It’s renewal time!
AIA members are beginning to receive their 2027 renewal invoices. Please be aware that the deadline for your renewal payment is January 15, 2027. If you would like to pay online with a credit card, please click here (Renew your AIA membership) or you can use the renewal notice you received for payment processing.
AIA New Jersey is focused on providing members like you with quality educational seminars, HSW (Health, Safety, and Welfare) credits, as well as training for special certifications. We also actively engage with local and state elected officials on issues that affect the architectural profession and your license! Additional membership benefits also include:
- Inclusion at AIA Local, State and National levels
- Use of AIA credentials Professional resources
- Access to National resources, such as Career Center and Contract Documents
- Networking
- Online Handbook with municipal and state contacts
- Bi-weekly newsletter
- Professional practice assistance
- Professional interest groups
- Eligibility to be listed in New Jersey firm directory
DUES WAIVER
If you are experiencing a medical or financial hardship, you can request an AIA dues waiver. This will allow you to request a full or partial waiver of your dues for 2027. Please send an email to Kelly Biddle at kbiddle@njpsi.com if you would like a waiver form or call 609-393-5690 if you have questions.
EMERITUS UPGRADE
2.311 Architect Members. Any Architect member may apply for Emerita/Emeritus status if: The member (i) has been in good standing in the Institute for fifteen successive years immediately prior to their application, or (ii) has had a total of at least twenty-five successive or non-successive years of membership in the Institute, and has been a member in good standing for at least three successive years immediately preceding the member’s application for Emerita/Emeritus membership; and the member either (i) has attained the age of 70 and is retired from the profession of architecture, or (ii) is so incapacitated as to be unable to work in the profession.
2.313 Waiver by the Secretary the Secretary, in exceptional circumstances and for adequate cause, may, on an individual basis, waive (i) all or part of the period of membership required for Emerita/Emeritus status; and/or (ii) the age requirement for Emerita/Emeritus status. In addition, the Secretary, in exceptional circumstances and for adequate cause, may, on an individual basis: Waive the requirement that an applicant for Architect Emerita/Emeritus Member status must be an Architect member at the time of application, so long as the individual was an Architect member in good standing within one year before submitting the application for Emerita/Emeritus status; and Waive the requirement that an applicant for Associate Emerita/Emeritus Member status must be an Associate member at the time of application, so long as the individual was an Associate member in good standing within one year before submitting the application for Emerita/Emeritus status.
Please send an email to membership@aia-nj.org to request a form if you would like to apply for the Emeritus status.
Thank you for your membership!