Individual Membership

Individual members enjoy the many benefits the AMS has to offer, as well as the opportunity to participate in programs dedicated to furthering mathematical research and communication. Members also have the opportunity to announce research at AMS meetings and share advances in the field with colleagues in the mathematical community.

Special reduced rates are available for new members, students, unemployed, and the retired. The AMS membership year runs from January through December.

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Join Online:  2008 application form

Membership and Subscription: Online Renewal/Change of address 

Membership Categories and Dues: 2008 information  First five years of membership at half-rate price.

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Membership FAQ

Reciprocity membership (at a reduced rate) is available to individuals outside of the United States who belong to another mathematical society with which we have a reciprocity agreement. Check the 2008 dues information page and the Reciprocity societies list.

Individuals residing in developing countries qualify for a special, low dues rate.

• A free subscription to the print version of Notices of the American Mathematical Society (published 11 times per year), giving you a broad overview of contemporary mathematics: current developments in research, trends in subject matter, directions of the profession and the various reforms in mathematics education; as well as articles on important mathematics and mathematicians from past years. The Noticesalso contains news items and information on mathematics people and opportunities, employment opportunities, new publications listings, reports on Society business, and world-wide meetings and conferences information.


• A free subscription also to the print version of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, containing expository articles, book reviews, and research reports. Electronic versions of Notices and Bulletin are available on the AMS website.

• Headlines & Deadlines, a twice-a-month email news service available to AMS members.  
  

• e-CMP, a free service providing email notification of bibliographic entries from each issue of Current Mathematical Publications (CMP). e-CMP subscribers may select up to three Mathematics Subject Classifications for which they will receive timely alerts of CMP listings.


• Substantial discounts off the regular list price for books, videos and journals.


• Reduced registration fees at AMS meetings.


• AMS Employment and Career Services including Mathematical Sciences Employment Center, a service at the Joint Mathematics Meetings which arranges interviews between employers and job seekers. AMS members have exclusive access to email notification of the most current opportunities available from the Employment in the Mathematical Sciences (EIMS) system.


• AMS members may be included in the online membership directory, known as the Combined Membership List. The CML includes over 53,000 members of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, Association for Women in Mathematics and the Canadian Mathematical Society.


• Email Forwarding Service. The AMS will forward your email to the destination of your choice.


• Special group life insurance program offering low rates to members in the United States.


• Opportunity to apply for an AMS Credit Card.


• Once you are a member you have the convenience of renewing your membership and subscriptions online through the Individual Membership and Subscription Online Renewal service.