If you are interested in establishing an official affiliation between your regional or national membership group and ISCB, we welcome your application by completing the form below for review by the ISCB Affiliates Committee. It generally takes up to four weeks from the time an application is submitted before a determination is made. If the affiliation is approved we will work together to implement the affiliation details. To read the Affiliates Guidelines and the Benefits, please click here.

Official group name:
(and acronym if applicable)*

Website URL:

Year founded:*

Geographic area:

Proof of NGO or non-profit tax status: (upload PDF of official documentation or provide URL where documentation can be downloaded)

Group Image Logo: (optional: upload your image logo)

Number of organization's members:*

Number of members who are ISCB members:*

Provide the emails (separated by comma) of your members that are current ISCB Professional Members:*

Person responsible to serve as ISCB liaison (including full contact coordinates):*

Leadership structure (i.e., board of directors, steering committee, officers (including titles)):

Mode of election or selection of leaders:*

Frequency of election / leadership turnover:

Membership dues (if any):*

Membership benefits:

Process for becoming a member:

Method of attracting new members :

Goals and brief history:

Current Year Activity Summary (yearly meeting / on-line meetings / etc., including number of participants):

Note: Please describe the your most recent activities for the current year which demonstrate the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology, e.g. overview of an annual conference you may have hosted, webinars, sponsorship of travel fellowships. We will use the information entered here to determine your Tier status and the benefits associated with that status. For more information about the determination of the Tier status, please view Tiered Structure section of the guidelines.

Financial sponsors (if any):*

Future plans of activities which demonstrate the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology, e.g. upcoming annual conference you may host, webinars, sponsorship of travel fellowships:

Your details ( for ISCB internal use only )

Full name:*

E-mail address:*

ISCB Affiliated Regional Group Application

For Regional/National Membership Organizations