IMGC Membership

Sponsoring membership is reserved for national and/or multi-national companies, private and/or government research institutes and international organizations that wish to receive the full benefits of the IMGC and high visibility across IMGC programs. Sponsoring members have voting rights on all matters. The current sponsorship fee is USD $25,000 per year and includes the following benefits:

• Primary control in defining the strategic direction of the Consortium's programs and working procedures.
• Opportunities to leverage technological capital and experience by accessing data mining tools and experts.
• Early and full access to cutting-edge milk genomics information and knowledge developed by the Consortium prior to public knowledge.
• Access to participate in the analysis, translation and interpretation of datasets.
• Opportunities to participate in collaborative, multi-center national and international projects through the Consortium.
• Access to discount rates on symposium registration and branding in all IMGC materials, including the IMGC Web portal and symposium programs, posters, flyers, promotional and other outreach materials.
• Updates on Consortium issues and news.

Regular membership is open to all scientists in the milk genomics community willing to share and contribute research data to the IMGC Web portal. This membership has no voting privileges and is not fee based and includes the following benefits:

• Opportunities to leverage technological capital and experience by accessing data mining tools and experts.
• Access to participate in the analysis, translation and interpretation of datasets.
• Eligibility for participation in IMGC awards such as the student travel award and portal development award.
• Early and full access to cutting-edge milk genomics information and knowledge developed by the Consortium prior to public knowledge - as decided on a case-by-case basis. For example, if a member contributed to the annotation and/or curation, this member will have access to proprietary information.
• Opportunities to participate in collaborative, multi-center national and international projects through the Consortium.
• Opportunity for co-authorship with others, if datasets and/or analysis are provided.
• Updates on Consortium issues and news.

This membership is availabe to organizations willing to provide valuable services and or resources such as time and staff, and other in-kind services to the Consortium and its programs. In-Kind membership has no voting privileges and is not fee-based.