NAFA offers annual membership to full members and affiliate members. By purchasing a NAFA membership, you attest to your eligibility as outlined in the NAFA bylaws:

•  Full members are those who are fellowships advisors in higher education or non-profit organizations. NAFA membership is limited to faculty and staff who are advising (or have advised) students on one or more grants, scholarships, or fellowships. 
• Affiliate members are those who are interested staff from non-profit fellowship organizations, foundations, or government agencies.

NOTE:  NAFA reserves the right to use fees and monies paid by persons to NAFA for membership registration, conference registration, or other activities or services in line with NAFA’s purpose as the organization sees fit.

Information for New Members

Members shall have access to all publications, may belong to the listserv, may participate in general membership meetings, and will receive an annual report on NAFA activities, which will include minutes from executive and general membership meetings, a detailed budget and budget narrative, dates of future meetings, and association announcements.

NAFA has approximately 700 institutional or individual members from academic institutions across the U.S.A., Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition, most of the major funding agencies and programs hold affiliate memberships and actively use the NAFA Listserv for information dissemination and advice on pertinent questions. These agencies and programs also play a significant role at the NAFA biennial conferences and, often, the summer workshops.

Membership in the National Association of Fellowships Advisors is open to any college or university.

Please add membership@nafadvisors.org to your address book to ensure prompt activation of your membership.

Advisors

Benefits of Membership for Advisors/Institutions include:

• Membership on the NAFA listserv (a members-only benefit), a source for:
• Up-to-date information about program requirements and expectations
• Feedback on applicant issues, recommenders’ concerns, and technical problems in application processes
• Support from seasoned advisers and program staff in advising individual applicants and coordinating with campus committees
• Advance notice about new programs and an opportunity to provide an insider's perspective to funding agencies and their representatives
• Opportunities to communicate directly with funding agency representatives
• Notices of position openings in the field
• Invitations to regional meetings of interest to new advisers and to experienced advisers interested in exploring issues of interest to the profession
• Discounts on future NAFA conferences and regional meetings (each biennial, held in alternate years)
• Participation in regional, national and international seminars (this has included trips to Great Britain, Germany, China, and Korea)
• Association with others who subscribe to the NAFA Code of Ethics
• Access to the Members Portal on the NAFA web page
• Discounts on future NAFA conferences and regional meetings
• Participation in regional, national and international seminars (this has included trips to Great Britain and Germany)
• Advance notice about new programs and an opportunity to provide an insider's perspective to funding agencies and their representatives
• Opportunities to communicate directly with funding agency representatives
• Association with others who subscribe to the NAFA Code of Ethics
  

 Foundations

Benefits of Membership for Affiliate Members include:

• Membership on the NAFA listserv
• Discounts on NAFA conferences and regional meetings
• Participation in regional, national and international seminars
• Opportunity to provide advance notice about new programs
• Opportunities to provide foundation's or agency's perspectives to scholarship advisers across the country
• Opportunity to gain a greater understanding of institutional representatives’/scholarship advisers roles and challenges
• Wider promotion of your scholarship program(s)
• Higher quality applicants to your scholarship program(s)
• Connection to, and networking among, other scholarship providers
• Insights into new processes and procedures and how they might impact applicants
• Association with others who subscribe to the NAFA Code of Ethics