Membership Dues, Benefits, and Responsibilities

The following schedule sets forth the dues for a 12-month membership period starting on January 1st, along with the associated benefits and responsibilities.

Type of Membership:

  • Charter Member (300 K€)
  • Full Member (75 K€)
  • Associate Member (25 K€)
  • Sponsor Member (10 K€)
  • SME Member (1 K€)
  • Director Member (0 €)
  • Academic Member (0 €)
  • FP7 Member (0 €)

If dues are required, UPMC will send an invoice to the Member upon signing the Membership Agreement. This invoice will specify the amount due for the Initial Term, which will be the amount for a full year prorated according to the portion of a full calendar year constituted by the Initial Term. Payment of these dues is required within thirty (30) days of receipt of the invoice. This invoice will also specify the minimum hardware requirements of the nodes dedicated to PlanetLab Europe. Payment of dues for each year of the Renewal Term is required by January 1st of each year.

Charter Member
300,000€

Benefits

Responsibilities

  • Invitation to attend Steering Committee meetings
  • Direct Relationship with Director Members
  • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
  • Slices: Unlimited
  • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
  • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
  • Active Participation in Steering Committee
  • Active Participation in PlanetLab Europe Events
  • Node Contribution
  • Research Participant (Optional)

Full Member
75,000€

Benefits

Responsibilities

  • Invitation to attend Steering Committee meetings
  • Access to Director Members
  • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
  • Slices: 10
  • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
  • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
  • Annual Steering Committee Participation
  • Node Contribution
  • Research Participant (Optional)

Associate Member
25,000€

Benefits

Responsibilities

  • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
  • Slices: 2
  • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
  • Forum/Channel for Research Publication
  • Access to Research Papers
  • Node Contribution
  • Research Participant (Optional)

Sponsor Member
10,000€

Benefits

Responsibilities

  • Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
  • Access to Research Papers

    SME Member
    1,000€

    Benefits

    Responsibilities

    • Participation in annual Steering Committee meetings is by invitation of the Director
    • Access to Director Members
    • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
    • Slices: Negotiable
    • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
    • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
    • Annual Steering Committee Participation
    • Node Contribution
    • Research Participant (Optional)

  • SME membership is only open to enterprises which, in the most recent fiscal year prior to entering into the Membership Agreement, employ fewer than 250 persons and which have a turnover not exceeding 50 million euros, and /or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euros.
  • Director Member
    0€

    Benefits

    Responsibilities

    • Decision making for the PlanetLab Europe strategy and implementation
    • Invitation to attend Steering Committee meetings
    • Direct Relationship with Director Members
    • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
    • Slices: Unlimited
    • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
    • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
    • Coordination of technical, administrative, and legal aspects of Planetlab Europe

    • Active Participation in Steering Committee
    • Active Participation in PlanetLab Europe Events
    • Node Contribution
    • Research Participant (Optional)

  • Director Membership is only open to Member Directors of the PlanetLab Europe Consortium.
  • Academic Member
    0€

    Benefits

    Responsibilities

    • Participation in annual Steering Committee meetings is by invitation of the Director
    • Access to Director Members
    • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
    • Slices: Negotiable
    • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
    • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
    • Annual Steering Committee Participation
    • Node Contribution
    • Research Participant (Optional)

  • Academic membership is only open to institutions of higher education and research and governmental or not-for-profit research institutions.
  • FP7
    0€

    Benefits

    Responsibilities

    • Participation in annual Steering Committee meetings is by invitation of the Director
    • Access to Director Members
    • Unlimited Access to PlanetLab Europe Events
    • Slices: Negotiable
    • PlanetLab Europe Public Relations
    • Author PlanetLab Europe Design Notes
    • Annual Steering Committee Participation
    • Node Contribution
    • Research Participant (Optional)

  • FP7 membership is only open to those institutions that are, at the time of entering into the Membership Agreement, partners in a project currently funded or scheduled to be funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. This special Membership to PlanetLab Europe, with exemption fees, and for this kind of FP7 partners, shall also be conditioned to the validation by the Steering Committee.