Options and Benefits

Membership to ISAE is open to anyone with an academic interest in agriculture, veterinary medicine, zoology and other animal sciences. Applicants are requested to fill in an online application form which includes the contact details of a proposer and seconder, both professionally involved in animal behaviour science or its application, one of which should be a current ISAE member. For contact details of current members please ask your regional secretary. Applicants are also requested to write a maximum 10 line statement on who they are and why they wish to join.

Benefits of ISAE membership include

ISAE members save on subscription fees for international and regional Society events. In addition to the biannual Newsletter, only ISAE members are eligible to receive Applied Animal Behaviour Science, the official journal of the ISAE, at a reduced rate £98 for one year personal printed subscription £35 for one year with electronic access only.
A closed, members-only electronic network is used by ISAE members to facilitate communication and interaction around the world.
The ISAE Home Page offers members privileged access to teaching resource materials and the most current links of interest, to help keep members informed about the world of applied animal behaviour.
ISAE has a service to help members with the preparation of manuscripts for publication in Applied Animal Behaviour Science (and other English-language journals). Non-members of this Society will first need to join to gain access to this service: contact the Membership Secretary, Hans Spoolder, e-mail: hans.spoolder@wur.nl.
ISAE members are also eligible to apply for the ISAE congress attendance fund. Although the society aims to keep the cost of attending its annual conferences low, it may be difficult for some members to attend on a regular basis. The congress attendance fund is open to all ISAE members to apply to. Further details can be found here.

Members can donate to the Congress Attendance Fund here.

The subscription year runs from June to May. Different rates apply to different types of membership. Currently, regular members pay £25 per year, and dues for students and retirees are £15. Please note that to qualify for student rate, applicants and members have to submit proof of student status to the Membership Secretary each year they apply for the discounted rate.

In exceptional cases, ISAE council may award free membership to academics in countries or from institutes who cannot afford the normal membership rate. The Membership Secretary can inform you about terms & conditions.

ISAE also offers Corporate membership, which entitles an approved organisation to receive information normally distributed to members and to send two representatives to ISAE meetings under the same terms as ordinary members. Corporate member representatives have no power to vote and cannot hold a position on Council. Corporate membership does not entitle organisations to reduced-rate subscriptions to Applied Animal Behaviour Science. The Corporate membership fee is currently £100 per year.