become a member and annual dues
Two step membership. To become a member of AAMS-USA or AWSA-USA, every year you need to (1) fill out the brief registration form below and (2) pay your annual dues (see below for details). For AAMS-USA, you can either pay on the Jamaat chanda portal linked here under subscriptions or use an onlinePayPal method linked here. The links are also provided at the end of the registration form.
To be eligible for membership, you need to be:
(1) A member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA
(2) Have an interest in science and technology. Think broadly of any discipline of scholarship that can utilize the scientific method to acquire new knowledge or answer relevant questions; includes STEM, economics, social sciences, innovative technologies, medicine, pharmaceuticals.
Who should become a member of AAMS-USA or AWSA-USA? We are broadly inclusive, and want you to join if you are a student of the sciences, faculty, industry scientist, inventor, an entrepreneur of science, administrator, or simply an advocate for science. Membership begins in the month you pay your dues and lasts for one year at a time. Although AAMS-USA and AWSA-USA are independent Associations, we are close partners, and many projects are jointly sponsored, including the USA Annual Quran and Science Symposium and Abdus Salam Science Fair.
The benefits of membership are (1) networking among US and international Ahmadi Scientists, (2) participating in the governance of the Associations, and (3) being integral to achieving at least 100 Abdus Salams and the mission of the two Associations to lead the next Islamic Golden Age of science and technology.
The annual dues are $25 for students and non-working members and $100 for working members. You can either pay on the Jamaat chanda portal linked here under subscriptions or use an onlinePayPal method linked here. Both are also linked at the end of the registration form.
We also welcome donations to drive the mission of AAMS-USA and AWSA-USA. You can donate online with the same Paypal method as paying annual dues, or you can email us at muslim.scientists@ahmadiyya.us (AAMS-USA) or awsa@lajnausa.net (AWSA-USA).
Even if you are not eligible to become a member (e.g., because you are not a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA), we still welcome your participation as a patron, by contacting us here. You will still receive eBlasts and can participate in open events and forums.
The average time it takes to fill out the annual registration and, for AAMS-USA, to pay your dues on the Jamaat chanda portal or via the online PayPal method is 5-8 minutes.
For questions, comments, or to request a special annual dues waiver, please contact us at muslim.scientists@ahmadiyya.us (AAMS-USA) or awsa@lajna.net (AWSA-USA).