Full Membership

$375.00 (incl GST)  

Join now and your membership will be valid to 30 June 2024

 Full Memberships are open to all persons involved in the management of sleep disorders or sleep research, including:

 

  • A medical practitioner, psychologist, dentist, scientist or other health professional who has graduated from a university and who has received appropriate postgraduate training and qualifications in sleep medicine, sleep research or related fields; 

or 

  • Any person who in the opinion of the Membership Committee has made a worthwhile contribution to the study or practice of sleep medicine, sleep research or related fields.  

or  

  • Any person who has been practicing in the field of sleep medicine and or sleep research for a period of at least 3 years 

or   

  • Any person who has been an Associate Member of the Association for 3 consecutive years

Full Membership includes:

  • Access to the Learning Centre for free or heavily discounted educational content on demand and in real time
  • Free webinars 
  • Discounted access to state meetings and other educational opportunities
  • Regular e-news
  • Free online journal access to :the Journal of Sleep Medicine, SLEEP and Sleep Advances
  • Reduced pricing for our annual conference, Sleep DownUnder
  • Eligibility to submit abstracts for Sleep DownUnder
  • Eligibility to apply for scholarships and awards
  • Ability to contribute through joining committees, subcommittees and working groups 
  • involvement in as many special interest Councils as you choose
  • Opportunity to provide input to our advocacy activities.
  • Right to vote on association issues as presented at Annual General Meetings. 
  • Eligibility to be elected to the ASA Board.

Conditions of application

People seeking to become a Full Member must be nominated and seconded by a current Full or Emeritus member. At the time of application, a letter or email nominating and seconding your application must be provided.

If an individual feels they are eligible for full membership, but is not in a position to get two full members to nominate and second their application, then a CV should be forwarded in lieu of the nomination form. Two members of the Board will then consider this application and, if appropriate, nominate and second the application.

Nomination / Seconding Form to support full membership 

You can apply online!  The online application process will give you immediate access to association member benefits and will only take you 5 minutes to complete. You will require a valid email address for confirmation.