Membership applications are
reviewed throughout the year. Applicants that are approved by Council will
be eligible to submit abstracts for the Annual ASN meeting.
The Society
has three membership classes: Ordinary, Corresponding and Emeritus members.
These categories are defined by the membership committee on the basis of the
following criteria:
Ordinary Members: Ordinary members shall be investigators in the field of neurochemistry or
related fields that reside in the Western Hemisphere. Ordinary members include
independent investigators, students and postdoctoral fellows.
Corresponding members:
are investigators in the field of neurochemistry who have contributed meritorious
original work to the field, but are not residents of the Western Hemisphere.
All other guidelines for election to corresponding membership are equivalent
to those for ordinary membership.
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Emeritus Members:
Emeritus members of the Society are members who have retired from their
professional duties and who have chosen to be classified as emeritus status.
Emeritus status can be obtained by notifying the Secretary of retirement,
in writing, with a request for reclassification. Emeritus members shall
have all the rights and privileges of the membership class from which they
transferred.
Dues, at present, are $125.00
per year for ordinary members and $75 for corresponding members. Emeritus membership dues
are complimentary. Student and Postdocs are considered Ordinary members. Dues for students are $30.00 per year and for postdoctoral members are $50.00 per
year. Three years post Ph.D. the membership dues increase to the postdoctoral rate of $50.00.
In addition, there is a $5.00 incorporation fee to be added to the first payment.
New members are billed for dues and fees after being elected to membership. ASN
members may subscribe to the Journal of Neurochemistry for $15/yr by filling out
an online
subscription form.
Instructions
for Application for Membership
Applicants
may apply:
1. Complete
the formal application form. Each application also must be endorsed by
an Ordinary member of the Society. Endorsements should be submitted by email to the Chair of Membership Committee. Applicants who,
for any reason, may find it impossible to obtain a sponsorship by an Ordinary
Member may send their application with a cover letter explaining
why securing a sponsorship is difficult for them. In those cases, the office
of the Secretary will provide the required endorsement.
2. The completed application form together with either a current
NIH Biosketch or a curriculum vitae should be emailed to the Chair of the Membership Committee (See Below). Any significant
changes that occur after submitting the application should be communicated
to the membership committee via the office of the Secretary of the Society.
Such amendments will be accepted throughout the year.
3. Letters of recommendation
are not required, but they can be helpful in evaluating the applicant's
qualifications. If the applicant anticipates questions regarding qualifications
for membership, or independence as an investigator, then the applicant is
advised to include an explanatory letter(s) from one or more persons in a
position to provide useful information to the membership committee.
4. Do not send
dues. New members will be billed for dues after they are elected to membership.
ASN Membership Committee Chair:
Vladimir Parpura, MD., PhD
Department of Neurobiology,
1719 6th Avenue South, CIRC 429
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL 35294-0021
phone: (205) 996-7369
fax: (205) 975-6320
Email: vlad@uab.edu
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