Membership

The Botanical Society of America is the professional home for botanists and plant scientists and supports the breadth and diversity of botanical research and education. We are the leading Society dedicated to botany and its future. The BSA has several options for membership.

Our main area of expertise is in supporting professional botanists and their students, but we also encourage and provide special dues categories for our K-12 teachers, community college educators, affiliated professionals, and amateurs who can benefit from what the BSA has to offer. Memberships are for a calendar year, January 1 – December 31. You may join and/or renew your membership online with a credit card or by mail.

Memberships are available in the categories listed below.

Membership Types

    
     
Lifetime Membership $1,200   
     

Professional Member*
Professional Family Member*

 

 $100 / $75 
$125 / $100     		 Any person who is interested in plant biology and who is not eligible for, or does not desire inclusion in, the categories that follow.
*1-Year Professional membership fee includes $25 that will go entirely to support our student members through increased funding for Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRA).  BSA is making a concerted effort to increase research award funding in the absence of DDIG awards.  You can opt out of the $25 GSRA increase.
     
3 Year Professional Member*
3 Year Professional Family Member*		 $280/ $205
$325 / $250
*3-Year Professional membership fee includes $25/year that will go entirely to support our student members through increased funding for Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRA).  BSA is making a concerted effort to increase research award funding in the absence of DDIG awards.  You can opt out of the $25 GSRA yearly increase.
     
Post-Doctoral Member
Post-Doctoral Family Member
 $40
$55

 Any member holding a current post-doctoral position.
     
3 Year Post-Doctoral Member $105 Post-Doc members can retain the 3-Year membership level for the full three years not dependent on Post-Doc status at the end of the three years.
     

Student Member
Student Family Member

 $25
$35		 Any full-time (degree-seeking) student.
     
3 Year Student Member

 $60

 Student members can retain this membership level for the full three years not dependent on student status at the end of the three years.  
     
Emeritus Member
Emeritus Family Member		 N/A
N/A		 BSA Member for 25 years or more and now retired. No charge for membership - the BSA thanks you for your contributions over the years and renews your membership annually.
     
Retired Member
Retired Family Member		 $40
$55		 BSA Member for less than 25 years who is retired.
     
Community College Professionals  
Community College Professional Family Member 		 $40
$55		 Community college teachers interested in plant science
     
Developing Nations Membership $15 The Developing Nations Membership offers an opportunity for fellow plant scientists working in developing nations who might not otherwise be able to join the Society. It is designed to provide you with full access to all Society publications as well as reduced rates at Society events. (Developing Nations List)
     
3 Year Developing Nations Membership $30 Purchase a three-year Developing Nations membership at a discounted cost of $30.
     
K-12 Classroom Teachers $25 K-12 teachers interested in plants and plant biology as part of the overall science program.
     
Affiliated Professional $55 An Affiliated Botanist is a professional person working in, or having interest in, plant-related information that does not fit within our professional membership category. This is a non-voting, non-publishing membership with online access to the American Journal of Botany (including the journal archives) and Plant Science Bulletin.
     
Amateur Botanist $25 Membership for the non-professional, non-academic, who loves plants and is interested in gaining online access to nearly 100 years of the American Journal of Botany. This is a non-voting, non-publishing membership with online access to the American Journal of Botany (including the journal archives) and Plant Science Bulletin.
     
Family Members +$15 Members of the families of one of the member types above. Family members have the same privileges as other members except they share one copy of all publications and/or mailings from the Society. Add +$15 to the main member's membership type.

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