Become a Member

Grow Your Network
- You’ll create connections with a wide array of “first movers” that are likely to play a critical role in your company commercializing its next big product. You’ll be able to leverage NextFlex and its members’ expertise to move along the experience curve faster, at less cost, and with a reduced chance of project failure.
Expand Your Influence
- Becoming a member of NextFlex provides you a seat at the table with some of the manufacturing industry’s most celebrated leaders including luminaries from industry, academia and government.
Extend Your Hybrid Electronics R&D Investment
- As a member of NextFlex you’ll not only gain early access to identified competencies and capabilities that will become the standard used by all flexible hybrid electronics players, but you’ll also benefit from a collective level of technology investment that far exceeds most typical R&D budgets.

MEMBERSHIP TYPES

Corporate Membership		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 3 – Small Company¹	Observer²
Benefits	Technical Working Groups	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation	By Invitation
	Online Member Portal	Full Access	Full Access	Full Access	Full Participation	Limited
	Networking	Full Access	Full Access	Full Access	Full Access	Limited
	Project Funding	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible	Limited
	IP Evaluation License	Included	Included	Included	Included	Ineligible
	Education/Workforce Development Program	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation	Limited
	Member Discounts	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible
Obligation	Annual Membership Fee	$100,000	$50,000	$10,000	$6,000	$2,500
Obligation	In-Kind Contributions³	$75,000	$30,000	Encouraged	Encouraged	Encouraged
Governance	Governing Council Seats	1 Vote Each	3 Votes for Tier⁴	1 Vote for Tier⁵		None
Governance	Technical Council Seats	1 Vote Each	1 Vote Each	Non-voting		None

Defined as a company with 500 employees or fewer or full time equivalents.
Reserved for start-ups: <$5M gross annual revenues, 20 employees or fewer, and for a maximum of 3 years.
This can be cash additional to the membership fee and in-kind contributions in support of the Institute.
One vote for every 3 members of the tier; up to 3 votes.
Voting when 15 tier members is reached.

Academic/Non-Profit Membership		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
Benefits	Technical Working Groups	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation
	Online Member Portal	Full Access	Full Access	Full Access
	Networking	Full Access	Full Access	Full Access
	Project Funding	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible
	IP Evaluation License	Included	Included	Ineligible
	Education/Workforce Development Program	Full Participation	Full Participation	Full Participation
	Member Discounts	Eligible	Eligible	Eligible
Obligation	Annual Membership Fee	$15,000	$7,500	$2,500
Obligation	In-Kind Contributions¹	$300,000	$150,000	Encouraged
Governance	Governing Council Seats	3 Votes for Tier²	1 Vote for Tier³	None
Governance	Technical Council Seats⁴	1 Vote Each	1 Vote Each	None

This can be cash additional to the membership fee and in-kind contributions in support of the Institute
1 Vote for every 3 members of the tier; up to 3 votes
Voting when 15 tier members is reached
Participants each have a primary Technical Council representative, plus other representatives to be involved in sub-committees or working groups

Federal Government Membership		One Level
Benefits	Technical Working Groups	Full Participation
	Online Member Portal	Full Access
	Networking	Full Access
	Project Funding	Ineligible
	IP Evaluation License	Included
	Education/Workforce Development Program	Full Participation
	Member Discounts	Eligible
Obligation	Annual Membership Fee	N/A
Obligation	In-Kind Contributions	Not Required
Governance	Governing Council Seats	Up to 25%
Governance	Technical Council Seats¹	Up to 25%

Participants each have a primary Technical Council representative, plus other representatives to be involved in sub-committees or working groups