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Member Benefits

The strength of the Materials Research Society continues to be its Members—and its ability to link its Members—with connections in academia, industry and government worldwide.   Join today to become part of the community of scientific possibility!

MRS is dedicated to excellence and welcomes diversity. Its activities and programs are open to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual preference or national origin.

Member benefits include:

  • a FREE monthly subscription to the MRS Bulletin—both in print and electronic formats. Published monthly, the Bulletin features technical theme topics that capture a snapshot of the state-of-the-art of materials research. These coordinated collections of articles, written by experts in the field, are presented at a level understandable to a broad scientific audience.  Special Note: The online Bulletin includes full-text access from March 2000 to the current issue.  (We invite you to view a preview of the MRS Bulletin content that is available to members.)

  • FREE Web access to the MRS Online Proceedings Library.  That’s full text availability to over 50,000 proceedings papers, with more added daily.  Proceedings are searchable by author name, paper title, volume number and keyword. The collection also includes proceedings volumes that were never published in print format and are available only online.  (We invite you to view a preview of the MRS Online Proceedings content that is available to Members.)

  • discounted Member pricing (15-30% off list price) for print volumes of the MRS Proceedings series.  Go to the online Store to see current volumes and prices.

  • discounted subscription rates to the Journal of Materials Research (JMR).  Your  print subscription to this industry-leading archival publication include FREE online access—full text of all JMR articles from the Journal's inception in 1986 to the current issue. Articles are posted to the Web approximately 4-6 weeks before the print issue arrives in the mail.

  • FREE Web access to restricted content in Materials 360 Plus and Career Central -- including Materials News Archives, Scholarships/Internships/Fellowships, Materials 360 Archives, Meeting Scene Archives, 21st Century Materials Challenges, and Funding Opportunities.

  • FREE registration to the MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research (MIJ-NSR)—a fully electronic, peer-reviewed archival journal, featuring technical papers on the leading-edge of nitride semiconductor research.

  • FREE email alerts aimed at providing new materials information quickly. These include Materials 360, a twice-monthly newsletter from MRS;  the MRS Bulletin and JMR Table of Contents Alerts; and the MRS Meeting Scene, an email delivered daily during our MRS Spring and Fall Meetings, to help keep you abreast of exciting activities and developments; among others.  View a complete list of alert options now.

  • discounted registration fees for MRS Meetings and Workshops.  MRS has long been known as the “great meetings Society.” Each year more than 7000 members from around the world attend MRS meetings and workshops to expand their professional network of contacts and exchange new ideas and information. 

  • FREE, exclusive access to the MRS