Become a member

Any person who wishes to join the MBI mailing list, which provides notice of upcoming events/opportunities in the infectious disease and biosecurity space.

Benefits include:

• becoming part of a broader infectious diseases community
• sharing information on relevant news and events
• participation in workshops and seminars.

Any person affiliated with the University of Sydney with active ties to infectious disease or biosecurity research, education or service that is aligned with the broad aims of the Marie Bashir Institute.  This can include member of a research node or affiliated organisation. 

In addition to subscriber benefits, we pledge to continue to do the following for our members:

• advocate for and coordinate strategic initiatives at the University/faculty level
• engage with government and link with relevant industry groups
• increase the visibility of high-profile outputs
• provide a shared platform for branding and communication
• encourage and support high-level funding applications (ARC centre, CRE, programme grants, etc.)
• link people and create new opportunities for productive collaboration
• provide financial and administrative support to Research Nodes
• provide strategic funding support (University of Sydney affiliates only)
• provide competitive seed funding (University of Sydney affiliates only)