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Intitutional Membership

Institutional members of BALAS are respected universities committed to improving lives in Latin American through research and education. BALAS invites about 30 schools to be members each year. These valued partners sustain the programs and activities of BALAS through an annual fee and they receive a range of benefits as well. BALAS institutional membership demonstrates academic leadership in the region.

Deans and directors say the reasons they value their BALAS Institutional Membership are:

Networking with regional schools.
Keeping up with administrator changes – who is doing what.
Giving junior faculty a forum to build their careers.
Innovative programming and partnerships trends and new ideas.
Visibility to recruit faculty and students.

Becoming an Institutional Member

If you wish to become an BALAS Institutional Member please identify which type of membership is appropriate for your organization:

Academic Institution
- Offer academic degrees.
- Accredited by the local ministry of education or other official body.

Professional Institution
- Related to academics but are not degree-granting.
- May provide courses but not degrees.
- May produce academic materials or publications.

Reciprocal Institutional Membership
- Associations that have reciprocal courtesy memberships with BALAS.

Prospective members, please complete the Application Form.

Please submit this Application Form to the BALAS Executive Office at balas@balas.org with the subject “Institutional Membership Application”. Your application will be reviewed by the Membership Committee and the chair of that committee will provide a response as soon as possible.
If you are already an institutional member and wish to renew your membership, you can also contact the BALAS Executive Office at balas@balas.org with the subject "Institutional Membership Renewal" (attaching an updated Application Form).

Please contact the BALAS Executive Office if you have any questions regarding membership and benefits: balas@balas.org with the subject "Institutional Membership".

Institutional Member Benefits

Waiver of registration fee for one representative at the BALAS Annual Conference (usually about $455)
Participation in special events at the Annual Conference.
Participation in BALAS' Latin American Job Market (LAJM).
Information about the school posted on the BALAS website.
Recognition at the Annual Conference.
Announcements through BALAS communication about the institutions' activities such as conferences and job postings.
Communication to the BALAS community of new doctoral positions of the institution via email and social networks.
Opportunities for member institutions to co-host BALAS events (e.g., webinars, workshops).

P.O. Box 691286, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA | Tel. +1-210-787-3450 | balas@balas.org