2016 MRS Member Benefits & Society Activities

2016 MRS bulletin  
MRS is a growing, vibrant, member-driven organization focused on broadening the impact of materials science and technology, and improving the quality of life. To that end, we offer our members many benefits that help advance our mission, and that our members deem important to their work and careers. These benefits include: discounted rates for MRS Meetings and Workshops FREE access to live events, content from MRS Meetings and more via MRS OnDemand ® and the MRS OnDemand Webinar Series
more » ... nal recognition via the prestigious MRS Awards Program opportunities to expand your career or your company via MRS Career Central grassroots project funding opportunities via the Materials Research Society Foundation access to, and inclusion in, the MRS Member Directory-an online database that allows members to add photos, a brief bio and links to social media sites and many more! New for 2016, MRS Membership now includes FREE electronic access to all MRS Publications-from our flagship technical and news journal, MRS Bulletin, to the newest addition to our publications portfolio, MRS Advances. Our members are research professionals from industry, academia and government from around the world, and they choose MRS because it is important to their work and careers. What you might not know about MRS is that we are expanding our professional development portfolio to better meet your career needs and to better serve the materials research community. These efforts include: advocating for increased and sustained funding for the physical sciences fostering outreach and science education for policy leaders and the general public promoting diversity and inclusion in the scientific workforce introducing prestigious new awards collaborating with international partners on bilateral projects By joining MRS, you add your voice to almost 16,000 others who support these efforts and believe in the MRS mission of advancing interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life. www.mrs.org
doi:10.1557/mrs.2016.16 fatcat:trz5hghwubeetebdqahh2xhzn4