Membership details

Regular Members
Individuals demonstrating a serious interest in or making significant scientific contributions to visual science.  Price: $265

Two-year Regular Members
Individuals demonstrating a serious interest in or making significant scientific contributions to visual science. This is a two-year term. Price: $530

Life Members
Individuals qualifying for regular membership who pay one-time membership dues that provide lifetime benefits of regular membership.  Price: $5,300

Member-in-Training: Postgraduate Fellows and Residents
Individuals in full-time training at institutions of higher learning in a scientific field  related to vision or ophthalmology who have attained a doctorate level degree. Membership in either or both Member-in-Training categories is limited to a total of 7 years. Student status will be verified.  Price: $140 

Member-in-Training: Students and Predoctoral Graduate StudentsIndividuals enrolled full-time as undergraduates, graduate, optometry students or medical students at institutions of higher learning in a scientific field related to vision or ophthalmology who have not earned a doctorate level degree. Membership in either or both Member-in-Training categories is limited to a total of 7 years. Student status will be verified.  Price: $140 

Retired Members
Any Regular member may make a written request to ARVO that his or her membership be transferred to that of a Retired Member provided that, at the time of request, such person has been a Regular for a cumulative total of at least twenty (20) years; is retired from employment and is no longer engaged in his or her regular research, academic or other scientific activities. A status change may be requested in writing to arvo@arvo.org. Retired members are ineligible from voting or holding elected office, abstract submissions to ARVO meetings, and manuscript submissions to the ARVO Journals. Price: $130