International Society of Eye Research (ISER)
Benefits of Membership
Full and Family Membership Categories (categories defined below)
- Affordable dues that include journal subscription for most member categories
- Reduced subscription rate for journal - Experimental Eye Research (for most member categories) - Over $200 in savings to ISER Members
- Special subscription rates available for Young Investigator and Emeritus Members
- Choice between online or print subscription formats.
- Publishing opportunities
- Research Prizes - more than $100,000 distributed every two years in international research awards
- Substantially reduced registration fees for biennial International Congress
- Small, intimate biennial meetings that allow opportunities for:
- One-on-one exchanges with international colleagues
- Interesting meeting sites
- Smaller poster sessions that draw people due to flexibility with formatting and scheduling
- Oral presentation of research in symposia
- Small, intimate biennial meetings that allow opportunities for:
- Website for Organizational Updates - www.iser.org
- Leadership growth potential
- Networking opportunities
International Society of Eye Research (ISER)
Benefits of Membership
Young Investigator Membership Category (category defined below)
- Affordable dues
- Member Subscription Rates for Journal - Experimental Eye Research
- Over $200 in savings for ISER Members
- Choice between online or print subscription formats.
- Website for Organizational Updates - www.iser.org
- Young Investigator Prize Eligibility - $1,000, 2 years membership dues, travel expenses to attend an International Congress of Eye Research
- Travel Fellowship Eligibility to attend International Congress of Eye Research
- Small, intimate biennial meetings with more opportunities to:
- Meet and interact with senior scientists
- 'Stand out' by presenting in a forum for Young Investigators
- Selection for oral presentations
- Also,
- Interesting meeting sites
- Smaller poster sessions that draw people because of flexibility with formatting and scheduling
- One-on-one exchanges with international colleagues
- Travel opportunity to foreign lands
- Small, intimate biennial meetings with more opportunities to:
- Leadership growth potential
- Networking opportunities
Categories. There shall be six categories of members, which shall be designated collectively as Members. These categories are Full, Family, Young Investigator, Sustaining, Emeritus and Honorary.
Full Members shall be investigators, more than five years out of their first appointment in rank, who are actively engaged in eye or vision research or other fields related to eye or visual system tissues and who have published related work.
Family Members shall be a Full Member and his/her spouse. Both Family Members shall be investigators who are actively engaged in eye or vision research or other fields related to eye or visual system tissues and who have published related work.
Young Investigators shall be predoctoral or postdoctoral (PhD/OD/MD)/equivalent students, clinical residents, or clinical fellows engaged in vision/eye research, Assistant Professors, or the equivalent, within the first five years of their appointment in rank or equivalent, appointment at an institution of higher learning, or industry, in a scientific field related to vision or ophthalmology, MD/PhD or OD/PhD students engaged in the PhD research phase of the degree.
Sustaining Members shall be persons, organizations, societies, corporations or agencies whose intention is to support or promote research in the broad field of eye or vision research.
Emeritus Members shall be Full Members who have reached the age of 65 whose academic appointment is no more than 50%, and who have requested a change to Emeritus Membership in writing.
Honorary Members shall be persons who have made exceptional scientific contributions to eye or vision research or other fields related to eye or visual system tissues. The Membership Committee will solicit nominations one year prior to the ICER meeting. The Committee will review the nominations and submit recommendations to the Council for action.