There are 2 types of membership as outlined below: 

1.1 Full Members

Those meeting at least two of the following three criteria:

(a) The Member Institution has a dedicated clinic for the care of persons with scleroderma, or a large number of patients with scleroderma under the direct care of the Member.

(b) The Member Institution has participated in a previous clinical interventional trial of direct relevance to scleroderma

(c) The Member Institution (or one or more individual(s) associated with the Member Institution) have published of at least one refereed manuscript describing clinical aspects of scleroderma within the previous five years.

1.2 Provisional Members

Those meeting all three of the following criteria:

(a) The Member Institution has participated in a previous clinical interventional trial for a non-scleroderma immunologic or rheumatological disease.

(b) The Member Institution has available support personnel experienced in clinical trials and “good clinical practices.”

(c) The Member Institution has demonstrated evidence of its ability to recruit patients with scleroderma for clinical trials.

Once your membership has been accepted, you can pay Membership Fees using the Pay Membership Fees link below on PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account.  If your institution is unable to use PayPal, please contact [email protected].