Membership Benefits

NCIS exists to help independent scholars in a variety of ways. To see a comparison of available benefits, click here.

If you are a NCIS member, click here to access all of your benefits.

When logged into the NCIS web site, NCIS members can access a range of benefits. These include the right to:

Use NCIS as their affiliation.
Have a NCIS email address
Use NCIS’s logo for their own research (non-commercial use only)
Have their own profile page
Request a NCIS letter of introduction to access collections and other resources
Refresh and update their academic and research skills
Obtain a discounted JPASS, JSTOR’s individual subscription
Obtain a discounted rate for purchasing Nota Bene software for academic writing and research
Use NCIS-listed professional writing and translation services at a discounted rate
Submit papers to The Independent Scholar (TIS), NCIS’s open access peer-reviewed journal
Have their academic books reviewed in TIS
Become a book reviewer
Access a range of grants and awards
Attend NCIS Conferences (our next conference will be held online April 15-17, 2027

To learn more about and be able to access these benefits, please log into your account at ncis.org. To make a suggestion or volunteer, please email info@ncis.org.