All member committees and individual members, except for honorary members, pay an annual membership fee. The financial year of IAPS lasts from September 1st until August 31st. Please note that your payment should also cover the transaction costs.
National Committee
The NC membership fee is based on the country’s Gross National Income and is calculated using the following formula:
where d =1 for developed countries, and d=0.5 for other countries. The developed countries are defined by the latest UN WESP Country Classification.
The developed countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
G is the Gross National Income (GNI) of the country. The reference is taken from the most recent figures released by the World Bank and evaluated by the Atlas method. Please note that in the fee formula the value G should be put in as the GNI in millions of US Dollars.
The result of the expression is the fee in Euros.
If a National Committee consists of more than one country, the membership fee is based on the combined GNI of all the countries represented by the committee.
Local Committee
The membership fee for an LC is one-third of what the fee would be for an NC in that country.
Individual Membership
The individual membership fee is 10 euros.
Remark
New committees from countries, research or higher education institutions which have not had a representative committee during the last three financial years are granted a 50 % discount in the membership fee for the financial year of their application and a 25 % discount on the following financial year.
Methods of Payment
Important Note: Before making any payment regarding membership fee, please contact Treasurer at treasurer@iaps.info.
1. Bank transfer to the IAPS account. Note the new bank account from February 2021! The account details are:
Account name: INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF PHYSICS
IBAN: FR76 1513 5090 1708 0029 2326 131
BIC / SWIFT: CEPAFRPP513
Bank: Caisse d’Epargne Grand Est Europe, Economie Sociale Mulhouse, 34 Avenue du General Leclerc, 68100 Mulhouse, France
2. PayPal
We’re glad to announce that IAPS accepts PayPal payments now!
Please send your PayPal payment to the e-mail address
iaps@eps.org
3. By credit card using this form. Please fill out the form and send it by email to address treasurer@iaps.info. Credit card payments usually take a lot of time to proceed, so please, consider this payment method only if the first two are not available to you.
4. For individual members only, and only if the first two payment methods are not possible, the membership fee may be paid in cash at an IAPS event. Sometimes, payment is accepted on registration along with participation fees; please check with the organisers for that.
For more information on the types of membership, see How to Join, or the Charter.