Join SPPS

If you are interested in plant science or work within the field then the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society is the society for you. Even though we are a Scandinavian society, our members are from all aroud the world and everyone is welcome to join.

Membership benefits

SPPS members have access to merit prizes and several grants for activities within the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, and on special request Estonia and Iceland). The main member benefits are:

1. Heavy discounts on SPPS Congress and SPPS Student Conference fees. Visit SPPS conferences for more information about these events.

2. Possibility to join the Early Carreer PI meetings to build long lasting supportive collaborations within plant science.

3. Nominate and be nominated to our prestigious SPPS Prizes. More details on the SPPS Prizes page.

4. Apply for financial support. We provide grants for travelling to events, visiting other labs, boosting early researcher careers, and organizing conferences or outreach activities, amongst others. For more information, visit SPPS Grants.

Types of memberships

SSPS only offers individual memberships and everyone that wants to be a member needs to register individually. However, a group or organization can choose to pay a collective membership on behalf of their members. Individuals that register as part of a supporting group or organization do not pay any additional fees.

Membership prices

• Individual membership as part of a supporting institution (list below): Free

• Regular membership 30 €/year

• Regular membership 5 years, 100 €

• Student membership, 15 €/year

• Student membership for 5 years, 50 €

• Prices for supporting institutes or groups:

  • Small, up to 10 persons: 100 €

  • Medium 10-25 persons 200 €

  • Large 25 persons and over: 500 €.

List of supporting institutions

• Institutionen för biologi- och miljövetenskaper, Göteborgs Universitet

• Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki

• Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku

• Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University/ Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

• Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen

• Plant Link Network

• Linnean Centre for Plant Biology in Uppsala

• James Blande Group, University of Eastern Finland

• Norwegian Univeristy of Life Sciences (NMBU)

• Institute for Biology, NTNU

• University of Oslo

How to become a member

Follow the link to fill in the "Google Form": Join SPPS

- If you are part of a supporting organization, you will receive a welcome to SPPS e-mail after we have processed your application, and you can just start enjoying your benefits.

- If you are a private member, you will receive an e-mail with your payment information after we have processed your application. You can start to apply for grants right after you have received your invoice, but the application will not be procesed until the invoice is paid. After payment, you willl receive a welcome to SPPS e-mail.

Unless you choose a 5-year membership, you registration as SPPS member is valid for just one year, so remember to re-register every year if you want to mantain your membership active (also if you are part of a supporting insitution)

Have you forgotten if you are a member? Send an e-mail.

How to join as a supporting organization

Follow the link and fill in the Google form: Join as supporting organization

After processing the application, SPPS twill send an invoice to the organization based on the number of members the insitution has chosen to pay for. After this, members of that institution are welcome to sign up for free as individuals using the correspondinf link above.

Institutions will be added to the list on our homepage and their members can individually register immediately after we have sent the invoice. We expect timely an uncomplicated handling of the payment from our members.