Becoming a Member

FIRST welcomes new members. There are two categories of membership:

Only Full Members have voting rights and discounted event registration fees. Both types of members are able to enjoy other benefits of FIRST membership, such as access to the FIRST MISP instance, Slack Workspace, Groups and mailing lists, and other services.

New members must be sponsored by existing Full Members of FIRST who draft letters of support stating how they know/have worked with the applicant:

A detailed guide on Membership Process for full member teams can be found here.
A detailed guide on Membership Process for liaisons can be found here.

TO APPLY TO FIRST: Please start here by completing the Membership Interest Form.

The Secretariat will begin the review process at the end of each month. The Membership Committee will review prior to posting for comments from the membership. The Board will review/approve applications during their monthly meeting and approved teams will be notified and invoiced.

Fees

Membership year

The Membership year runs from January until December.

Annual membership fee

Type of membership Cost
Full Member annual membership US$ 2800
Liaison Member annual membership US$ 100

The membership fee is subject to change each year.

The membership fee is not refundable upon membership termination.

Initial one-time application fee

An applying FIRST team must pay an initial one-time application fee of US$ 1,000 after its membership is confirmed. This fee only applies to full memberships, not to liaison memberships.

New members

A new member is invoiced when the member is joining FIRST, for:

Invoicing procedure

Invoices are sent as PDF per e-mail to the member's FIRST representative and are available for download on the FIRST Portal under Billing & Payment. FIRST does not manage third party invoicing software. Processing and payment of the FIRST invoice is the responsibility of the member.

Full Member payments can be done by:

Liaison Member payments should be processed by credit card.

All details on payment are specified on the invoices that are sent out, or available on request at first-sec@first.org.

US Tax information

IRS/form W9:
www.first.org/about/reports/FIRST-W9-2022.pdf

Federal Employer Identification Number:
First.Org, Inc. FEIN 38-3943584

Contact information

FIRST Secretariat first-sec@first.org