Rules, membership, and contacts

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To build on the advantages and achievements of the UV4Growth COST Action, a core-group of former members formed in 2015 an international association for plant UV-research, named UV4Plants.

Aims

The key aims of UV4Plants are to:

To promote and foster a culture of research excellence and good practice in Plant UV Research through the organization of innovative events in research, public engagement, and education.
To provide channels for members to inform the Plant UV Research community about relevant activities or events of common interest.
To enhance the usefulness of Plant UV Research by facilitating the transfer of knowledge from academia to stakeholders and the general public.
To initiate and foster stakeholder contacts as part of an agenda of product development.
To liaise with scientific funding bodies to influence their research agenda.
To develop with its members the benefits of membership and the relevance of the Association.

In practice, this means organizing a mixture of UV-focussed plant conferences, training schools, and lobbying for funding as well as informing funding calls. A General Meeting of the Association is held every other year, in conjunction with a UV-related and/or plant conference.

Benefits

The benefits provided are a website including News and Contributions sections, an open-access journal named the UV4Plants Bulletin, a members’ e-mail list, and registration fee discounts at the events organized or sponsored by the association. It is planned to create a database of members’ expertise to facilitate collaboration.

Membership and annual fees

To become a member or renew your membership, fill out the UV4PlantsMembershipForm which can be requested from the Communication Officer (mailto:info@uv4plants.org). Membership fees can be paid when registering attendance at a UV4Plants meeting, workshop, or training school.

UV4Plants: Rules (PDF file)