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Advertising & Sponsorship

GSA is excited to provide a variety of marketing, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities for sharing your message and introducing your brand to our vibrant and robust scientific community. Revenue from these advertisements helps the Society serve our membership and the genetics community.

Who is GSA?

GSA’s constituency represents a highly educated, global market of scientific researchers in the field of genetics and genomics working to advance knowledge in the basic mechanisms of inheritance, from the molecular to the population level. They work at colleges and universities, governments and private research institutes, laboratories, medical schools, corporate and industrial settings, and other institutions. Our communities are early adopters (and developers) of new technology—they are always searching for new and improved methodological tools and the latest opportunities for scientific and career advancement.

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Updated September 20, 2024

Email Newsletters

GSA e-News

GSA’s bi-monthly email newsletter shares important news, upcoming events, and career opportunities with more than 23,000 scientists of all career stages. Contacts opt in to receive this newsletter.

The open rate consistently exceeds 35%.

View a recent e-News

GSA e-News advertisement options include:

  • Top banner ad, featured at the top of the email:
    • $575 per issue
    • $975 per month (two issues)
  • Box ad, featured in our two-column email format:
    • $575 per issue
    • $975 per month (two issues)
  • Footer banner, featured at the bottom of the email:
    • $450 per issue
    • $750 per month (two issues)
  • Ad bundle (Top banner ad, box ad, and footer banner ad):
    • $1,450 per issue
    • $2,300 per month (two issues)
  • Featured write-up in a relevant section with a custom headline and ~50-word description:
    • $1,000 per issue (limit two issues)
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ECS Weekly

The Early Career Scientist Weekly is an email newsletter featuring resources, opportunities, and job listings tailored for over 5,000 students, postdocs, and others early in their careers.

The open rate consistently exceeds 35%.

View a recent ECS Weekly

ECS Weekly advertisement options include:

  • Top banner ad, featured at the top of the email:
    • $125 per issue
    • $425 per month (four issues)
  • Box ad, featured in our two-column email format:
    • $125 per issue
    • $425 per month (four issues)
  • Footer banner, featured at the bottom of the email:
    • $100 per issue
    • $400 per month (four issues)
  • Ad bundle (Top banner ad, box ad, and footer banner ad):
    • $300 per issue
    • $1,050 per month (four issues)

Social Media

Please note, there is a limit of one post per platform, per day, except for X where our limit is five posts per day. Planned GSA posts take priority on the schedule; we will provide a series of dates and times. If more than one post is purchased, we will space them out as needed, taking into account your goal deadlines, to avoid repetitive posts on our audience’s timelines.

X (formerly Twitter)

GSA reaches 28.2k followers on X: $1,500 per original post, with or without accompanying visual; $500 per repost

Facebook

GSA reaches 21k followers on Facebook: $1,500 per post

Instagram

GSA reaches 3.4k followers on Instagram: $300 per feature on Stories We currently do not offer paid Grid posts.

LinkedIn

GSA reaches 13.7k followers on LinkedIn: $1,000 per post

 

GSA Journals

GSA Journals

Please contact GSA’s publishing partner, Oxford University Press, regarding advertisements in the GSA Journals, GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Conference Sponsorship and Exhibits

Since 1932, GSA Conferences have served as community hubs for researchers interested in the field of genetics to foster collaboration, share tools, and expand technology and ideas. Today, GSA hosts a diverse range of events with attendance ranging from a few hundred to over 1,600 per meeting. We offer a combination of sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities, so you can tailor your support based on what best fits your organization’s needs and budget. Each opportunity showcases your support of genetics research and enhances your visibility. Read on to learn some of the benefits you can expect from sponsoring or exhibiting at a GSA Conference. 

Conference attendees at exhibits.

Sponsorships

  • Logo featured on the conference website under the list of Sponsors
  • Logo featured in promotional email marketing materials (sent to up to 20,000+ contacts)
  • Logo and listing in the mobile app used by attendees
  • Quarter-, half-, or full-page ad in the digital Program Book
  • Banner ad on the conference website and mobile app

Exhibits

  • Showcase your products or services through hands-on demonstrations and in-depth discussions on how you can support attendee research.
  • Interact with attendees who have significant purchasing power for their labs.
  • Influence a wide range of researchers at different career stages and on different career trajectories, including students, postdocs, faculty, and job seekers.
  • Reach new audiences who are early adopters of new technologies.
  • Recruit scientists from multiple biological research communities who are interested in new career options.

Websites and Blog

GSA hosts multiple websites and a blog, which all feature static, clickable advertisements. The websites are genetics-gsa.org and genestogenomes.org. Read on to learn more about the sites and the advertisement options available. Collectively, our websites receive over 1 million views annually.

Websites

A 728 by 90 pixel banner ad appears at the top of every webpage on the Society’s website and GSA conference websites*:

  • $120 per 10k impressions
  • $240 per 20k impressions
  • $360 per 30k impressions

*Each GSA conference has its own website where potential and registered attendees look for information on meeting topics, speakers, and events—for example, the 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. View a complete list of conferences hosted by GSA.

Genes to Genomes blog

Three advertisement types appear on Genes to Genomes, a blog curated by GSA:

  • A 728 by 90 pixel banner ad shown at the top of every webpage, including the homepage:
    • $100 per 10k impressions
    • $200 per 20k impressions
    • $300 per 30k impressions
  • A 300 by 250 pixel ad shown on the Genes to Genomes homepage, displayed among the featured articles:
    • $100 per 10k impressions
    • $200 per 20k impressions
    • $300 per 30k impressions
  • A 300 by 600 pixel ad shown along right-hand side of the body text of each blog post:
    • $100 per 10k impressions
    • $200 per 20k impressions
    • $300 per 30k impressions
  • To display your content on all three advertisement slots on Genes to Genomes:
    • $255 per 10k impressions
    • $510 per 20k impressions
    • $765 per 30k impressions

Ad Exchange

GSA is open to mutually beneficial unpaid ad exchanges. Please contact communications@genetics-gsa.org with the subject line “[Your Brand/Organization Ad Exchange]” to discuss a custom ad exchange or marketing partnership.

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