FENS full and associate member benefits

FENS membership is automatically granted to the individual members of all FENS member societies or to individual members.

Depending on your society’s membership category, you can either be:

  • A full FENS member, if you belong to a full FENS member society or are an individual member.
  • An associate FENS member, if you belong to an associate FENS member society.
Member benefits Full members Associate members
Reduced-rate registration at the FENS Forum, FRM and Brain Conferences X
Eligibility for selected travel grants X X
Possibility of registration and abstract slot submission at SfN member rates for SfN annual meetings X X
Unlimited free submissions to the FENS Job Market X X
Free online access to FENS journal, EJN X X
Discounts on subscriptions to several other top neuroscience journals X X
Access to Neuronline, the SfN online platform X X

Presidents of full and associate societies participate in the FENS Governing Council.

FENS affiliate member organisation benefits

Any organisation with an interest in neuroscience may apply for affiliate membership.

Affiliate benefits Platinum Sustaining Membership Gold Sustaining Membership
A link from our website to the affiliate member’s homepage X X
Free registration for one representative to the FENS Forum X X
A discount on the rental fee for a booth at the FENS Forum 15% 10%
Forum registration for employees of the organisation at the FENS member registration rate X X
A ribbon for your Forum badge that will identify you as an Affiliate Member representative X X
Invitation to the Presidential reception at the FENS Forum X
Information about exhibition opportunities at FENS meetings X
Rate (for two years) EUR 6,500 EUR 4,500

It should be noted that Affiliate Members have no voting rights at the FENS Governing Council meetings. They are not eligible for election to the Board of FENS and are not formally represented in any FENS Committees.