EMBO Membership
{{Infobox award
| name = Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
| image =
| location = Heidelberg, Germany
| awarded_for = research excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist
| website = {{Plainlist|
- {{URL|people.embo.org/}}
- {{URL|embo.org/members}}}}}}
Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is an award granted by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in recognition of "research excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist".
{{As of|2018}}, 88 EMBO Members and Associate Members have been awarded Nobel Prizes in either Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry or Physics.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509193526/http://www.embo.org/members|archive-date=2016-05-09|url=http://www.embo.org/members|website=embo.org|publisher=European Molecular Biology Organization|location=Heidelberg|author=Anon|year=2016|title=Members}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816090108/http://www.embo.org/members/nobel-laureates|archive-date=2016-08-16|url=http://www.embo.org/members/nobel-laureates|title=There are 84 Nobel Laureates who also hold EMBO Membership|author=Anon|year=2016|publisher=EMBO}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Nurse | first1 = Paul| author-link1 = Paul Nurse| title = EMBO at 50 | doi = 10.1126/science.1247701 | journal = Science | volume = 343 | issue = 6167 | pages = 117 | year = 2014 | pmid = 24408402|bibcode = 2014Sci...343..117N | doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal
| author = Anon
| title = EMBO membership list
| journal = The EMBO Journal
| volume = 2
| issue = 4
| pages = 627–636
| year = 1983
| pmid = 6354705
}} See :Category:Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization for examples of EMBO members.
Nomination and election of new members
Elections for membership are held annually{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815104046/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2016/58-life-science-researchers-elected-as-new-embo-members|archive-date=2016-08-15|url=http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2016/58-life-science-researchers-elected-as-new-embo-members|title=58 life science researchers elected as new EMBO Members|year=2016|first=Tilmann|last=Kießling|publisher=EMBO|website=embo.org}} with candidates for membership being nominated and elected exclusively by existing EMBO members,{{cite web|url=http://www.embo.org/documents/members/The_EMBO_Pocket_Directory.pdf|title=The EMBO Pocket Directory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316002020/http://www.embo.org/documents/members/The_EMBO_Pocket_Directory.pdf|archive-date=2015-03-16|author=Anon|year=2014|publisher=European Molecular Biology Organization|location=Heidelberg|website=embo.org}}{{cite journal|last1=Ashburner|first1=Michael|author-link=Michael Ashburner|title=EMBO Membership List|journal=EMBO Journal|volume=12|issue=2|year=1993|pages= i23–i44|pmc=413273}} membership cannot be applied for directly.{{cite journal|last1=Sanderson|first1=Katharine|title=Helping Europe's molecular biologists: The new EMBO director speaks to Nature News about her plans|journal=Nature|year=2009|doi=10.1038/news.2009.657}}{{cite journal|last1=Ferry|first1=Georgina|title=History: Fifty years of EMBO|journal=Nature|volume=511|issue=7508|year=2014|pages=150–151|doi=10.1038/511150a|pmid=25013879|doi-access=free}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418234142/http://people.embo.org/|archive-date=2016-04-18|url=http://people.embo.org|website=embo.org|publisher=European Molecular Biology Organization|location=Heidelberg|title=Find people in the EMBO Communities|author=Anon|year=2016}}{{Cite journal
| last1 = Leptin | first1 = Maria
| author-link1 = Maria Leptin
| title = Spreading the Spirit of EMBO
| doi = 10.1126/science.1185865
| journal = Science
| volume = 327
| issue = 5962
| pages = 126
| year = 2010
| pmid = 20056858
|bibcode = 2010Sci...327..126L | url = https://zenodo.org/record/895335
| doi-access = free
}} Three types of membership exist:
- EMBO Member, for scientists living (or who have lived) in a European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) Member State{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210132244/http://embo.org/about-embo/member-states|archive-date=2016-02-10|url=http://embo.org/about-embo/member-states|author=Anon|year=2016|publisher=EMBO|location=Heidelberg|website=embo.org|title=EMBC Member States}}
- EMBO Associate Member, for scientists living outside of the EMBC Member States
- EMBO Young Investigator{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231412/http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/young-investigators|archive-date=2016-03-03|url=http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/young-investigators|title=EMBO Young Investigators|author=Anon|year=2016|publisher=EMBO|website=embo.org}}