Why Trainees Join APS

Trainee membership benefits include:

Expand Your Network and Grow Your Career

• Participate in APS discipline-specific sections and interest groups.
• Represent trainees within the Society and discipline on the Trainee Advisory Committee.
• Network and collaborate with colleagues and mentors in your field at APS meetings and events.
  
• Find your next job opportunity on our members-only jobs board.
• Make connections with our member directory and stay in the know with section- and trainee-specific online info Hubs.
• Expand your science communication skills by writing for one of the APS blogs.
• Access the APS Career Gateway – a comprehensive career development resource featuring core content areas that highlight funding, communicating your science, teaching strategies and designing a career pathway.
  

Access Career and Learning Resources

• Get a jump start on your future by using career planning resources in the APS’ digital library. Select topics include:
  • choosing between graduate school and medical school;
  • finding and applying for grant funding; and
  • professional skills: advice, tips and ideas.
• Attend our virtual event series and access expanded live and on-demand online learning resources.

Apply for Awards and Fellowships

• APS offers numerous postdoctoral and early-career awards that recognize excellence in physiology research and support professional development in physiology. Apply for a wide range of Society awards, including:
• Abstract and Travel Awards, and
• Section-based New Investigator Awards.

Access Groundbreaking Research and Authorship Opportunities

• Read 16 original research and review journals and APS Journals Legacy Content online.
• Read Physiology and The Physiologist Magazine, our member-centered publication focused on physiologists and the many ways they are advancing the discipline and attending to the business of science, at home (print subscription).
• Access the APS Monograph book series free online.
  
• Receive discounts on publishing fees, including the APS Spotlight Cover Program and the Flat Fee to Publish.