Join the InnovATEBIO network

Why join the InnovATEBIO community?

The InnovATEBIO community works together to improve workforce education in bioscience and biotechnology.  As a member of the InnovATEBIO community, you'll be able to connect and collaborate with other members of the community to create new opportunities for students, learn new skills and content knowledge, and contribute to tools and materials that support teaching and learning. Joining InnovATEBIO gives you a chance to shape the future of bioscience workforce education.  

Types of Individual memberships:

• Student or Alumni   - Alumni are people who completed a degree or certificate from an InnovATEBIO or Bio-Link college biotechnology program.
• Affiliate  - People who work in the biotech or related industries, trade organizations, non-profit educational groups, and anyone with an interest in bioscience workforce education.)
• Faculty - from Colleges, High Schools, Universities, or technician education programs at research institutes

Institutional memberships are open to:

• Colleges (or research institutes) that have biotechnology or bioscience workforce-oriented programs:  To join InnovATEBIO as a college program, we ask that you first read about the characteristics of an InnovATEBIO program, then complete the program information form.  We will use the information you provide to create a page for your program on the InnovATEBIO website and add your faculty to your program page when they join InnovATEBIO.
• High school with biotech or workforce-oriented bioscience programs:  To have your high school join the InnovATEBIO network, please complete the high school program information form.

Institutional memberships are expected to provide updated information on an annual basis.  We reserve the right to unpublish a program page if the information is not renewed or the program no longer exists.

Membership Levels and Benefits

Individual memberships

student    InnovATEBIO Student or Alumni members are:  

• Automatically subscribed to the InnovATEBIO monthly email newsletter
• Eligible to join the InnovATEBIO LinkedIn and InnovATEBIO Facebook groups
• Eligible to participate in webinars, mentoring, and networking opportunities
• Eligible for discounted registration fees for selected events

Join InnovATEBIO as a student or alumni member

affliate   InnovATEBIO Affiliate members are people who work in biotech or related industries, trade organizations, non-profit educational groups, and anyone with an interest in bioscience workforce education. Affiliate members are:  

• Automatically subscribed to the InnovATEBIO monthly email newsletter
• Eligible to join the InnovATEBIO LinkedIn and InnovATEBIO Facebook groups
• Eligible to participate in webinars, mentoring, and networking opportunities
• Eligible for discounted registration fees for selected events

Join InnovATEBIO as an affiliate member

faculty   Faculty from a college, University, or High School, or research institute

• Access to InnovATEBIO member-only directory
• InnovATEBIO newsletter - free on-line subscription
• Course in a Box access
• Eligible for registration discounts at some InnovATEBIO events
• Grant writing workshops
• Option to blog on the InnovATEBIO web site
• Optional membership in the InnovATEBIO LinkedIn and InnovATEBIO Facebook groups
• Mentoring and networking opportunities
• Professional development in teaching and mentoring
• If your college joins InnovATEBIO you will be eligible to join the InnovATEBIO program Slack group

Join InnovATEBIO as a faculty member

program

Institutional and organizational memberships

InnovATEBIO college programs

• A program page on the InnovATEBIO site
• Advertise for faculty positions in the InnovATEBIO newsletter and web site
• Advertise events in the InnovATEBIO newsletter and web site
• Access to InnovATEBIO member-only directory
• InnovATEBIO newsletter - free on-line subscription
• Course in a Box access for faculty members (*Faculty members must also join InnovATEBIO)
• Eligible for registration discounts at some InnovATEBIO events and workshops
• Option to blog on the InnovATEBIO web site
• Eligible to join the InnovATEBIO LinkedIn and InnovATEBIO Facebook groups
• Mentoring and networking opportunities
• Faculty from InnovATEBIO college programs are eligible to participate in InnovATEBIO community meetings
• Faculty from InnovATEBIO college programs are eligible to join the InnovATEBIO program Slack group

Join InnovATEBIO as a college program

InnovATEBIO High School Affiliates

• A high school program page on the InnovATEBIO site
• Access to InnovATEBIO member-only directory
• InnovATEBIO newsletter - free on-line subscription
• Course in a Box access for faculty members (*Faculty members must also join InnovATEBIO)
• Eligible for registration discounts at some InnovATEBIO events and workshops
• Option to blog on InnovATEBIO web site
• Optional membership in the InnovATEBIO LinkedIn and InnovATEBIO Facebook groups
• Networking opportunities

Join InnovATEBIO as a high school affiliate