Member’s corner

Member registration

Joining the HUC

HUC membership offers a unique opportunity to become part of a vibrant network committed to advancing research and innovations for a regenerative Hindu Kush Himalaya. As an individual member, you gain access to valuable resources, including funding opportunities, specialised publications, training programs, and collaborative research projects that address critical challenges in the HKH. Membership also provides opportunities to connect with scholars, institutions, policymakers, advocates, and communities within and outsdie the HKH region.

As an institutional member, your organisation can engage in large-scale interdisciplinary research, host HUC-led events such as workshops and academies, and access funding for initiatives aligned with HUC’s mission. Members gain access to a robust network of regional and international partners, enhancing institutional capacity to drive impactful research and education. Institutional members play a critical role in shaping regional strategies and influencing the consortium’s direction, reinforcing their leadership in addressing pressing mountain challenges. By joining HUC, you could contribute to transformative solutions for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods while playing an active role in shaping the consortium’s strategies and initiatives.

Registering as an Individual

Individual members – Fellows and Affiliates

Individual scholars and professionals who were recipients of HUC individual grants or/and successfully completed one or more capacity development programmes organised by the HUC are qualified as HUC Fellows.
Distinguished individual scholars and professionals who have a strong interest in and commitment to HUC mission and values and who are affiliated with non-HUC institutional members may be solicited or apply to be HUC Affiliates. Scholars from non-HUC institutions who have imparted training programmes (co-)organized by the HUC are qualified as HUC Affiliates. An HUC Affiliate may be asked to serve as a special advisor for programme areas in which his or her special competence may be relevant.

Registering as an institution

What kind of institutions is it for?

Institutional members include educational institutions and knowledge organisations. Educational institution members are universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher education having their own registered students. Knowledge organisation members include research institutions and other knowledge organisations concerned with education and research about mountains and the HKH. Subsidiary entities of Higher Education Institutions such as independent institutes, branch campuses, and departments and research units or centers of public and private sector entities qualify as knowledge organizations.

Within institutional members, there are two types:

Hindu Kush Himalayan Institutional Members are geographically located in the eight HKH countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
Non-HKH Institutional Members are geographically located outside the eight HKH countries.