Members (Voting) 

• Regular Members: Eligibility requires satisfactory evidence of active interest in educational research as well as professional training to at least the master's degree level or equivalent. $150/calendar-year.
• Graduate Student Members: Any graduate student may be granted graduate student member status with the endorsement of a voting member who is a faculty members at the student's university. Graduate Students who are employed full-time are not eligible. Graduate Student membership is limited to 5 years. $40/calendar-year.
• Emeritus Members: Upon retirement, anyone who has maintained active voting membership for the preceding 20 years is eligible for Emeritus status, exempting them from dues. Emeritus membership cannot be applied for online. To request Emeritus membership for the first time, please contact AERA by email at members@aera.net or by phone on (202) 238-3200. 
  
  Renewing your Emeritus membership: If you have no changes to your current selections of AERA Journals, Division and Special Interest Groups, you may log in to www.aera.net and renew using the Express Renewal option. If you wish to make changes to your selections, you must contact AERA Membership Team. Renewal by mail or phone is also always available. Please contact the AERA Membership Team at members@aera.net or by phone on (202) 238-3200.
  
  Affiliates (Non-Voting)
  
• Affiliates: Persons interested in educational research who subscribe to the aims of the Association but do not qualify for voting membership may become Affiliates. No endorsement is needed. $150/calendar-year.
• Student Affiliates: Any student may be granted student affiliate status with the endorsement of a voting member who is a faculty member at the student's university. Students who are employed full-time are not eligible. Student membership is limited to 5 years. $40/calendar-year.
• International Affiliates: Citizens of countries other than the United States who are interested in educational research are eligible to join this category. An international affiliate who is qualified to become a voting member may do so at any time. $110/calendar-year.

Note: membership dues are non-refundable.

AERA Hardship Policy 

The Hardship Provision is available to any AERA member whose financial condition has changed drastically and sufficiently so that a member would have difficulty renewing their membership. A member must be in good standing for at least three previous years to qualify for the hardship provision. Under this provision, a member is granted a waiver for one year of AERA membership dues and one year of dues for membership in a division and one Special Interest Group of which the applicant was a member the previous year. The Hardship Provision may be granted for a maximum of one year for each member.

To apply for consideration, send a letter via e-mail explaining the nature of the hardship, along with membership ID, choice of division, and choice of Special Interest Group, to the attention of Felice Levine, AERA Executive Director, at executive.director@aera.net prior to the membership expiration date.