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EPSO offers two types of membership: Institutional and
Personal
What are the
benefits of an institutional member?
EPSO’s main activities for institutional members are the Science policy,
the online portal, the bi-annual EPSO conference and the EPSO workshops.
People working at a member Institute/university can register as a
personal member to EPSO without paying the
personal membership fee to
EPSO.
EPSO’s
benefits for personal members as shown below will ultimately benefit
institutional members.
Who can become an institutional member?
A university or research institution conducting research in the field of
plant science.
How to apply? A request for membership must be sent to the EPSO
office (click for
address) by e-mail or fax. Application forms:
Standard (one legal entity);
Exceptions as explained in
detailed
information (University cluster
or
New Member State
cluster).
Who
decides about your application?
The general meeting has full and final discretion to decide whether to
admit a member. Admission is approved if an ordinary majority of members
agree.
Who
decides about the class of membership? The board has full and final discretion to decide the class of
membership for the applicant.
There are five classes of institutional members:
1.
Class
A*-members: very large legal entities like Research Councils in Europe
2.
Class
AW* members: very large legal entities like Research Councils in any
country outside Europe
3.
Class A
members : large or medium size institutions in Europe, including
university clusters
4.
Class
AW members : large or medium size institutions worldwide in any country
outside Europe
5.
Class
B members : small size institutions or individual research units in
Europe
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CLASS |
Number of votes for each member |
Number of representatives for each member |
Number of directors in the board
for the class |
Annual membership fee (for 2009)
for each member |
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A*
A*W |
9
max 1 per member |
3
max 1 per member |
7 |
EUR 24,750
EUR 16,500 |
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A
AW |
3
max 1 per member |
1
max 1 per member |
EUR 8,250
EUR 5,500 |
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B |
1 |
1 |
3 |
EUR 2,750 |
Detailed information
about institutional membership.
Read the
Open
letter
of the EPSO Executive Committee to the EPSO members of December 2008 for achievements and future aims of EPSO.
Read the
open
letter
of January 2008 for achievements and future aims of EPSO.
· Personal
membership
Registration Form
What are the
benefits of a personal member?
EPSO’s activities with exclusive access to personal members are the bi-monthly
newsletter, eligibility to apply for an EPSO conference
support grant, use of the EPSO world wide human resources network. Other
activities important to personal members include the online portal -
specifically plant science activities, the e-directory of EPSO members
and e-job listings.
EPSO’s
activities for institutional members as shown above will ultimately
benefit personal members.
Who can become a personal member?
Individual persons interested in plant science supporting the vision of
EPSO and fostering its implementation are invited to become a personal member to EPSO. This invitation is open to all nationalities,
professions, career stages and age groups world wide.
How to apply? Complete the online request
[registration
form] and submit online or by fax to the EPSO office.
Who
decides about your application?
The executive director can grant preliminary approval which has to be
confirmed by the next meeting of the board of directors.
Class of membership The class for all personal
members is P.
Personal members contribute the personal membership fee to EPSO. This is
an annual fee according to the career state. Personal members are
allocated to one of currently three categories:
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Professionals are people working in their profession (this is not limited to
scientists);
-
Post-docs
are people with a PhD or Dr degree not working independently yet;
-
Students are PhD students approaching a PhD or diploma
degree, and undergraduate students
approaching a bachelor, Master or
Diploma degree; and school students.
The
personal membership fee for personal members working in a members
institute or university is waived.
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CLASS |
Number of votes for each member |
Number of representatives for each member |
Number of directors in the board
for the class |
Annual membership fee (for 2009)
for each member |
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P |
3 jointly for all
personal members |
1 jointly for all
personal members |
1 |
Professionals : EUR 100
Post-docs : EUR 60
Students : EUR 40 |
· EPSO
members and benefits
Read the Open
letter of the EPSO Executive Committee to the EPSO members,
published on 19 December 2008
For further information or questions, please contact the EPSO office:
epso
<x>epsomail.org
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