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Instructions for New membership or Promotion from Associate to Full Member:
Nomination Deadline: March 10, 2006 (date for completed nomination forms to be received by the chapter secretary).

• A nominator (who must be an active Full Member) should contact the "initiate" and provide either a link to this Web page or a copy of the nomination form and these instructions.
• The "initiate" should complete the nomination form, downloading it if necessary.  Either the MSWord or PDF version of the nomination form can be used.  The MSWord version can be forwarded by email to the nominator while the PDF version must be printed and completed on paper, then mailed or sent by fax.
• The "initiate" should forward the completed form to the nominator.
• The nominator should complete the nomination section and forward the completed form to the chapter secretary (address on home page) by the nomination deadline.
• Approved nominees will be notified and asked to provide funds for dues and initiation/promotion fee (see link above, checks payable to Lehigh University) plus dinner menu preference within several days (cost of dinner for new members is covered by the chapter).
• The sponsors and  nominee are expected to attend the dinner.

Member (Full Member): Any individual who has shown noteworthy achievement as an original investigator in a field of pure or applied science is eligible for election or promotion to full membership in the Society by a chapter or the Committee on Qualifications and Membership.  [For Full Membership, the nomination form asks the nominee to list the most recent, first-authored, refereed publications (a minimum of two papers required, Ph.D. thesis is acceptable) or patents.]

Associate Member: Any individual who has, through initial research achievement in a field of pure or applied science, shown aptitude for research which is expected in due course to lead to the fulfillment of the requirements for full membership, is eligible for election to associate membership by a chapter or the Committee on Qualifications and Membership.

Definition of Terms (from the Sigma Xi Bylaws):  Noteworthy achievement in research specified for election or promotion to full membership…must be evidenced by publication, patents, written reports or a thesis or dissertation, which must be available to the Committee on Qualifications and Membership if requested. If the work is "classified," it shall be assessed for the Committee by a "cleared" Member. Membership in the Society is neither linked to the possession of any degree nor contingent upon belonging to some other organization.  Research aptitude specified for election to associate membership… must be evidenced by independent investigation ordinarily resulting in a written report, which must be available to the Committee on Qualifications and Membership if requested. If the work is "classified," it shall be assessed for the Committee by a "cleared" Member. Associate membership is offered to encourage young investigators with promise to continue careers in research. In making the nomination, both the nominator and the seconder attest to the nominee's potential for future promotion to Member.

Non-discrimination Policy: Neither Sigma Xi, nor any chapter of Sigma Xi, shall discriminate against candidates for election to membership on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability.