Forms
New Member Forms
For Regular or Corresponding Applicants:
MAAFS would love you have you as a new member. The Application Fee is $20. You must have attended a MAAFS Business Meeting within the past 4 years for Regular or Corresponding Membership. To apply, please have handy an updated CV, verification of completion of a documented training program for bench scientist, and the names and email address of 2 MAAFS members in good standing willing to sponsor you.
Please note that it could take up to 90 days from receiving your complete application, including the application fees, for your application to be fully reviewed.
For Student Associate Applicants:
MAAFS would love you have you as a new member. The Application Fee is $10. For Student Associate Membership, you must be attending an accredited college or university in a forensic or natural science program. To apply, please have handy a transcript listing your forensic or natural science coursework (unofficial is acceptable), and the names and email address of 1 MAAFS member in good standing willing to sponsor you.
Please note that it could take up to 90 days from receiving your complete application, including the application fees, for your application to be fully reviewed.
Membership Change Forms
Distinguished Member: To apply for Distinguished membership, you must first obtain 15 points related to your MAAFS Membership:
5 points: Serving as an officer.
4 points: Serving as chair of an annual meeting.
3 points: Serving on the Meeting Planning Committee. Organizing a training and education workshop (held at a time other than the annual meeting).
2 points: Presentation at a training and education workshop (either at the annual meeting or another time), presentation of a paper at an annual meeting, or serving on a committee
1 point: Attendance at a MAAFS annual meeting, including the business meeting (5 points maximum).
Retired Member: To apply for Retired Membership, you must have been a member in good standing for 5 years and retired from full-time work.
Scholarship Awards
Current students enrolled in an accredited college or university within the MAAFS Region can apply for a $1,000 scholarship. They must present a paper explaining their forensic research at the Annual Meeting. Current Student Members will be given first preference. Applications are due by March 1st.
If you have been thinking about taking an ABC Exam, the ABC offers 1 free exam sitting per year for MAAFS Members. Preference will be given to those members who are active in MAAFS. Please email your completed Ed Rhodes Application to MAAFS4N6@gmail.com.
American Board of Criminalistics (ABC)
Free Exam Application
MAAFS Service Awards
Distinguished Service Award Form: To nominate a MAAFS member in good standing whose actions have resulted in marked improvement in the quality, recognition, or acceptance of MAAFS.
Forensic Scientist of the Year Award Form: To nominate a MAAFS member in good standing who has developed a method or methods which greatly improve the capability or accuracy of forensic science analyses or examinations. Or, a member in good standing whose actions have resulted in marked improvement in the quality, recognition, or acceptance in the forensic science community.
New Forensic Scientist Award Form: To nominate a MAAFS member in good standing who has less than five years experience in forensic science and who demonstrates a high level of motivation and contribution to forensic science.