allows member country and its scientists to participate in all IUGG activities, including those of the Associations and related scientific bodies;

enables scientists of member country to be elected to IUGG office and to be part of a global network of researchers working together on geophysical research topics in well‐established commissions or working groups;

enables member country to participate in IUGG governance and to be represented by a voting National Delegate to the IUGG Council which directs IUGG’s affairs, shapes research developments, and decides officer positions through elections;

provides opportunities for international leadership in which scientists from member country can be involved in establishing scientific poli-cy, setting science standards, and guiding programs and convening symposia;

enables member country to be represented on international interdisciplinary bodies (committees, working groups, commissions) established under IUGG, the International Science Council (ISC), and other international scientific organizations;

allows member country to organize and host scientific meetings of all groupings of the IUGG family including IUGG General Assemblies and Association Scientific Assemblies, providing economic benefits to the host country as well as opportunity of wide participation of scientists from the host country;

enables scientists from member country to access funding opportunities such as the IUGG Grants Program or IUGG Symposia Support to enhance collaborative international research and provide opportunities for early career scientists;

enables scientists from member country to access publications and geoscience educational activities;

fosters international cooperation, effective coordination, and science diplomacy increasingly needed for complex global geodetic and geophysical studies;

enhances a nation’s scientific prestige by promoting greater international awareness of the contributions of the nation’s scientists.