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Membership
Opportunities
For the first year,
participation
in the Corporate Affiliates Program and the Annual Affiliates
meeting
will be free of charge (financial contributions, however, will be
accepted).
In the future, there will be a nominal fee for membership.
Member contributions will fund activities within the depart-ment
that
are not covered by traditional university sources, such as
purchasing
supplementary equipment for research, funding graduate student
travel
to conferences, and aiding in the recruitment of high-caliber
faculty
and graduate students. These aspects of the Bioengineering program
are
vital to our success, and help us maintain our place among the top
universities
in the country.
Organizations are strongly encouraged to regard member-ship as a
long-term
commitment because the benefits of the program can be fully
realized only
through a relationship de-veloped over time. The membership
contribution
represents an investment in the future of Bioengineering at Rice
and we
hope affiliates will continue their memberships long enough to
observe
the growth their contributions have helped make possible.
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