How to Apply for Membership

PROCEDURES FOR NEW AND RENEWING
UCAR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

UCAR MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA AND APPLICATION/RENEWAL PROCEDURES

2013 Application Deadline is April 30, 2013.

Below you will find UCAR membership and application information. Initial and renewal membership applications are subject to approval by the UCAR Member institutions at the annual October Members’ Meeting. If you would like more information about Membership in UCAR or the application process, please contact the UCAR Corporate Affairs Office (see contact information below).

Membership in UCAR is for an eight-year renewable term. There is an initial fee of $10,000 and a renewal fee of $3,500 every eight years. (An invoice will be provided after the October Annual Meeting when the UCAR Members have acted on new and renewal applications.)

II. MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA (from the UCAR Bylaws, Article 2, Sections 2.0 - 2.3: www.ucar.edu/governance/members/ucar_bylaws.pdf)

Only universities and other nonprofit corporations organized and operated for educational or scientific purposes, and located within the United States, Canada, or Mexico, are eligible for UCAR membership provided they meet the following criteria:

1. Program of Studies and Research. Has made a definitive, substantial, and continuing commitment to a full, coherent, and integrated program of course studies and dissertation research leading to the doctorate in one or more of the atmospheric sciences or related fields *;
   
2. Progress in the Atmospheric Sciences. Has made a definitive, substantial, and continuing commitment to progress in the atmospheric sciences or related fields as evidenced by scholarly works of significance by its faculty in the atmospheric sciences or related fields and;
   
3. Participation in the activities of UCAR. Has made, or—as might be the case of new Members—is willing to make, a clear commitment of active participation in UCAR activities, including its governance, programs, and facilities.

*Note: "Related" fields are those that deal directly with the study of the atmosphere(e.g., astrophysics, biogeochemistry, hydrology, geography, oceanography, space physics, and related societal research).

III. SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS FOR INITIAL OR RENEWAL APPLICATION

The Membership Committee meets annually to consider new and renewal applications; the committee’s written reports recommending action are submitted to the UCAR Members at the Annual Meeting in October.

To apply for, or renew, your UCAR membership, please submit the following material:

1. President’s Letter. Please submit a letter to the President of UCAR from your university's President or Chief Executive Officer affirming the university's commitment to the three membership criteria listed in Part II above along with the materials listed below.

2. Application Materials. Please submit a document and related materials that demonstrate in a succinct way that your university meets the three Membership criteria listed above. The document should be 3-5 pages in length, not including attachments, and should address each of the following topics:

• Program of Studies and Research. Briefly describe (and provide website URLs if available) for your UCAR-related department(s) and program(s). The description should, at a minimum, provide the names of departments and programs and, for each, list the number of tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty, research staff, and students, the types of degrees offered, the number of degrees of each type awarded over the past five years, and the instructional and research facilities. Also please include information that indicates the strength and impact of your doctoral program(s). For example, placement of recent graduates would be one indicator. Another would be papers published by graduate students while in residence. Finally, summarize any significant programmatic changes that may occur over the next five years. Please attach a short CV (~2 pages) for each faculty member listing education and employment history, tenure status, and up to ten refereed publications.
• Progress in UCAR-Related Sciences. Please describe the areas of UCAR-related research, including not only physical but also biological and social sciences (as appropriate) conducted at your institution. Summarize the progress made over the last five years by documenting external funding received and refereed publications.
• Participation in UCAR Activities. Please describe recent (past five years) participation of your faculty and administrators in UCAR governance, collaborative research activities with UCAR and NCAR, and their use of UCAR and NCAR facilities. For renewals, include how long your university has been a member of UCAR.

Suggested outline for application (PDF)

Note: Institutions are responsible for submission of the required materials by the advertised deadline. Partial or incomplete submissions may result in membership admission delay or renewal lapse. Receipt of complete application materials by the deadline is extremely important in order for the Membership Committee to have sufficient time to give the applications full and proper consideration. If the application materials are not received by the deadline, the Membership committee will not have sufficient time and will not be able to vote on the application. In the case of renewals, the result will be that membership will lapse. In the case of new applications, membership will be delayed.

UCAR Corporate Affairs Contact Information: Susan Friberg; 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80301; 303-497-1658; friberg@ucar.edu

Updated by the UCAR Membership Committee January 2013.