Membership

ICRS Membership is open to anyone interested in coral reefs. While the majority of members are researchers, managers and students pursuing the science of coral reefs and associated ecosystems, others with an interest in, or concern for reefs of any type are welcome – we need your support to save the world’s coral reefs.

Become an ICRS member


Membership Benefits

  • Receipt of the Society’s scientific journal, Coral Reefs (electronic access only)
  • Receipt of and right to publish in the Society’s on-line news journal, Reef Encounter
  • Reduced registration fees for the International Coral Reef Symposium and other meetings sponsored by the Society
  • The right to be nominated for one of the society’s awards, including grants and fellowships
  • Access to the Society’s on-line resources, including the on-line Membership Directory
  • The right to vote in elections of Officers and Councillors, and at General Meetings

Details regarding membership categories and subscription rates can be found here.


Financial Management


Starting on 1 November 2022, the International Coral Reef Society will begin working with the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) for financial management services. CRF is providing these services as an in-kind donation to ICRS at no cost to ICRS. The CRF has expertise in financial management that will greatly benefit ICRS. ICRS will continue to manage its membership services through the online service provider MemberClicks.

We are very excited about this new partnership between ICRS and CRF. Thank you, CRF, for your generous donation of services to ICRS. We are looking forward to a prosperous partnership!


ICRS Financial Plan 2022-2026

Your Society recently created a financial plan to ensure a secure financial future for the Society so that it can sustainably fulfill its mission and vision. This is the first financial plan of the ICRS.  Summary figures of the budget are shown below.  Please see details in the official International Coral Reef Society Financial Plan 2022-2026, which was approved by ICRS Council on March 23, 2022.


Membership Services

Membership subscriptions and services (including on-line access to Coral Reefs, the ICRS flagship journal) are handled by MemberClicks.

 

Details regarding the Society’s privacy policy may be found here. More general enquiries or correspondence related to the society may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary: Mark Eakin.