The SCB Sponsorship Program

In an effort to provide Society membership benefits to developing country scientists and practitioners, SCB has a sponsored membership program. Anyone may register for sponsorship on the SCB website if they 1) are either a resident in low-income (those NOT on this list of high-income countries as defined by the World Bank), developing country and 2) have at least email access. Institutions seeking sponsorship should contact the Executive Office.

Please note: Sponsors may support specific individuals (for whom they have contact information) by logging into the website and selecting "Sponsor a Member."

Instructions for potential sponsored members:

Potential sponsored members should register for sponsorship on the SCB website or request an application from the Executive Office by email.

In addition to providing your contact information, you must provide the following documentation via fax, mail, or email attachment:

  1. If a student, proof of student status (e.g., transcript or student id with expiration date, or letter from major professor)
  2. If a student, a letter signed by your major professor verifying that no institutional funds are available for the membership
  3. If not a student, a brief statement describing your circumstances (why you are asking for sponsorship) -- this can be submitted along with web form in the "Comments, questions, etc..." section

Sponsorship priority is first-come, first-served. SCB reserves the right to filter sponsorship requests that we feel are inappropriate for some reason (e.g., a person working in Africa on a US salary). Potential sponsors will not be able to see your name, but will be able to see your country of residence.

Please note the following stipulations for sponsored membership:

  1. "Sponsorship" is one year membership in the Society and your choice of either the paper version of Conservation Biology or Conservation in Practice.
  2. Continued sponsorship is not guaranteed and is based on the availability of funds
  3. Sponsored individuals will have to re-apply yearly

Instructions for potential sponsors:

Base sponsorship is 40 USD per year per sponsored person. Potential sponsors should communicate with the Executive Office regarding the composition of the pool of potential sponsored members. You may choose to support either a specific individual or the first in the queue in either of the following categories: (a) a student in a developing country, (b) a professional in a developing country.

We appreciate any and all support you can offer, but we encourage you to make a multi-year commitment as students may only need support for a discrete time period, but members from developing countries may need support indefinitely. Each year we have more requests than we can meet.

Please note

  1. Both sponsored individuals and sponsors will remain unknown to each other unless both parties contact the SCB Executive Office and authorize release of personal information
  2. Sponsorship is for one year unless sponsors make arrangements for longer sponsorship
  3. "Sponsorship" is a 40 USD package providing the sponsored person with one year membership to the Society and the choice of either Conservation Biology and Conservation In Practice
  4. Sponsored individual(s) are aware that continued sponsorship is not guaranteed and is based on the availability of funds
  5. Should you decide to continue to sponsor colleagues who need assistance next year, you need not sponsor the same individual
  6. Presently, we do not give priority to continued memberships vs. new memberships

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