IISSO Frequently Asked Questions

Join through the University’s Tiger­Zone or via sign-up links at IISSO events.

No. Mem­ber­ship is free; there are no dues.

All under­grad or grad stu­dents affil­i­at­ed with IIS—or strong­ly inter­est­ed in IIS focus areas.

You’ll be assigned a depart­men­tal ambas­sador, enrolled in the mail­ing list and Tiger­Zone, and receive an offi­cial wel­come email. Ques­tions can be direct­ed to your ambas­sador and/or the pres­i­dent.

Each new mem­ber is assigned an ambas­sador; ambas­sadors over­see mem­bers in their depart­ment. Direct ques­tions to your ambas­sador (or the pres­i­dent if you’re unsure who that is). The doc­u­ment does not list indi­vid­ual con­tact details

Fund­ing nor­mal­ly requires work­ing with an IIS affil­i­ate. If your advi­sor isn’t affil­i­at­ed, you may still be eli­gi­ble if you’re an IISSO offi­cer; oth­er­wise, con­tact the IIS Direc­tor through the pres­i­dent to present your case (espe­cial­ly if your research is IIS-focused).

You can write the IIS Direc­tor about steps for your advi­sor to become an affil­i­ate.

The Cog­ni­tive Sci­ence Sem­i­nar is one of the crown jew­els of the Insti­tute. It is both a course offer­ing and a pub­lic lec­ture series. Each semes­ter’s Sem­i­nar is orga­nized around a dif­fer­ent the­mat­ic area and offers sem­i­nars by nation­al and inter­na­tion­al experts in the field. Talk are on Wednes­day’s from 4 pm to 5 pm and simul­cast via TEAMs

• ISSO Research Fair (typ­i­cal­ly near the end of Fall & Spring), Light­ning Talks, Work­shops, and oth­er academic/career events.
• Out­reach/re­source-fair par­tic­i­pa­tion via Recruit­ment and Social roles.

Inter­sec­tion of Zack H Curlin St. and Cen­tral St.

Apply via the link on the IISSO web­site (appli­ca­tions are accept­ed through­out the semes­ter). The Trea­sur­er dis­trib­utes criteria/procedures at the start of the year. Check that you (or your advisor’s stu­dents) are on the IIS-approved list for trav­el fund­ing.

The Trea­sur­er reviews appli­ca­tions, may request more info, noti­fies awardees, for­wards details to IIS admin, keeps records each round, and updates offi­cers and com­mu­ni­ca­tions.

• The­sis & Dis­ser­ta­tion Award / Pub­li­ca­tion cost (once per pro­gram)
• Trav­el Fund (twice per aca­d­e­m­ic year)
• Research sup­port (via IIS Director’s office)

(a) IISSO mem­bers work­ing with an IIS affil­i­ate; (b) IISSO offi­cers (even if not with an affil­i­ate); © oth­ers may peti­tion the IIS Direc­tor (through the pres­i­dent) if research is IIS-focused.

No. Meet­ing require­ments does not guar­an­tee fund­ing.

Mem­bers can par­tic­i­pate; the Research Coor­di­na­tor sets sub­mis­sion guide­lines and time­lines and man­ages logistics—watch for calls and sub­mit per those guide­lines.

Yes, mem­bers have oppor­tu­ni­ties to col­lab­o­rate across dif­fer­ent fields.

You may con­tact any cur­rent offi­cers with ques­tions on membership/eligibility.

• Trav­el fund­ing → Trea­sur­er (cri­te­ria, review, noti­fi­ca­tions, record-keep­ing).
• Research Fair / Dis­ser­ta­tion fund­ing → Research Coor­di­na­tor.
• Mem­ber­ship, Listserv/TigerZone & gen­er­al lead­er­ship → Pres­i­dent; backup/leadership sup­port → Vice-Pres­i­dent.
• Website/social media & info pages → Web­mas­ter.
• Out­reach & sign-ups → Recruit­ment Offi­cer; social/re­source-fair logis­tics → Social Coor­di­na­tor.
• Depart­ment-spe­cif­ic issues → Your Ambas­sador.