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How does Alternet bring added value to its partner institutes?
- Facilitating and engaging with the science-policy interface, including through management of the Eklipse mechanism
- Hosting the Alternet Summer School in Peyresq (Haute Provence, France), which has been providing training for young researchers in interdisciplinary approaches to biodiversity and ecosystems research since 2006
- Bringing together diverse scientific, policy, stakeholder, and NGO perspectives for bi-annual Alternet Conferences, mostly developed in cooperation with the European Commission
- Supporting high-impact research on pressing topical issues facing science and society through the AHIA initiative
- Funding multi-site research projects that take advantage of Alternet’s pan-European facilities through the MSR initiative
- Supporting international partner research and exchange through our Mobility Fund
- Communicating and promoting targeted knowledge transfer with the scientific community, policymakers, and the public
- Enabling international consortium building and internal sharing of funding opportunities through the Call Exchange clearing house mechanism
- Supporting research infrastructure, including the LTER-Europe network of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites (LTER), Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research platforms (LTSER) and LifeWatch, and promoting research activities at or with these infrastructural facilities (Alternet was instrumental in developing these major, widely recognized European research infrastructures)
- Exploring cooperation and synergies with other biodiversity and ecosystem research networks and new institutions that complement our work or stimulate innovative thinking
- Actively participating in the IPBES process as a stakeholder, and representing Alternet at EU high level conferences
- Establishing a vibrant international and interdisciplinary ecosystems and biodiversity research community
Partnership Commitments:
Alternet partners commit to:
- Proactively developing and mobilizing joint research activities
- Funding their own participation in the Alternet meetings
- Supporting Alternet activities with a yearly cash and in-kind contribution
- Responding appropriately to communications from Alternet bodies
- Actively promoting and communicating about ALTER-Net’s goals and activities within its own organisation
- Contributing actively to the outreach and profiling of the activities for Alternet
Each partner pledges to provide cash and in-kind contributions according to its size (large, medium and small). The classification is based on the number of employees working on Alternet related topics:
- For large size (>100 employees) institutes the minimum cash contribution is 5.000 € per year.
- For medium size (50-100 employees) institutes the minimum cash contribution is 2.000 € per year.
- For small (<50 employees) institutes the minimum cash contribution is 500 € per year.
Alternet is aiming to achieve full pan-European coverage as well as research encompassing all major ecosystem types in Europe. Apply now to become a member of Alternet and start benefiting from our services. To find out more, please contact the Alternet Secretariat.
How to Join:
Is your institute interested in joining Alternet? We encourage you to apply today!
Applicants are asked to provide the following application materials:
- A completed membership form
- An invitation letter from an existing consortium partner who acknowledges the candidacy
Additionally, applicants are asked to carefully review the following documents:
For direction in preparing these materials, please contact the Alternet Secretariat.
Forms and Documents
Necessary documents for prospective and present partners can be found below.
- Effective Membership Application Form
- Associate Membership Application Form
- Membership Subscription Form (for current and newly approved partners)
- The Alternet Association Statutes
- The Alternet Association Internal Rules