congress
- Assistance with organizing Congressional briefings
- Assistance with preparing written or oral testimony
- Compiling information for a report or preparing policy articles for your bulletin or newsletter
- In-depth analysis of policy issues or funding trends in your field
- Tracking or lobbying on specific bills or provisions
- Conducting policy workshops at your annual meetings *
** depending on staff availability
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.
Connect with Us
Have questions? We’d love to talk with you about how AIBS can partner with your organization.
The List
Currently 108 like-minded organizations have joined with us to ensure a bright future for biologists, biology, and science.
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- American Arachnological Society
- American Fern Society
- American Malacological Society
- American Museum of Natural History
- American Ornithological Society
- American Phytopathological 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 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 Ecosystem Research Centers
- Association of Southeastern Biologists
- Audubon Alaska
- Bell Museum of Natural History
- Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
- BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
- Bishop Museum
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas
- Botanical Society of America
- Brigham Young University
- California Botanical Society
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
- Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society
- Center for Wildlife Studies
- Charles R. Conner Natural History Museum
- Clemson University, Department of Biological Sciences
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
- 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
- Institute of Environment, Florida International University
- International Association for Bear Research and Management
- International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Division
- Lepidopterists' Society
- Long Term Ecological Research Network
- Louisiana State University-MNS
- Michigan State University
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Moore Laboratory of Zoology
- Morris Animal Foundation
- Museum of Utah
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Shellfisheries Association
- Natural History Museum-LA County
- Natural Science Collections Alliance
- New York Botanical Garden
- North Carolina Botanical Garden
- 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
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
- Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
- Society for Economic Botany
- Society for Freshwater Science
- Society for In Vitro Biology
- Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
- Society for Mathematical Biology
- Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology
- Society for Sedimentary Geology
- Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
- 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
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- Torrey Botanical Society
- University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- University of Florida
- 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