Become a Member
Your membership benefits you...
and the Ocean!
Basic Member Benefits
- Your membership provides priceless support to the researchers and engineers at WHOI who are applying novel ideas and technologies to understanding the ocean for our planet and our future.
- Advance notice of special events
- FREE Ocean Insights weekly e-newsletter
- Invitations to special tours and talks
- 15% off on all WHOI merchandise


Levels

Ocean Explorer $35
Member benefits plus:
- FREE one-year subscription to Oceanus magazine (2 issues)
- Art quality poster of WHOI’s first research vessel, the ketch Atlantis (Explorer level only)

Ocean Navigator $55
Member benefits plus:
- FREE one-year subscription to Oceanus magazine (2 issues)
- WHOI’s popular Right Whale T-shirt

Associate $100
- FREE one-year subscription to Oceanus magazine (2 issues)
- WHOI’s popular right whale T-shirt
- Invitations to annual Afternoon of Science
- Participation in the ASTC Passport Program (free admission to over 250 participating science museums)

Mariners Club
(monthly recurring gifts)
Member benefits equal to your level of giving, plus:
- Exclusive access to behind-the-scenes experiences

Voyager $250
Associates benefits plus:
- Annual Wave Makers Report, featuring the very best of WHOI science

Ocean Pioneer $500
Voyager benefits plus:
- Special reports on relevant ocean topics
- Annual Wave Makers Report, featuring the very best of WHOI science

1930 Society $1,000
Ocean Pioneer benefits plus:
- Exclusive invitations to participate in scientific expeditions
- Afternoon shipboard science expedition aboard R/V Tioga

Ocean Partner $2,500
1930 Society member benefits plus:
- Exclusive invitations to participate in scientific expeditions
- Invitations to three annual ocean research webinars with WHOI scientists and engineers
Ocean science research has never been more urgent!
The Ocean...
- Holds 97% of Earth’s water and is essential to all life;
- Is home to the vast majority of species on our planet;
- Feeds the world by producing 30% of global protein for 3 billion people every day, and
- Remains a resource in peril with human activity affecting the oceans in new and astounding ways.
WHOI research provides the groundwork for understanding the ocean’s future
- Framing high-profile issues with science, where unbiased understanding enables better response;
- Proposing new ways to conserve and protect ocean life, including endangered whales and coral reefs;
- Analyzing climate change and sea level rise; and
- Pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in robotics and other technologies.