Join the InnovATEBIO network

Grow biotechnology education with a national community.

Connect your program, classroom, organization, or career path to educators, students, employers, and partners advancing bioscience workforce education.

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142+

college programs in the network

133

K-12 partner schools

membership paths

Annual

profile updates keep the network useful

Membership paths

Start with who you are.

InnovATEBIO brings together institutions and individuals. Choose the path that fits, see what to prepare, and move into the membership process with a clear next step.

Institution membership

Give your biotechnology program a national profile.

For college programs and research institutes offering biotechnology or bioscience workforce-oriented education.

Program chairs, faculty leads, deans, and grant teams ready to keep a public program page current and connect faculty to the national community.

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Membership includes

A public InnovATEBIO program page
Faculty and event promotion through network channels
Access to the member directory
Community meeting invitations for program faculty
Course in a Box access for faculty who join individually

Prepare before you apply

Program name and location

Degrees, certificates, and workforce focus areas

Faculty contacts

Employer or advisory-board connections

Next steps

Review program characteristics

Submit program information

Connect faculty members

Refresh details each year

Network value

Membership should make the whole ecosystem easier to enter.

Contact the team

For programs

Create a public home for program details, faculty contacts, events, and employer-connected work.

For faculty

Reach curriculum support, Course in a Box access, mentoring, and professional-development opportunities.

For students

Find events, career exposure, mentoring, and a bigger view of biotechnology education pathways.

For partners

Stay connected to programs, share workforce needs, and support bioscience technician education nationally.

How membership works

A clearer path from interest to participation.

Institutions add discoverable program information. Individuals connect to people, professional learning, teaching resources, and network updates.

Choose the right membership

Separate paths for institutions and individuals make the first decision clear.

Share the right information

Programs provide profile details; individuals provide role, contact, and interest information.

Connect to people and resources

Members can move into directories, newsletters, events, hubs, mentoring, and teaching resources.

Keep the network current

Institutional profiles are refreshed each year so students, faculty, and partners can trust what they find.

Common questions

Make the next step feel easier.

Membership works best when people understand the difference between joining as a person and adding an institution to the network.

Yes. College and high school memberships create public program visibility, while faculty memberships connect individual educators to resources, the directory, events, and Course in a Box access.

Ready to connect

Build visibility for your program and stronger pathways for biotechnology students.

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