Membership Responsibilities & Benefits

Membership Responsibilities & Benefits

There are two levels of membership:

• Student members are graduate or undergraduate students engaging in sex research at an institute of higher learning

• Full members are established sex researchers who typically have sex-related publications in peer-reviewed journals

Annual dues for IASR membership are $180 USD for Full members and $80 USD for Student members. Individuals from lower/middle-income countries receive a 50% discount, per our reduced fee policy below. After receiving their terminal degree (e.g. MD, PhD, JD), students have 2-3 years to apply for Full membership before their membership expires.

Membership Benefits: 

• Electronic access to the Academy journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior

• Reduced annual subscription rate ($80 USD) for hard copies of Archives of Sexual Behavior if purchased by January 31 each year

• Entitlement to present one first-author poster at Annual Meetings

• Reduced registration rate for Annual Meetings

• Opportunity to apply for Child Care Financial Aid to aid in covering the costs of child care while attending Annual Meetings

• Access to IASR listservs for job postings, graduate and post-doctoral opportunities, and other sex-related news and information

Additional Full Member Benefits:

• Voting rights for officer elections

• Opportunity to run for officer positions

Additional Student Member Benefits:

• Opportunity to apply for student awards to support research in progress and/or acknowledge completed work

• Eligibility for the Best Brief Communication Award, Best Data Blitz Award, and Best Poster Award at Annual Meetings