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Student Membership

ACSM membership is designed to enhance your experience while you’re in school and empower you to hit the ground running when you graduate.
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As the largest and most comprehensive sports medicine association, ACSM student membership connects you with a diverse group of fellow students and established professionals. Many former students say the relationships they developed through ACSM changed the course of their career!

Cost: $30 Annually

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Student membership is open to any college student meeting the following criteria:

  • Undergraduate or graduate students studying in a field related to exercise science or sports medicine.
  • Students currently enrolled in medical school.

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Benefits

Member Hub Access

Gain access to many exclusive resources including:
  • Career exploration webinars
  • Continuing education and resources to supplement and enhance what you're learning in the classroom
  • Inclusion in and access to the ACSM Membership Directory
  • ACSM Bulletin delivered to your inbox twice a month

Grants and Awards

ACSM is dedicated to the academic and career growth of its members, as well as the growth of the sports medicine and exercise science fields. The ACSM Foundation offers research grants and travel awards to boost these efforts.

Mentor Programs

ACSM offers formal mentorship programs to propel students and young professionals into leadership roles. ACSM's Leadership and Diversity Training Program provides both mentorship and financial assistance to participate in ACSM programming.

Leadership Opportunities

Student members can serve on ACSM committees, contribute to ACSM blogs and resources, present at ACSM's Annual Meeting, join Special interest Groups, and even serve on a Regional Chapter or National Board of Trustees! Graduate student members are eligible to vote in the annual ACSM election.

Item & Event Discounts

  • ACSM Certification exams
  • Online courses and CECs
  • ACSM Annual Meeting and Health & Fitness Summit registration
  • 20% off ACSM books from Wolters Kluwer
  • Insurance & consumer products from partners

Read ACSM Journals

Student members receive electronic subscriptions to ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, the Translational Journal, and Exercise, Sport and Movement. Medical student members also receive Current Sports Medicine Reports.
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  • Dulce Gomez
  • Student Member
91%
of students highly recommend ACSM membership

Mai Wageh

"Funding from the ACSM Foundation gave me the time not to just put into my research but my mentorship efforts."
Mai Wageh in the lab

Testimonial

"Even if they do not do similar work, their [other ACSM members] perspectives are very insightful to me because everybody comes from different backgrounds. It is the nice thing about national ACSM — you get to meet people and share stories with people you otherwise wouldn’t have met.”
  • Rafael Alamilla
  • Indiana University
Rafeal Alamilla, MS