SfNC Membership

Join our community of researchers, practitioners, and creativity enthusiasts in our mission to expand our understanding of the neural basis of human creativity (and what to do about it!) Becoming an SfNC member is the best way to gain access to and participate in our professional community.

Benefits of SfNC Membership:

  • Access to past event recordings from 10 years of annual meetings, CrossTalks, and virtual events

  • Eligible to submit an abstract to the Annual SfNC Meeting

  • Eligible to submit proposals for Symposia at the Annual SfNC Meeting

  • Eligible to submit nominations and apply for SfNC awards

  • Eligible to submit announcements/job listings to SfNC newsletter and listserv

  • Access to the searchable, online SfNC Member Directory

As a non-profit organization, your membership enables us to manage our operations, plan and organize events, generate and distribute content, maintain our newsletter and listserv, recognize and elevate young talent in our field, and serve as an important professional community for our members. We hope you join us!

New and Improved SfNC Member Site

Your annual membership provides you with access to our new SfNC member site, which is where you’ll be able to access the abstract submission links for our annual meeting and find all archived event recordings.

As of December 1, 2024, member benefits have been migrated to our new SfNC membership site. Any individuals who renewed their annual SfNC membership after June 1, 2024 will be emailed with instructions for how to migrate their membership to the new service.


Select the best membership option based on your current position.

Individuals who renewed their annual SfNC membership after June 1, 2025 will be grandfathered in to the new membership structure.

SfNC Membership 2025- Academic Faculty

Academic Members are individuals who are Full-time or Adjunct Faculty in Psychology, Neuroscience, the arts, or a related field at a college or university and who are interested in the neuroscience of creativity. In addition to the general benefits of SfNC membership, Academic Faculty members may submit an unlimited number of abstracts to the annual meeting and sponsor the submissions of their students or lab.

SfNC Membership 2025 - Academic Trainees

Academic Trainees are individuals who are currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, or who are currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship or other training in Psychology, Neuroscience, the arts, or a related field and who are interested in understanding the brain bases of creativity.

SfNC Membership 2025

Membership tier for academic members who are not faculty or trainees, or non-academic affiliates. Members may represent any field, including education, industry, sciences, arts, and the humanities.

SfNC Membership 2025 - Artist Affilitate

Artist affiliates are professionals in the arts, including performers, designers, composers, writers, visual artists and other content creators. Artists may propose demonstrations of their work that include an analysis of the creative process to the annual meeting.