Membership Benefits

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Membership-based participation in the AGI federation provides member societies and their individual members opportunities to be included in activities that shape the future of the geosciences, such as professional advancement and unique access to programs, products, and services tailored for the geoscience community.

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE AGI FEDERATION

AGI Member Society Council. Leverage decision-making power with a vote in this geoscience coalition, which meets twice a year to act on important topics and trends affecting the geoscience community (exclusive benefit to AGI member societies).

AGI Board of Directors. Nominate leaders from your society to serve on the board providing guidance to the activities of AGI and its departments, programs, and initiatives and supporting the vitality of the institute and the federation (exclusive benefit to AGI member societies).

AGI Leadership Forum. Convene with other leading organizations to share priorities, voice concerns, and strategize solutions to the most pressing issues facing the geosciences today.

Geoscience Caucus. Participate in informal periodic meetings of geoscience community leaders to discuss topics of mutual interest; discuss strategies, and share solutions.

Partnerships. Take advantage of AGI as a broker of opportunities to partner with other member societies and AGI itself to achieve common aims such as the Task Force on Collaboration or the Critical Needs Committee.

Meeting Facilities. Further your organization’s collaboration while enjoying free use of meeting space in AGI’s headquarters, located near Washington, DC. The AGI headquarters offers amenities for meetings and collaborative areas designed to advance your work.

Leadership Opportunities. Provide a representative from your organization to serve on one of AGI’s advisory committees that support the geoscience federation.

Shared Business Services. Make use of certain fee-based services and capabilities that can be shared with member societies upon request. These include, but aren’t limited to, editing, human resources, information technology support, and more. Information is available on request.

Desk and Office Rental/Sharing. Take advantage of opportunities to partner with AGI through rental and sharing of desks or offices at AGI headquarters on a short- or long-term basis.

Member Program Promotion. Enhance your organization’s visibility by using website pages hosted by AGI that highlight member society programs of broad interest to AGI’s membership and others, such as. society scholarships, internships, and awards.

PROGRAMS

AGI’s programs are designed to lead, fill or compliment efforts in the federation in support of a successful geoscience enterprise.

Education and Outreach. Help enhance awareness of the geosciences by participating in the design of instructional materials, educator professional development, and outreach resources such as the NAGT/AGI Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology and Earth Science Week activity pages.

Geoscience Policy and Critical Issues. Your members are eligible to apply for the AGI William L. Fisher Congressional Fellowship to spend a year working on Capitol Hill as a congressional staff member, bringing geoscience to policy and supporting our national interests. Additionally, you can work with AGI on developing policy-related internships for your society or engage AGI to collaborate on developing decision-relevant and impartial geoscience information for use by policy-makers.

Scholarly Information. Form special information database partnerships with AGI’s premier bibliographic database for the geosciences, GeoRef, as well as additional thematic databases.

Workforce. Access geoscience workforce reports, resources for higher education, and support the development of a robust geoscience profession by supporting development of professional learning materials through the intersociety Geoscience Online Learning Initiative, launched in collaboration with AIPG to provide free on-demand courses.

Scholarships. Student members are eligible to apply for the Next Horizons First-Generation Student Geoscience Scholarship, and other scholarships. Your students are the cornerstone of our future, and scholarship winners must be members of a member society.

Earth Science Week. Collaborate with other leading geoscientific societies in this annual celebration of the geosciences, annually reaching millions of people worldwide.

AWARENESS

Directory of Geoscience Departments. Leverage AGI’s network of nearly 2,000 geoscience faculty around the world to distribute relevant news and announcements. Each member society is entitled to one free email blast to this curated list each year (employment and product ads excluded) with additional mailings available at a discounted rate.

Earth Science Week Toolkit & Online Resources. Reach key audiences by contributing material to this popular program’s collection of print resources, to reach over 300,000 educators and students across the country and around the world.

Domestic & International Conferences: Display your promotional materials in the AGI booth at domestic and international conferences each year.

Social Media. Engage with AGI on social media to raise awareness of news, campaigns, and initiatives. Each Member Society can also promote one approved product for discounted sale through our online communications network each year.

EXCELLENCE

Awards. Nominate candidates for AGI’s prestigious awards, including the Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal, the AGI Medal in Memory of Ian Campbell for Superlative Service to the Geosciences, the Edward C. Roy Jr. Award For Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching, the AGI Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public Understanding of the Geosciences and national science awards.

William L. Fisher Geoscience Congressional Fellowship. William L. Fisher Geoscience Congressional Fellowship. Apply as an AGI member society individual member for AGI’s annual Congressional Fellowship to spend a year working on Capitol Hill.

Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship. Apply as an AGI member society individual member for the Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship for women in the geosciences.

Next Horizons First-Generation Student Geoscience Scholarship. Providing a $5,000 award to support entry into geoscience graduate studies. Apply as an AGI member society individual member for this scholarship for a geoscience graduate student who self-identifies as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color.

Internships. Apply as a student member of an AGI member society for one of AGI’s internship positions in communications, geoscience policy, critical issues, or workforce.

Member Society Scholar-in-Residence Program. Foster formal opportunities for your individual members and staff who continue their current work while applying their expertise to special projects at AGI.

PRODUCTS & PUBLICATIONS

Discounts. Receive special discounts on a wide range of AGI publications which are focused on pan-geoscience topics, such as the Geoscience Handbook.

Earth Science Week Toolkit. Receive 50 free copies of the Earth Science Week toolkit upon request each year, for distribution to key education partners and local science teachers.

USE OF AGI HEADQUARTERS

Conferencing capabilities and catering set-up space. Member Societies in good standing are entitled to one complimentary use of AGI’s conference and/or meeting rooms per calendar year. Conference facilities are also available for further use at discounted rates for member societies.

Free short-term use of desks at AGI Headquarters upon request and reservation (subject to availability)

DIRECT BENEFITS TO MEMBER SOCIETY MEMBERS

In addition to the benefits outlined above, members of Member Soceities in good standing have access to a multi-part, multi-hour, self-paced online course titled Practical GeoCommunicaitons, produced by Geologize, LLC. The cost for non-members is $400. This benefit remains open through February, 2026. Email Geoff Camphire at gac@americangeosciences.org for your society’s coupon code to bypass the course cost.

CONTACT

For more information on membership benefits, contact AGI’s Member Society Liaison:

Geoff Camphire, gac@americangeosciences.org