All Student Membership Applications must include a letter from a Member of the Society, or a faculty or professional member of the institution in which the applicant is situated, verifying status as a Student there, to be uploaded with the membership application. This student status information must be updated and re-uploaded each year of Student Membership. Student members who have achieved their PhD should contact Joan Oefner to change membership to Early-Career Membership prior to renewal. Early-Career Postdocs are still eligible for ISDP Student/Postdoc Member Travel Awards.

$75 per year Student Members shall be persons who hold a baccalaureate degree and who are full-time workers in a research setting or who are registered as full-time candidates for a baccalaureate or higher degree who wish to participate in the activities of the Society. An application for Student membership shall be sponsored by a Member of the Society, or a faculty or professional member of the institution in which the applicant is situated. Student Members shall be voting members of the Society but may not stand for office in the Society, except for the office of Student Member Representative. Student Membership dues include an ONLINE subscription for the journal Developmental Psychobiology. Dues also include discounted annual meeting registration, eligibility for ISDP Student/Postdoc Travel Awards, access to the ISDP member listserv, access to the ISDP member directory for use in networking. To change your membership type to Early-Career, please contact Joan Oefner before renewing.

Members are encouraged to share their recent publications with the ISDP to have them shared via the Society’s Website and Social Networking sites.