If you are a clinician, basic scientist, nurse, trainee or just have an active interest in paediatric endocrinology you are welcome to join ESPE. By making the most of your membership, ESPE has the potential to guide you through your career in paediatric endocrinology.
Fees
- All membership categories have voting rights.
- Members who have not paid their annual membership fee will not be entitled to vote at Annual Business Meetings.
- Please note that the membership year runs from January to December each year. If you are a new member, you are required to pay the full rate for the first year regardless of when your application is approved. However, those applying for membership after 1st October will be applying for membership for the following year.
- ESPE is unable to accept payments by cheque. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Membership category
A concessionary rate is available for members who are from low or middle income countries as classified by the World Bank. Your countries income status can be checked at the World Bank website here.
After selecting your membership category and career stage, please view the journal pricing below. The inclusion of a journal subscription is mandatory for selected membership categories and career stages which are detailed below.
Journal
Hormone Research in Paediatrics is the official journal of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, Paediatric Endocrine Society, and Sociedade Latino-Americana de Endocrinologia Pediátrica.
The journal is available in two versions:
- Online only
- Print copy
All members benefit from access to the online subscription included as part of your membership.
On a non-mandatory basis, all individual members of the Society may subscribe to the print edition of the Periodical at a reduced annual rate of €53.00 excl. VAT (postage and handling charges included).
For any questions regarding your Journal subscription, please contact: societies@karger.com.
Find out more about the Journal.
Application
You will be required to fulfill at least one1 of the four membership eligibility criteria by providing as much information as you can in your application form. Alternatively you can send your CV and/or publication list by email to the ESPE Head Office on MembershipESPE@eurospe.org.
Please ensure you have selected the correct membership category and membership fee during your application. If you do not provide the information required this will cause delays with the approval of your application.
- This does not apply to Student members; please see eligibility for more information. Please contact the ESPE Head Office on MembershipESPE@eurospe.org if you have any questions regarding membership. ↩︎
Benefits
Become part of an international forum for networking and collaborations with lead experts in the field. There are also a number of fantastic scientific and educational opportunities, as well as a range of funding options:
- Save up to €250 on registration to the annual ESPE meeting.
- Access on-demand platform at Annual Meeting included in your member registration fee.
- Gain access to over €500,000 awarded each year in grants, awards and fellowships exclusively to members.
- Get involved with interactive learning through our seven schools and e-learning programme.
- Have your voice heard with voting rights.
- Get connected with our online members’ directory.
- Get the latest paediatric endocrinology news straight to your mailbox, and social media channels.
- Gain recognition in the field through our prestigious awards.
- Complimentary online access to Hormone Research in Paediatrics journal.
- Reduced print subscription to Hormone Research in Paediatrics journal.
Eligibility
Criteria
Clinician, Scientist, Nurse, Allied Health Professional:
- Published at least one endocrine-related paper in a peer-reviewed internationally ranked journal as leading author or co-author.
- Be board-certified (or board-eligible) by the nation’s accreditation body in one of the following areas: paediatric endocrinology, paediatric diabetology, endocrinology, diabetology or paediatrics.
- Made a significant contribution to the teaching of paediatric endocrinology.
Other: Hold a doctorate degree and have interests, involvement and made contributions in the field of paediatric endocrinology.
Student members: Be working towards a qualification in and have interests, involvement and made contributions in the field of paediatric endocrinology.
Requirements
Early Career or Student members must provide their Head of Department or Tutor’s contact details on our online application form.
Support
Member-area
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Find your membership number
If you require your membership number for applying to ESPE grants, awards, reduced registration fee etc the best place you will find this information is in the Member login area.
- Click ‘Members’ button top right of ESPE homepage.
- Clock ‘Login’ and insert your username and password.
- In the ‘Member-Area’ your will find your membership summary including Membership ID and Membership Type.
If you cannot access or have any further difficulty please contact us at membershipespe@eurospe.org.
Forgotten your password?
You can request a new password by clicking on the link below. You will be requested to enter your email address and a new password will be emailed to you within 20 minutes. Please do NOT click “Submit” again. Please do NOT request another password; this will inactivate your new password.
If you see a message saying “No account matched this e-mail address”, then you should contact the ESPE Team and notify your new or correct email address.
Some universities or hospitals have high security firewalls which may prevent you from receiving your password. Therefore if you have not received your new password after 20 minutes, please contact the ESPE Team.
For maximum security, your new password will consist of a combination of letters, numbers and other characters. The password field is case sensitive. This means you must use the upper and lower case letters as they appear. If you experience problems, please copy and paste the password. Please ensure there are no blank spaces before or after your password as these will be viewed as characters.
If you wish to change your new password to one which is easier to remember, please log on to the members’ section of the ESPE website using your member number and your new password. Then select “My Profile”. You will see a black tab saying “Password”. Please enter member number, copy and paste the password you just received from ESPE into the “current password” field and then enter your preferred password twice.
Please do not forget your password as it has been encrypted in our database and we cannot retrieve it for you. If you forget your password, then you will need to go to the website and request a new password.
Access the Hormone Research in Paediatrics journal online
Hormone Research in Paediatrics access is provided by the journal publisher, Karger.
You can access the journal through the member-area by clicking on the link provided and logging in using your member number and password. If you cannot remember your details please contact the ESPE Team and they will assist you.
You will be directed to Karger’s website where you will see ‘ESPE, European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology’ in the top right of the page. This means you are logged in to the journal and you can begin your search.
Problems logging in?
If you see a page saying, “Please identify yourself as a subscriber” and asking you for a “Login ID” and “Password”, this has been identified as a problem caused by some firewalls or http proxies interfering with the Karger login.
Please turn off your firewall and try again. If you are still unable to gain access, Karger have recommended the following:
- Try to gain access from your home computer or a computer on a different network.
- Contact your hospital or university’s IT department and query the removal of the referral data in the http response.
The ESPE Team is not in control of this system.
If you are still unable to access the journal please check you have renewed your membership subscription for the year. If you are still experiencing problems, please contact the ESPE Team and they will assist in investigating your issue further.
