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Organizational Membership

New for 2025!

ESA welcomes the opportunity to engage more deeply with stakeholder entities — private companies, educational institutions, government agencies and other nonprofits — that share our vision of a future where people embrace science to understand and foster a thriving planet, and our mission of advancing the science and practice of ecology while supporting ecologists throughout their careers.

Our new organizational membership gives your organization an enhanced role and visibility in the world’s largest community of ecologists while welcoming the full, active participation of staff and leadership as individual members.

a table showing the pricing for the three levels of organizational membership: Sequoia at $12,000 per year, Saguaro at $7,500 per year and Sunflower at $5,000 per year

Features and benefits include:

Professional Inclusion

  • 3-5 individual memberships for staff and leadership
  • 3-5 certification applications for scientific staff
  • Individual members eligible to participate in ESA’s leadership

Co-created Knowledge

  • Invitations to give technical webinars as subject matter experts
  • Invitations to propose educational or research sessions, or field trips, for the ESA Annual Meeting and other events (pending program committee approval)

Exposure and Brand Recognition

  • Permission to use ESA’s logo*, and the organization’s logo on ESA’s website
  • Exhibit opportunities and staff registrations, and public recognition, at the Annual Meeting and chapter events
  • Free job ads in our Career Center
  • Product or service emails to ESA’s membership**
  • Social media recognition**

Engagement and Influence

  • A representative to inform and advise ESA’s Industry Advisory Council
  • Semiannual conference calls with ESA’s presidents
  • Your voice added to ours around scientific policy

*Use of the ESA logo continent upon proper adhere to our logo use guidelines and membership policies
**Content published on ESA’s platforms subject to approval by ESA

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Who’s It For?

While any company or organization can apply for membership, we envision that organizational membership will best extend to:

  • Private sector companies that engage in ecological restoration, environmental engineering, industrial ecology, landscape architecture and urban planning, and environmental, social and governance consulting
  • Nonprofits/NGOs in environmental/sustainability/conservation/biodiversity that employ ecologists as staff scientists or in administrative roles
  • Regulatory and research-oriented agencies, or subagencies, of state and federal-level governments, or substantially large municipalities
  • Individual departments, or undergraduate, graduate or professional programs at universities

By engaging with ESA in this way, your leadership will have a seat at the table as we engage in important discussions around scientific professional development and best practices in the applications of ecological science, and you’ll increase the number of members who represent your field.

Conditions of Membership

Like all ESA members, organizational members will be expected to adhere to the ESA Code of Ethics; individual members supported by the organization must also abide by the ESA Code of Conduct. We additionally expect that our organizational members be engaged, through their primary business functions, in work that is environmentally friendly, respects and ethically engages with local communities, and follows best practices and regulations established by federal, state, municipal and international bodies.

We will only accept organizational members whose work is consistent with ESA’s mission and values. The potential member’s reputation, policies and practices must not present a material risk to ESA’s reputation or our ability to achieve our strategic objectives.Â