Academic Membership

Membership Starts Here

If you are a full-time faculty at a college or university in the United States, you may join XBRL US as an individual at the rate of $250/year.

Complete the form below, then register and pay for your membership in our online store.

You can also get information about an organizational membership for your institution.

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Benefits of Membership
Individual members have access to XBRL US email lists, analytical tools and development projects. Individual members cannot post member or product profiles, photos or events, or serve on steering committees.

Full-Time Academics Can Join XBRL US as Individual Members

Now is the time to join!

Accounting professionals, technologists, analysts, secutiries professionals and regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), view XBRL as part of their vision on how to bring transparency to the markets. Now is the time to join industry leaders in XBRL US and get the tools you need to educate your organization and students. As an individual academic member of XBRL US, you can join ad hoc committees and gain access to information on development projects (see benefits of membership in box below on right).

Get the inside knowledge you need

Your students need to know how XBRL factors into business reporting. Members have early access to development projects, regulatory issues and industry trends and work together to move the standard forward. Joining the organization gives you information that can help guide your own curriculum development and coursework. Academic members have access to analytical tools for research on public company filings produced in XBRL.

Join an interdisciplinary consortium of leaders

Industry leaders help define the standard and demonstrate their leadership. Members include The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), SWIFT, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Microsoft, the AICPA, Google Finance and the six largest accounting firms, among others. Academic institutions represented include The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Bryant University, Iowa State University, Kennesaw State University, North Carolina State University, Old Dominion University, University of Iowa and Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii.

Drive the standard that drives your business

Join influential committees and working groups that help set the direction and oversight for the ongoing development of our digital dictionary and the strategy behind communicating XBRL. Your involvement today lays the groundwork for XBRL tomorrow.

Increase your visibility

Membership gives you greater visibility as a leader in promoting transparency, accuracy and efficiency in business reporting through speaking roles, contributions to articles and more.

Individual academic members have access to XBRL US email lists, tools and development projects. Individual members cannot post member profiles, photos or events, or serve on steering committees.

When you complete the form and click "Academic Membership" you agree:

To engage: Members are committed to contributing in a positive, productive, and professional volunteer engagement with XBRL US, working with other members to advance the mission and goals of XBRL US for the common good of all.

To contribute: Members will bring their best human and intellectual capital to assist XBRL US in a community-driven process for setting strategic goals, designing program initiatives, and developing market messages and a communications strategy.

To evangelize: Members will work to build awareness and educate the market on the benefits XBRL brings to business reporting, using the strength of their own brand, reputation, and networks; members will not represent themselves to customers, prospects, press or media as representing the XBRL US organization itself unless expressly coordinated with XBRL US staff.