Membership types

Full ASAS member

Full ASAS membership is provided for experts with an established record in the field of spondyloarthritis. Full members receive all mailing and information from the ASAS Executive Committee, are entitled to attend ASAS meetings and events and are able to vote in general meetings, to propose new projects, to participate in existing ASAS activities and to be elected in the ASAS Executive Committee. Full members are also included in voting processes and Delphi exercises. Full membership needs to be renewed every year.

Associate ASAS member

Associate members are either trainees in rheumatology or those persons who are developing a scientific record in the study of spondyloarthritis. Associate members are receiving all mailing and information from the ASAS Executive Committee, are entitled to attend ASAS meetings and events, and to participate in existing ASAS activities including Delphi exercises. They do not have the ability to conduct independent research projects within ASAS, and are not able to vote in general meetings. Associate membership can be upgraded to a full membership after 2 years or extended for another 2 years (a maximum of 2 renewals is allowed) if the upgrade criteria are not fulfilled.

New applications

Criteria for a new application for the ASAS membership are:

Full ASAS member candidates

Full ASAS member candidates should fulfil the following criteria:

  1. Expression of special interest in the field of spondyloarthritis, such as active participation in educational, research, clinical and national groups activities.
  2. Authorship of at least 3 publications in the area of spondyloarthritis, published in peer reviewed journals in English during the last 5 years.
  3. Working in a setting allowing to actively participate in ASAS research projects.
  4. Letters of support from two current full ASAS members.

Applications should be submitted via the dedicated form on the ASAS website.

Please submit your application using this application form.

Associate ASAS member candidates

 Associate ASAS member candidates should fulfil the following criteria:

  1. Expression of special interest in the field of spondyloarthritis, such as active participation in educational, research, clinical and national groups activities.
  2. Authorship of at least 1 publication in the area of spondyloarthritis, published in peer reviewed journal in English during the last 5 years.
  3. Working in a setting allowing to actively participate in ASAS research projects.
  4. Letters of support from two current full ASAS members.
  5. Associate member candidates must also name a ‘mentor’ who should be a current ASAS full member and will oversee their scientific development during the associate membership time.

 Applications should be submitted via the dedicated form on the ASAS website.

Please submit your application using this application form.

Membership renewal

Full ASAS member

Criteria for the prolongation of the full ASAS membership are:

  1. Attendance of at least 3 ASAS meetings over the last 3 years, being at least one of these in physical format.
  2. Participation in at least 65% of the ASAS questionnaires/surveys (should this not be possible or feasible for any reasons, a notification has to be sent by email to the persons conducting the Delphi exercise) over the last 3 years.
  3. Authorship in at least 3 publications in the area of spondyloarthritis, published in peer reviewed journals in English during the last 5 years.
  4. Active participation in ASAS initiatives, such as ASAS research projects or Y-ASAS teams. This can compensate criterion number 3.

Associate ASAS member

Criteria for the prolongation of the associate ASAS membership (max. 2 extensions) are:

  1. A letter of support from the previously mentioned mentor.
  2. Attendance of at least 2 ASAS meetings over the last 2 years, being at least one of these in physical format.
  3. Participation in at least 65% of the ASAS questionnaires/surveys (should this not be possible or feasible for any reasons, a notification has to be sent by email to the persons conducting the Delphi exercise) over the last 2 years.
  4. Authorship in at least 1 publication in the area of spondyloarthritis, published in peer reviewed journals in English during the last 5 years.
  5. Active participation in ASAS initiatives, such as research projects or Y-ASAS teams. This can compensate criterion number 4.

A maximum of two renewals (i.e. maximum 6 years as associate member) are allowed. For renewal please use this application form.

Membership upgrade

  For upgrade of associate to full membership the following is required:

  1. Authorship in at least 3 publications in the area of spondyloarthritis, published in peer reviewed journals over the last 5 years and
  2. A letter of support of previously named ‘mentor’ submitted together with the application for membership upgrade.

Applications should be submitted via the dedicated form on the ASAS website.

Please submit your upgrade request using this application form.

Decisions

Applications for a new membership are reviewed by the Executive Committee, usually twice a year around ASAS annual meeting (January) and summer/autumn EC meeting (Jun-Oct).

Number of members

The number of members is currently not limited.

Costs

ASAS membership is provided free of charge.

Policy on Employees of pharmaceutical companies

Persons in industry may not apply for membership outside that included in the Corporate Partner Program.