AAFS Membership - Don't Miss Out!
Without question, my AAFS membership has created more professional opportunities for me than almost anything else I have done. If you aren't a member, please check out what AAFS has to offer.
- Laura Gaydosh Combs, Ph.D.The application deadline of October 1 is fast approaching and will be here before you know it. This is your chance to join our multidisciplinary scientific membership organization that provides opportunities and tools to maximize professional development, grow personal contacts, and engage with peers within the forensic science community.
AAFS Membership Benefits
What do you get out of your membership?
- Enhance your professional credibility and strengthen the trustworthiness of your courtroom testimony.
- Align yourself with a prestigious network of experts, reinforcing your reputation and dependability in the field.
- Vast networking opportunities.
- Reduced rate to attend the AAFS Annual Scientific Conference
- $433 in savings with a free digital subscription to the internationally recognized Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS). (Student Affiliates can purchase the JFS at a reduced price.)
- Complete JFS pdf — Contains the full contents of each issue and includes the ability to download.
- Assistance in researching JFS archive articles.
- Free or discounted access to AAFS Webinars, educational books, video content, and other resources.
- The ability to join mentorship programs.
- The opportunity to apply for grants, scholarships, and awards with up to $170,000 available in annual funding.
- Member deals on discounts for amusement parks, ski resorts, hotels and so much more.
- New member deals announced in the AAFS Newsletter - One month of free therapy through BetterHelp.
If you are looking to upgrade your status, promote, or transfer sections, this is the time of year to submit your application. New applicants are only reviewed in the spring, so submit your application now in order to move ahead to the next status.
How to Apply
Visit our website at aafs.org, log into your account, and click on the Upgrade/Apply for Membership button under Manage Account to start the Fall Application Program and submit your application online. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2024, to be considered for approval at our annual conference in February 2025.
Resources
- Membership
- View the various discipline pages to learn about the different sections of AAFS membership
- Professional Affiliate
- Are you in forensic science, but you don't fit into an AAFS discipline? You may be eligible to become a professional affiliate.
- Membership Application Information
- Everything you need to know before you apply.
- Membership Requirements
- Learn what requirements you will need to meet to join the various member status'.
Use promotion code AAFSPROMO2025 to receive $20 off the $75 application fee!
Please feel free to contact Membership Coordinator Cheryl Hunter at chunter@aafs.org with any questions or if you require assistance.
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