Membership Benefits
Get the most out of your CUGH Membership!
Institutional Members
Benefits
- Connect Connect to a network of over 30,000 individuals involved in global health and over 190 academic institutions and partner organizations worldwide
- Network with CUGH's global network of faculty, students, implementers, and funders engaged in global health across sectors and disciplines
- Discounted rates for CUGH's conferences and workshops
- Participate in CUGH's committees, subcommittees, and working groups
- Propose webinar topics and speakers (subject to approval by CUGH's Executive Director)
- Submit panels for CUGH's annual conferences
- Students are eligible to serve on CUGH's Trainee Advisory Committee
- Participate in advocacy efforts on global health issues and for academic‐based global health programs
- Host a regional conference with CUGH
- Post job and funding opportunities on CUGH's online platforms for free
- Highlight your institution in our monthly bulletin (received by over 40,000 global health practitioners worldwide) to promote your programs and new initiatives
- Institutional voting rights in CUGH's Board elections and initiatives
- Eligibility to serve on the CUGH Board of Directors (must be a Full Institutional member)
- Opportunity to participate in CUGH's APPI mentorship program as both mentor or mentee
- Attend member-only virtual or in-person networking events
Individual Members
Benefits
- Connect to a network of over 30,000 individuals involved in global health and over 190 academic institutions worldwide
- Discounted rates for CUGH's conferences and workshops
- Network with faculty, students and practitioners, and directors engaged in global health and development
- Participate in CUGH's committees, subcommittees, and working groups
- Students are eligible to serve on the Trainee Advisory Committee
You can view all member institutions on our Members page. If your institution is listed, you automatically have access to all member benefits.
If the institution or organization of your email domain is an Institutional member, you are a member.
Yes, once one department in an institution/university/organization is a member, all students, faculty and staff in the entire institution/university/ organization are members as well.
To make global health more equitable, member fees and conference rates are determined on a sliding scale based on the World Bank’s Classification (HIC/MIC/LMIC/LIC)
We want to work with anyone who feels their work aligns with global health or development. Our members are MDs, PhDs, DrpHs, dentists, nurses, engineers, lawyers, veterinarians, social scientists, public policy experts, economists, finance experts etc. Our network includes individuals across sectors: academia, NGOs, INGOs, government, the private sector engaged in international development, politics, the environment, finance, human rights etc.
CUGH accepts members both from academia and non-academic organizations (e.g. INGOs, Associations, Foundations, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector, government). Organizations must be registered in the country of orgin. To learn more about becoming a Partner, see here.
CUGH’s institutional membership spans over 40 nations. You can see the directory here.
Membership Package
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