INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Current WEAI Institutional Members include academic institutions, government, research, and other organizations who share WEAI's objectives, and wish to provide special opportunities for their economists to participate in WEAI activities.
Benefits to Institutions
Recognition
Institutional Members are listed prominently on WEAI's website, in conference programs, in displays at the Annual and International Conferences, and in all relevant marketing materials.
Designated Representatives
Each Institutional Member chooses one to five designated representatives, depending on membership category, to help maintain liaison between its affiliates and WEAI. These representatives receive complimentary Annual and International Conference registration, as well as online subscriptions to both journals, and all other benefits accorded to individual members.
Job Market
Institutional Members may use WEAI's e-newsletter or website without charge to advertise job openings for economists.
Gift Memberships
Academic Institutional Members can congratulate new MA/MS and PhD graduates with a complimentary online one-year membership.
Benefits to Affiliated Economists
Discounts
All affiliates receive a 20% discount on Annual and International Conference fees and journal manuscript submission fees.
Complimentary Registration
Complimentary conference registration for Annual and International Conference session organizers who are WEAI individual members.
Benefits to Students
Discounts
20% discount for individual students compared to regular student dues and conference fees.
Graduate Student Workshop
Institutional Member universities are eligible to nominate students. Academic and Sustaining may nominate two students; Supporting, three students; Sponsoring, five.
Undergraduate Student Research Program
Available only to Institutional Member universities, outstanding undergraduate economists may be selected to present their research in a special undergraduate research session on the Annual Conference program with prizes awarded for best paper plus three finalists.
