SOCIETIES & THEIR BENEFITS Royal Societ y of Biology (RSB)
The Oceanography Societ y (TES)
Zoological Societ y of London (ZSL)
Websit e: www.tos.org
Brit ish Trust for Ornit hology (BTO)
Websit e: www.rsb.org.uk
Membership: Student or Regular
Websit e: www.bto.org
Cost : FREE for Marine Biology students, or $60 for Regular Members
Membership: Single, Joint or Fellow
Membership: Wildlife Champion or Student Fellowship
Benefit s: free copy of Oceanography magazine and access to New Frontiersin Ocean Exploration, discounts on events and conferences, access to job search tools, monthly TOSNEWSnewsletter, awards,
Benefit s: free copy of BTO News magazine, 20% discount on BTO training courses, monthly e-newsletter, free book from the Bird Photographer of the Year competition, volunteering opportunities
American Societ y of Agronomy (ASA)
Royal Ent omological Societ y
Websit e: www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Websit e: www.agronomy.com
Membership: Full-time Student
Membership: Undergraduate Student
Cost : £25 per annum
Membership: Student Cost : 1st Year: FREE then £21 per annum
Cost : $20
Benefit s: copy of Antenna quarterly published magazine plus Ecological Entomology, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Physiological Entomology, Systematic Entomology, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Insect Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Forest Entomology subscription, access to the library (over 30,000 reprints, rare book collections pre-dating 1850), many awards (ranging £100-1,000)
Membership: Student Affiliate Cost : £15 per annum Benefit s: 20% discount on Wiley Blackwell and Oxford University Press, travel grants of £500, conference grants, free subscription to The Biologist magazine and several newsletters Make sure you check out their list of Undergraduate Studentships and Events Brit ish Ecological Societ y (BES)
Benefit s: reduced fees at events, research (up to £5,000 or £20,000), travel (up to £1,000 for PhD students) and outreach (up to £2,000) grants, mentoring scheme, free copy of Bulletin quarterly newsletter, monthly eBulletin newsletter, access to all BES journal content Linnean Societ y of London Websit e: www.linnean.org Membership: Student Associateship or Associateship, Recommendation Letter needed
Benefit s: scholarships, fellowships, awards, Golden Opportunity Scholars Mentorship, certified courses, Webinars, publish, access to Digital Library, internal job opportunities, discounts on events and courses American Associat ion for t he Advancement of Science (AAAS) Websit e: www.aaas.org and www.sciencemag.org Membership: Student Cost : Digital $65, Print $95 per annum
Cost : £36 (Single) or £45 (Joint) per annum
Websit e: www.royensoc.co.uk
Brit ish Ent omological and Nat ural Hist ory Societ y
Websit e: www.zsl.org
Cost : £36 (Wildlife Champion) or £37.5 (Student Fellowship) per annum Benefit s for non-members: Erasmus Darwin Barlow Expeditions, EDGE Fellowship, Summer Field Course in Mongolia St udent Fellows: unlimited access to ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, free car park, 1 additional guest, shop and café discounts, Scientific Meetings, 60% off a subscription to Animal Conservation, Fellow?s rate for the Journal of Zoology, 25% off all books by Wiley Blackwell Publishing, borrowing rights in the ZSL library, copy of Review of the Year Animal Behaviour Societ y (ABS) Websit e: www.animalbehavioursociety.org Membership: Student (online or paper) Cost : $25 or $60 Benefit s: copy of Animal Behaviour journal, e-newsletter, discounted fees for conferences, grants (500-2,000$), career awards
Websit e: www.benhs.org.uk
Genet ics Societ y
Membership: Student
Websit e: www.genetics.org.uk
Cost : £6 per annum
Membership: Undergraduate Student
Benefit s: free copy of The Linnean and PuLSEbi-annual publications, access to collections and library in London, exclusive events, half membership price of Society of Biology
Benefit s: access to the journal Science (Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Advances and Science Immunology) weekly and archive from 1880, Science & Diplomacy quarterly publication, Career Development Center, discounts on AAASpublications, courses and meetings
Marine Biology Associat ion (MBA)
Brit ish Societ y for Plant Pat hology
Websit e: www.asab.org
Websit e: www.mba.ac.uk
Websit e: www.bspp.org.uk
Membership: Student (print or hard copy)
Biochemical Societ y
Membership: Student
Membership: Student
Cost : £15 or £25 per annum
Cost : £25 per annum
Cost : £25 (1 journal) or £50 (2 journals)
Benefit s: e-newsletter, copy of Animal Behaviour journal, research grant (up to £7,500), undergraduate scholarships, conference attendance grants (£400), awards
Websit e: www.biochemistry.org
Cost : £10 or £26 per annum
Benefit s: free copy of the Marine Biologist bi-annual magazine, MBA annual report, discounts on training courses and conferences, 20% discount on Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Eurospan Group, online access to the entire journal archive (1887-1999) and the National Ot her societ ies: Marine Biological Library, bursaries and fellowships
Benefit s: journals: Plant Pathology, Molecular Plant Pathology, fellowships, travel and conference grants, MSc project bursary, undergraduate vacation bursary scheme, volunteering internships, access to publication archive
Benefit s: access to library and collections, publication of Key Reference Works, e-newsletter Associat ion for t he St udy of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
Cost : £5 per annum Benefit s: e-newsletter, summer studentships, annual workshop, discounts on Heredity and Genes and Development journals
Membership: Undergraduate Cost : £10 per annum Benefit s: automatic membership of The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), monthly e-newsletter, copy of the Next Stepscareers booklet, access to Biochemical Journal and Biochemical Society Transactions, bursaries for Biochemical Society Focused Meeting, Training Event or Workshop of up to £300
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