Pennington Corner: Membership by Association

Beginning in 2025, ECS will offer an Associate membership category to qualifying constituents. However, unlike ECS Members who are required to pay annual dues, Associates pay no fees to join ECS. Instead, Associate membership is based solely on an individual’s engagement with the Society. Qualifications for Associate status might include presenting a paper at an ECS meeting, authoring or peer-reviewing a manuscript submission, or authoring a paper published in an ECS journal. Upon opting into the Associate category, benefits such as discounts on ECS events, products, and services (e.g., Open Access publishing fees), begin immediately. Although Associates do not receive the same discounts as Members and cannot vote or hold an elected position with the Society, there are still significant benefits to joining as an Associate.