Membership

AVS Membership Benefits

  • Advocacy

  • Strong commitment towards promoting gender equity and diversity including indigenous Australians and Maori

  • Initiatives to promote members with young children to attend AVS meetings

  • Affiliation with the Australian Society for Medical Research, which represents health and medical research societies in Australia

  • Making representations to the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses

  • Interact with peers via the growing Twitter community: followed by journalists and media

Benefits to you as a Member

  • Stay connected with a unique society building links among virologists globally

  • Members receive a minimum 15% discount to the following prominent journals: (Viruses and the Journal of General Virology)

  • Virology Lab head profile on the AVS website

  • Take advantage of your membership to gain access to AVS Awards including the Rising Star Award, ECR, Student and Indigenous Awards

  • Access reduced registration fees to attend AVS education opportunities, including the biennial meeting – the premier meeting for virologists in Australasia

  • An opportunity to attend mentoring and training sessions at AVS meetings

  • Exclusive access to AVS symposia talks

  • Access to industry job listings, virology, and education resources via the society website

  • Free membership for students if your supervisor is an AVS member, otherwise discounted rates are available (half of a full membership)

  • Discounted membership for members retired from work force (half of a full membership)

  • Intermission of membership available at discounted rate because of unemployment or temporary absence from workforce

  • AVS membership entitles you to voting rights at the Annual General Meeting

Membership is aligned with the financial year (July 1 to June 30) and a reminder to renew is typically distributed in late May each year

AVS Membership is open to Australian, New Zealand and International Researchers.

Benefits of the Australasian Virology Society

If you have any questions relating to your AVS membership please contact avs@asnevents.net.au