Membership Criteria

The Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) is an association of organizations dedicated to high-quality biomedical and behavioral research whose mission is to assure and enhance the ability of its members to improve human health and advance knowledge. In recruiting new members, the Membership Committee will utilize the following criteria:

1. Membership is open to any bona fide independent, not-for-profit research institute dedicated to excellence in biomedical and behavioral research which has as a principal purpose the conduct of such research.
2. Organization must have its own board of directors. The majority of the board members may not be appointed by another organization/parent board.
3. Applicant institute must be incorporated in its own right and have its own audited financial statements.
4. Applicant must be able to accept grants in its own name, rather than its grant support having to come through another (parent) organization.
5. Organization must be an identifiable institute, not merely a fiscal conduit that lacks its own employees, administrative staff, and/or sign over the door.
6. Institute investigators must cite the name of the application institution on their peer-reviewed publications.
7. Organizations that are not yet conducting active research and/or in the process of making changes that would qualify the organization for AIRI membership may be admitted as provisional members. At such time as they engage in active research and/or complete the changes, they will be reviewed for regular membership.

• A provisional member will be eligible to participate in all activities and receive all of the benefits of regular AIRI members with the exception of becoming a member of the Board of Directors.
• Provisional members will be reviewed annually to determine their progress in achieving full membership status.

> Membership Application  (Opens new window, Adobe Reader required); Please email your application in PDF to hq@airi.org.

For questions regarding membership, please contact the AIRI Membership Committee Chair: Vicki Shambaugh, Pacific Health Research Institute, 700 Bishop St, Suite 900, Honolulu, HI 96813; Phone: 808-524-4411; Email: vlshambaugh@phrihawaii.org.

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