Become a CERF Member

Benefits & Options

Anyone who shares our mission and values is invited to join or renew today. You can sign up for one-year or two-year CERF memberships ranging in price from $30–$360.

CERF Member Types Include:

  • Sustaining
  • Full
  • Mid-Career Professional
  • Emerging & Developing Country
  • Early Professional
  • Emeritus
  • Family
  • Student
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You can also pay your Affiliate Society dues when you pay for your CERF membership! These include


CERF Membership Benefits

As a CERF member, you:
  • Receive discounted registration to the Biennial CERF Conference, the premier international conference on coastal and estuarine science; CERF members are also eligible for scientific awards and student travel funds
  • Help CERF meet its mission to promote the understanding and wise stewardship of coasts and estuaries worldwide
  • Belong to a network of the top coastal and estuarine scientists, managers, and educators from around the globe; members have access to an online member directory and exclusive listservs to help you connect to colleagues
  • Stay on top of the latest coastal and estuarine science with access to Estuaries and Coasts and Wetlands, discounts on other Springer and Wiley publications, access to CERF conference highlights, and through the CERF's Up! Bulletin and other updates from CERF
  • Learn new skills and stay up-to-date with the latest trends through the CERF Webinar Series and our archive of past webinars
  • Find your next job, internship, or funding opportunity through the CERF Job Board
  • Demonstrate your support for a diverse and inclusive coastal and estuarine science community through CERF's Rising TIDES program
  • Have the opportunity to shape the future of your Federation through leadership and volunteer opportunities, and through voting privileges