Full Members:

Organisations eligible to join Hydrogen Europe Research as Full Member must be actively involved in the hydrogen and fuel cells sector and have their seat and main administration in a Member State of the European Union (EU)/ in a State party to the European Economic Area Agreement (EEA)/ in an Associated Country to the European research and innovation framework programme/ in Switzerland or in the United Kindgdom.

To join as a full member, you have to be:

• A non-profit organisation which is not, directly or indirectly, managed, owned and/or controlled by any industry stakeholders or within which no industry stakeholders may benefit from or exercise a blocking voting majority or a veto right or any minority protection mechanism; or
• A public research organisation funded by a national or local government at a rate of at least thirty-three percent (33%) of its expenses for the purpose of science, education or research for the public benefit; or
• A university or an academic institution funded at a rate of at least thirty-three (33%) of its expenses for the purpose of science, education or research for the public benefit; or
• A federation, an umbrella organisation or any similar organisation, not, directly or indirectly, managed, owned and/or controlled by any industry stakeholders or within which no industry stakeholders may benefit from or exercise a blocking voting majority or a veto right or any minority protection mechanism, and having all of its own members conducting research on fuel cells and hydrogen.

The annual membership fee for full members is €3,500 per year.