The purpose of individual membership of URSI is to secure professional recognition of individual radio scientists and to establish their better connection with the URSI Board of Officers, Scientific Commissions, and URSI Member Committees. Three categories of individual membership (URSI Corresponding Member, URSI Senior Member and URSI Fellow) have been established.
URSI Corresponding Membership is the first step into the URSI community and provides:
In addition, URSI Senior Members and URSI Fellows benefit from the following:
Fellowship is by invitation only; Senior Membership can be by invitation or application. Corresponding Membership is a streamlined, instant process.
URSI Fellows
An URSI Fellow:
URSI Senior Members
An URSI Senior Member will have
All three criteria must be fulfilled by a successful applicant. Alternatively, the applicant may submit a short text summarizing very strong reasons why they should be admitted even though the three requirements have not been met.
On request, URSI Senior Membership will be offered by the URSI Secretary General to members of the URSI Council and Official Members (being Member Committee representatives to the Scientific Commissions), without further supporting evidence.
URSI retains the right to rescind this honour if advised to do so by the candidate’s Member Committee or Scientific Commission and after due consideration by the Board.
URSI Corresponding Members
Processing schedule for individual membership applications
A. URSI Corresponding member applications
B. URSI Senior Member applications
C. Invitations to URSI Senior Membership or Fellowship
D. Revoking URSI Individual Membership
E. Termination of URSI Individual Membership
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