Program
Benefits
to Sponsor
Industry members
include all companies contributing funds to the Institute.
Depending on the level of contribution, companies are
identified as Contributing, Supporting, or Sustaining.
Industry members have tangible benefits not available to
non-member companies. Levels of support and related benefits
are described in the table below.
|
Membership Benefits |
Contributing ($10,000/year) |
Supporting ($25,000/year) |
Sustaining ($40,000/year) |
|
Complimentary tuition to Web-based training modules |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Reduced registration fees for Web-based traning (%) |
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Complimentary short course registrations (per year) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Reduced registration fees for Insitute short courses (%) |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Networking opportunities across MII and the entire University |
|
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Access to MII “Members Only” website |
|
|
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| Invitations to seminars and other MII events |
|
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|
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Personal assistance in hiring summer interns and permanent employees |
|
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|
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Named Graduate Student Fellowship |
|
|
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Option to have industrial representative on graduate student committees |
|
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* To facilitate enhanced interactions, companies funding significant research through the Insitute will automatically become a
"Contributing Member" and a one-level upgrade, with the exception of the named student award.** The "Supporting Membership" level will be assigned to any company that provides a graduate fellowship.
*** The well-known polymer science short courses are administered by the American Chemical Society, NOT MII!!
Membership Terms of Agreement:
The membership
fee is a charitable contribution to the Virginia Tech
Foundation, but dedicated to, and controlled by, the MII.
There will be no contractual agreement. The timing of
membership payments may be negotiated.
Continuing
education courses are self-supporting through registration
fees. These courses are open to non-members at full cost.
For further information, contact the Tammy Jo Hiner at thiner@vt.edu