Online Membership application

Membership in the STS requires a bank account in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) because membership fees will be collected automatically via a recurring direct debit transfer on April 1st each year (in case of a holiday, fees will be collected the next working day). Filling out this form and submitting the data will generate a SEPA direct debit mandate. You will recieve an email with the personalized mandate attached as a PDF file.

The mandate needs to be completed and signed, and the original document (no copy, no fax, no pdf) has to be sent via postal mail to the specified address.

PLEASE NOTE: This process will take time! Thus, last-minute registration for the STS membership shortly before an annual STS meeting may lead to activation of your STS membership only after the deadline of the STS meeting registration. In this case, you will be able to access the STS membership conditions for your STS meeting registration only in the following year.

If you do not have a SEPA-capable bank account, please contact Detlef Neumann for payment details before attempting to use this form.

Privacy policy for membership in the STS e.V.

The STS collects, processes, stores and uses your data (name, address, date of birth, title, bank details) exclusively to fulfill the aims of the association as reported in the STS's statutes and to support the membership administration. In the case you have provided an e-mail address, the internal communication will be carried out electronically as far as possible and you will receive updates on the STS's activities as well as requests and information from other STS members via the STS's mailing list. We do not pass on your data to third parties. You have the right to get informed about your stored data upon individual request. You can veto the use of your data at any time using the contact details provided below. After termination of your membership, the data will be deleted in compliance with the legal retention periods.

User Account Details
To be able to login to the STS Web-Frontend, you will need account credentials, for this application this is the combination of a username and a password. You can change both later if required. After creating the account succeded, we will send you an e-mail containing an activiation token and instructions on how to use it.
Username		Six to 25 characters, capitalization matters! Letters, digits, the underscore, dot and hyphen are accepted.
e-mail address
Password		Six or more characters, capitalization matters! Use at least one digit or special character.
Re-type password

Personal Details
Academic title
First name
Last name
Institution/Company
Department
Postal Address (Line 1)		Only additional or optional addressing data such as building names, sub-department name, internal maildrop designations &ct. should be entered here.
Postal Address (Line 2)		This is the primary address entry and should contain the street name/number or a PO box.
Zip and City		Postal code   City or Town
Country		Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Holy See (Vatican City State) Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Yugoslavia Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Algeria Angola Benin Botswana British Indian Ocean Territory Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda RǸunion Saint Helena Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macao Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen American Samoa Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Fiji Islands French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu United States Minor Outlying Islands Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Antarctica Bouvet Island French Southern territories Heard Island and McDonald Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Phone		Please use international notation without leding zero in the area code and indicate an extension with a minus-sign. Example: +49 30 9999-99 (Berlin, Germany)
Fax		Please use international notation without leding zero in the area code and indicate an extension with a minus-sign. Example: +49 30 9999-99 (Berlin, Germany)

Fees and Type of Membership
The annual membership fee is currently set at EUR 45 (25) for academic (student) members and EUR 125 for company memberships. Membership fees will be collected automatically by direct debit transfer via SEPA on April 1st of each year (in case of a holiday, fees will be collected the next working day). A corresponding personalized Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) direct debit mandate is generated during the online application process. It needs to be printed, completed and signed. The original document (no copy, no fax, no pdf) must be returned to the STS to complete the application process.
Type of Membership		Academic (student) Membership Corporate Membership
Please note: You can apply only for one type of membership und your choice must resemble your status correctly. If you are employed at a company, you must apply for a corporate membership. Any questions about this topic can be answered by Detlef Neumann.

SEPA Direct Debit Data
Charge Notice Any bank charges that result from a return of a SEPA direct debit (due to e.g. wrong or non-existing accounts, insufficient account balance or cancellation) will be invoiced to the responsible member. The STS as a society cannot bear the monetary burden resulting from members entering wrong account details or failing to keep them up-to-date.
Please confirm		I have read the bank charge notice and accept the aforementioned conditions.
Bank account owner		Full name of the account owner
IBAN		International Bank Account Number
SWIFT-BIC		SWIFT address / Bank Identifier Code
Language		I wish to receive the SEPA Mandate PDF in: English German (Deutsch)

Send Application Data
I hereby apply for a memberhip in the Signal Transduction Society (STS) and declare that all data submitted for processing is correct to best of my knowledge.
Date and Signature		Enter at least your first and last name.

If you encounter any problems when attempting to join STS online, please contact Philipp Busse by mail.