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Individual Membership Types 

Regular 

Patron 

Student 

Emeritus 

Life 

Eligibility 

Anyone

Currently working toward a degree

Formally retired with NCA membership past 25 consecutive or 30 nonconsecutive years

Anyone

Duration 

One Year

Lifelong

Members’ Only Resources 

 
  • Many academic and professional
    resources such as Virtual Faculty
    Lounge, Funding 101, Publishing
    Primer, and Card Calls
  • Membership Directory
 
  • Voting Rights
  • Eligibility for Leadership Roles
  • Eligibility for NCA Awards
  • And much more…
 

Free Journal Subscriptions1 

1

6

1

1

11

Convention Registration 

Discounted

Free

Free Interest Group Affiliations 2 

3 plus unlimited caucuses

Subscriptions 

Four e-newsletters and Spectra 

Cost 

$165

$265

$60

Free

$45003  

Payment Options 

Pay with credit card for immediate access to member-only content.

Select pay with check during check out to create an invoice for future payment.

 

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Departmental Membership 

Features 

  • NCA Annual Convention Activity Discounts including: job fair, graduate student open house, and department reception
  • Spectra and e-newsletter subscriptions
  • One free student membership
  • Advertising discounts in Spectra and CRTNET
 

Cost 

 $150

 

To join or renew, please return this form to memberservices@natcom.org.

Additional subscriptions may be purchased for $20 each.

Additional interest group affiliations may be purchased at $5 each.

The alternative is to pay three annual installments of $1,600. Contact NCA at memberservices@natcom.org for details.