Institutional Benefits

Institutional membership/PLUS is meant for Austrian research institutions and their subunits (e.g. universities, universities of applied sciences, individual institutes or departments), research and educational programs (e.g. SFBs, DKs), and competence centres within the life sciences scope.

Research institutions can either subscribe for an institutional membership, which includes all benefits of the wide ÖGMBT network, or upgrade to an institutional membership PLUS, which is also covering the individual membership of their employees.
The benefits of your ÖGMBT institutional membership*:

• Free announcement of further education opportunities within the further education platform and the ÖGMBT e-newsletter
• 20% discount on exhibition & sponsorships & discount for 1x registration at the ÖGMBT Annual Meeting, which is the largest conference for life sciences in Austria featuring:
  • a multitude of networking opportunities
  • big industry exhibition showcasing latest products/services
  • opportunity to suggest hot topics and symposia

• 20% discount as member and extra 20% discount as research institution on exhibition & sponsorships at the ÖGMBT Life Sciences Career Fair, which is the biggest career platform for the Austrian life sciences sector featuring:
  • exhibiting employer from academia & industry
  • big job board to announce you open positions and calls for PhD-students
  • employer presentations and career workshops
  • opportunities to network with young talents and potential employers from all over Austria and abroad

• Possibility to actively contribute to YLSA (Young Life Scientists Austria) events. Furthermore, you can help us complete the online compendium of job profiles

• 20% discount on exhibition & sponsorships at our collaborative events e.g. miCROPe, Food System Microbiomes)

• Networking with decision-makers in politics, funding agencies and research institutions
• Presentation of your institution on the ÖGMBT website with logo, link to your website and short description
• Exclusive one-time welcome message in the ÖGMBT newsletter with over 1.300 subscribers

• Permanent access to the ÖGMBT intranet for two representatives - spread your company’s news:
  • Open positions in job board
  • Events in event calendar
  • News

⇒ a selection of the above-mentioned announcements will be regularly sent out to all members via the ÖGMBT e-newsletter

• Monthly ÖGMBT e-newsletter with updates on the field, member activities, jobs, select events, grant deadlines, seminars etc. which can be forwarded to students and researchers
• Special discounts on online banner ads in
  • Job board
  • Further education board
  • ÖGMBT e-newsletter (sent to > 1.300 members & multipliers)
• Free subscription to Chemiereport magazine, published 8x/year, 9.000 subscribers (delivered only to addresses in Austria)
• Possibility to suggest hot topics for the ÖGMBT column in the Chemiereport magazine

The benefits of your ÖGMBT institutional membership PLUS*:

• All the above-mentioned advantages, PLUS
• additional sponsorship of individual memberships for your researchers/students for one year or longer
• Your employees and associates will be able to become full student or regular members, with all individual benefits
• Financial relief for your employees and your institution, as personal membership enable access for diverse fundings and discounted participation in numerous events.
• You support your students and researchers to join a large network from academia and industry

The annual membership fee of an institutional membership is € 400 per calendar year. As institutional member PLUS, the annual fee will be calculated according to the number of individual memberships the institution chooses to sponsor (student € 30,- and regular € 80,-) as follows:

The annual membership fee for PLUS members comprises the annual institutional membership fee, and the sum of all sponsored personal memberships 

• The institutional membership can be easily applied for using this online form. A representative must be nominated to the ÖGMBT
• Your representative will receive an e-mail with all further information
• For the optional add-on of an institutional membership PLUS, please contact us at office@oegmbt.at