The Career of Your Dreams Starts Here
From your first day on the job to your last, your professional needs evolve.
The community you need access to expands.
The education and training you require advances.
Your passion for protecting your chosen specialty deepens.
You need a lifeline that evolves with them – one that connects you, every step of the way, with the elements essential for a successful career.
Sleep and circadian researchers who maintain SRS membership gain access to knowledge, training, guidance, and community that helps them throughout their careers. SRS membership is an investment in professional growth – one provides exclusive access to a trusted, valued institution that provides:
Membership Benefits
The SRS helps young scientists begin to explore the field of sleep research with the free SRS Trainee Symposia at the SLEEP Annual Meeting, the annual Trainee Awards and the SRS Laboratory Directory, a resource to help students identify mentors and training opportunities in sleep research. SRS student members can learn about sleep research and career opportunities and get to interact with leaders in the field.
The SRS is a co-organizer of the SLEEP annual meeting, which is the premier scientific event in the field. Your SRS membership provides you with a significant discount on SLEEP meeting registration fees as well as Advances in Sleep and Circadian Science conference registration fees.
The SRS is aware that funding is vitally important to all its members and is dedicated to increasing the funding available for sleep research. The organization has committed significant resources to this area and has an active advocacy network communicating with Congress and NIH.
Recognizing the benefits of collaboration, the SRS offers a Membership Directory to help connect scientists and students who share an interest in sleep research. In addition, the SRS organizes events such as Club Hypnos during the SLEEP meeting to bring members together for an evening of conversation and networking.
SRS members have the opportunity to apply for members-only grants and awards, intended to recognize and support outstanding sleep research. The SRS also provides travel grants to advance the career development of trainees.
Seek out training positions or collaborate with other sleep researchers using the online directory of sleep research laboratories in the United States and abroad.
Gain online access to the most recent issues and the full archives of the journal SLEEP, journal SLEEP Advances, the SRS Bulletin Archives and abstracts from the Association of Professional Sleep Societies meetings, SRS publications or just search for articles of interest to further your professional development. Stay up to date on current research with PubAlert, a bi-weekly email containing the newest research articles from your area of interest.
Classic papers that span more than a century of sleep research are available online for download and review for members only. View abstracts from the very first meeting of the Association for the Psychophysical Study of Sleep.
The SRS provides resources for Sleep Research Society members at all levels of training to get continued exposure to new and exciting sleep and circadian research methods and findings. Resources include webinars, Virtual Seminar Series, professional job boards, and much more!
The SRS offers avenues of collaboration through mentoring and education. Mentoring opportunities include annual mentoring awards, one on one grant guidance, international and domestic opportunities that engage trainees and early stage investigators.
Membership Categories
Regular Member
Regular members possess doctoral degrees and have either published sleep-related research or have documentation of research. Regular membership includes the online versions of the journal SLEEP and other benefits.
Membership is on a calendar year basis (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31). The pricing above is valid from June 1, 2023 – September 30, 2023.
Dual Membership
Enjoy the reduced rate of $465 when you join as a dual member of both the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Save $50 off combined membership dues when you join as a Regular member of both societies. See AASM benefits
Emeritus Member
$50
Emeritus Members must be full members for at least ten years and be retired professionally or have obtained Emeritus status at an academic or research institution. Membership includes the online version of the journal SLEEP.
Contact the SRS National Office to change your membership status to Emeritus.
Associate Member
Associate Members have special training and are actively engaged in sleep research, usually in a laboratory. Membership includes the online version of the journal SLEEP and many other benefits.
Membership is on a calendar year basis (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31). The pricing above is valid from June 1, 2023-September 30, 2023
Trainee/Student Member
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellows have received their terminal degree and are in a residency or fellowship program. Membership includes the online version of the journal SLEEP and many other benefits. Membership in this category is limited to five years*.
Predoctoral Student
Predoctoral students include individuals pursuing their masters or doctoral degrees. This category includes individuals who earned their undergraduate degree within the last two years and are working in a sleep research laboratory prior to or while pursuing advanced degrees. Membership includes the online version of the journal SLEEP and many other benefits. Membership in this category is limited to seven years*.
Undergraduate Student
Students pursuing undergraduate degrees are eligible for this type of membership. Includes the online version of the journal SLEEP and many other benefits. Membership in this category is limited to four years*.
Membership is on a calendar year basis (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31). The Pricing above is valid from June 1, 2023-September 30, 2023.
*Trainee membership category. individuals who are enrolled in a college or university pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, on at least a half-time basis in a program of study with a sleep research related component; or an individual who earned their undergraduate degree within the last two years and is working in a sleep research laboratory prior to pursuing advanced degrees; or an individual who holds a doctoral degree and is enrolled in an advanced training program related to sleep research or sleep medicine, such as medical residency or clinical or research fellowship, or other program deemed acceptable by the Board of Directors, where the individual is in training and does not hold a full-time academic faculty or other independent position as a research scientist. Membership in trainee categories is limited to the terms above unless written verification is provided that the member qualifies for additional years as either a Predoctoral Student Member or Postdoctoral Fellow Member. Trainees are required to submit verification of student status/level.