Last updated 22_03_15
The IGVF Program offers researchers not currently funded by the IGVF Consortium the opportunity to apply to join the program as non-voting affiliate members. IGVF expects to benefit from the unique expertise affiliated members can bring to the Consortium. IGVF anticipates an affiliated member’s benefits will include the highly interactive research environment, participating in Consortium discussions across a broad range of activities, participating in Consortium analyses and access to data prior to QC.
Affiliate members are expected to contribute to the goals of the IGVF Consortium by generating data and/or analyses, sharing data and/or analyses freely through the IGVF Data and Administrative Coordinating Center (DACC), and/or by contributing to cross- consortium integrative analyses. (An alternative is direct collaboration between an IGVF member and an external researcher, without sharing IGVF resources beyond what that IGVF member has created.) Affiliate members are also expected to be actively engaged in IGVF activities (i.e. participate in working groups as appropriate, attend the IGVF annual meeting) and to abide by all policies approved by the consortium and any other pertinent NIH policies. Failure to abide by these rules and policies may result in suspension of membership.
Affiliate membership does not directly or indirectly imply a commitment to funding by the NIH.