Corporate Memberships
As a corporate member, your company benefits from the following advantages:
- The VAAM Annual Conference is an important platform for networking within the German microbiology community. Here, you have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest research areas and you may start initial discussions on recruiting young talent;
- Reduced congress fees for two company employees at VAAM conferences;
- Discounted stand rental at the VAAM conference;
- Free advertising at the conference and one insert per annual conference in the conference bags;
- Free publication of job advertisements on the VAAM homepage, the VAAM social media channels and on BIOspektrum online;
- Free subscription to BIOspektrum for two contact persons from your company;
- Participation in one or more of the 18 VAAM specialist groups;
- We will place a link to your company (with or without logo, as desired) on the VAAM homepage.
The annual membership fee depends on the size of the company and is currently:
300€ for companies up to 20 employees,
500€ for companies up to 100 employees,
800€ for companies over 100 employees.itarbeitenden
Please find the membership application form here and contact the VAAM office in case of any questions.
We thank our corporate members for their support::
Besides from our corporate members, we gratefully acknowledge our sponsors for their support for the VAAM Research Award, the VAAM Innovation Award, the VAAM PhD Awards and Poster Prizes, which are awarded at the Annual Meeting:
- the Prof. Christine Lang Biobased Future Foundation for sponsoring the VAAM Innovation Award.
- the current sponsors of the VAAM PhD Awards 2025: BASF SE, Evonik Operations GmbH, IBWF (Institut für Biotechnologie und Wirkstoff-Forschung, Mainz), New England Biolabs, and vermicon AG.
- Springer/ BIOspektrum for sponsoring the poster prizes.
