Membership Levels

There are two levels of membership in Digital Nations:

Basic members receive all of the benefits described in the preceding section. Corporate members will receive intellectual property rights to Media Lab research. In lieu of these rights, other members (such as governments) will each have a Media Lab graduate student designated as a Fellow. Cost: $250,000 per year for five years.

Strategic research partners gain all rights of basic members, plus: the right to send a full-time visitor-in-residence to the Media Lab; full membership in all Media Lab consortia and special interest groups; participation on the Digital Nations Executive Committee; increased opportunities to collaborate with Media Lab researchers on pilot projects and field studies. Cost: $750,000 per year for five years.