Help us to drive the science forward: be part of ECTS. Renew your membership and join our community.
Become and ECTS member, or renew your membership today. Grow a diverse network of friends, colleagues, peers and collaborators within the musculoskeletal community. ECTS is a volunteer-led, non-for-profit medical/research society and since 1963, is your connection to multidisciplinarity, high quality science and to an international network of researchers working in the calcified tissues and related fields.
Excellence, Inclusion, Collaboration and Transparency are at the heart of everything ECTS does. A large number of free educational resources and activities awaits you, take a look at our initiatives here.
Membership is open to anyone working in the field at whatever stage in their career and from anywhere in the world.
Welcome to ECTS.
Membership Categories & Fees
You can opt for various individual membership categories according to your level of involvement within the Society.
The membership year runs from January to December. ECTS does not provide pro-rated membership fees, but new members joining from October will automatically be given the following year’s membership.
Student Fee: for PhD students, undergraduates, residents, fellows, junior Post Dos (within 3 years of PhD).
AHP & Technicians: see list of professions here.
Reach the world: For members resident in a lower & lower middle income countries + central eastern Europe
East-Meets-West Fee: For members residents in Japan, China, South Korea, India and that are member of an EmW Partner Society.
Emeritus Fee: For members who reached the age of 65, are retired from remunerative employment and have been ECTS members for at least 5 years. To apply to this fee, please contact us at membership@ectsoc.org.
Institutional Fee: includes 1 regular and 4 student/AHP membership, with Full Member benefits. To apply to this fee, please contact us at membership@ectsoc.org.
How can ECTS support your career? What are the benefits for joining?
Educational Resources
- Access to our Education Resource Center with full range of elearning resources, including past webinar and congress recordings for free
- Invitation to our monthly Webinars for free with the opportunity to receive CME Credits
- Access to balanced and unbiased professional trainings and benefit from discounts
- Access the IFMRS Musculoskeletal Portal: A New Gateway for Musculoskeletal Research
Funding & Fellowship Opportunities
- Fellowships are available annually for ECTS members only
- Travel Grant opportunities for attending our Annual Congress
- Annual Awards opportunities for research grants
- ECTS Academy to foster collaboration and best practices for our future leaders
- IFMRS funding opportunities also available to ECTS members
Connect & Network
- Expand your relationships and collaborations and form completely new ones
- Get involved in ECTS activities by offering your expertise
- Nominate and vote in ECTS Board of Directors
- Receive monthly e-newsletter
- Be eligible to apply for ECTS Academy
- Access to IFMRS Activities and Network
Member Discounts
- Substantially reduced registration fee for ECTS congresses, PhD Training Courses and Clinical Training Courses
- 20% discount on the article publishing charge (APC) on ECTS Open Access Journal, Bone Reports
- Free access to Members’ Lounge with members directory
Latest Science
- Discounted access to the latest basic and clinical data delivered by world-leading experts across ECTS Annual Congresses and Webinars
- Access to ECTS and other endorsed publications
- Discount on article publication charges to the ECTS open access journal Bone Reports
ECTS Academy
- Be eligible to apply for ECTS Academy
- Access to Mentorship Programme organised by the ECTS Academy to support Early Career Members
- Foster personal contact and networking among the most talented young scientists in Europe