Society for Behavoral Neuroedocrinology

What Society for Behavoral Neuroedocrinology does

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is a nonprofit professional scientific society founded in 1997 and registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with its principal mailing address in Schaumburg, Illinois. SBN serves scientists, educators, mentors, and trainees studying the relationships among hormones, the nervous system, and behavior, organized around six membership tiers (Regular, Emeritus, Student, Postdoctoral, Associate, and Sustaining Associate). Its core offerings are a membership program with annual dues, a single flagship Annual Scientific Meeting (30th edition scheduled for July 8–11, 2026 in Niagara Falls, New York), a portfolio of awards recognizing lifetime achievement, early-career contributions, mentorship, and advocacy, a teaching resources portal for educators, and sponsorship of the Hormones and Behavior journal published by Elsevier. The society also operates a jobs board, periodic e-newsletter, and public policy advocacy on federal science funding through coalitions including FABBS and AIBS.

SBN generates revenue from four streams: recurring membership dues across its six tiers, registration fees for the annual meeting (and an online research symposium), donations earmarked for travel awards, hardship support, and discretionary funds, and indirect journal economics via its Elsevier sponsorship arrangement, where the journal editor serves as an ex officio board member. Distribution is primarily self-serve through the sbn.org website and event platforms such as Whova, with global reach evidenced by meetings in Vancouver, Tours (France), and historical venues spanning North America and Europe. Governance is volunteer-led by an elected Board of Directors drawn from leading academic institutions (American University, University of Michigan, University at Buffalo, University of Toledo, University of Maryland School of Medicine), and the society is supported externally by WJ Weiser & Associates for website hosting and association management. SBN does not develop proprietary technology products and operates with 11–50 staff-equivalent personnel, making it a small membership-association operation whose value is concentrated in community, journal sponsorship, and convening rather than software or data assets.

Name

Society for Behavoral Neuroedocrinology

Legal name

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Website

https://sbn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology is a nonprofit scientific society serving researchers, educators, and trainees studying hormones, the nervous system, and behavior, delivering membership services, an annual conference, awards, teaching resources, and the Hormones and Behavior journal sponsored with Elsevier.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SBN generates revenue through annual membership dues at multiple levels including Regular, Emeritus, Student, Postdoctoral, Associate, and Sustaining Associate memberships. Dues are payable annually and vary by membership class.
2. Annual Meeting Registration: The society collects registration fees for its annual scientific meetings, including the 30th Annual Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY (July 8-11, 2026) and previous meetings in locations including Vancouver, Canada, Atlanta, GA, Columbus, OH, and international venues.
3. Donations and Fundraising: SBN accepts charitable contributions through its donation page, including funds for President's Discretionary Fund, Emergency Hardship Fund, Larry Young Mentorship Award fund, and student travel contributions.
4. Journal Publication Support: SBN sponsors its primary journal Hormones and Behavior published by Elsevier. The journal editor serves as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors.

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Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is a nonprofit professional scientific society that advances research on the relationships among hormones, the nervous system, and behavior. It sells annual memberships across multiple tiers (Regular, Emeritus, Student, Postdoctoral, Associate, Sustaining Associate), hosts an annual scientific meeting (the 30th edition scheduled for July 2026 in Niagara Falls), sponsors the Hormones and Behavior journal published by Elsevier, runs an awards program, maintains a teaching resources portal and jobs board, publishes a monthly e-newsletter, and advocates for federal science funding.

Product overview

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is a professional scientific society offering membership services, annual conferences, awards programs, educational resources, and publications. The organization's core offerings include a membership program with multiple tiers, the annual SBN meeting, an awards program recognizing achievements in the field, teaching resources for educators, the Hormones and Behavior journal, an e-newsletter, a jobs board, virtual symposiums, and public policy advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hormones and Behavior: The official journal of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, published by Elsevier

Products and services

• SBN Membership
• Annual Scientific Meeting
• Hormones and Behavior Journal
• Awards Program
• Teaching Resources Portal
• Jobs Board
• E-Newsletter
• Online Research Symposium
• SBN Public Positions

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides forum for researchers from 15+ countries to share findings annually
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSBN is a dues-paying member of FABBS, which conducts advocacy on behalf of behavioral research funding by the federal government. FABBS advocates for the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior on Capitol Hill and with federal agencies. SBN benefits from FABBS representation at NIH, NSF, and other federal funding agencies, and participates in coalition activities including letters advocating for support for behavioral sciences.
• American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSBN has endorsed declarations by AIBS presidents regarding the importance of scientific knowledge in public policy. SBN participates in AIBS initiatives including the March for Science and peer review advocacy efforts.
• International Neuroendocrine Federation (INF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSBN maintains an affiliation with the International Neuroendocrine Federation. The inaugural INF newsletter was released in 2025, representing expanded international collaboration in the field.
• ElseviercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElsevier publishes Hormones and Behavior, SBN's official primary journal. The journal editor serves as an ex officio member of the SBN Board of Directors without vote.
• WJ Weiser & Associates, Inc.coreOthersWebsite design and hosting provider for SBN. Also provides association management services for the society.
• Endocrine SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of the Mechanisms of Allostasis Conference: Stressed or Stressed Out, a jointly hosted basic science focused meeting.
• Organization for the Study of Sex DifferencesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organization with which SBN collaborates on educational initiatives regarding sex differences in research.
• University of KentuckyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHad been scheduled to host SBN 2026 meeting but withdrew due to lack of alignment between institutional values regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Society for Neuroscience: The largest U.S. professional neuroscience society, serving a closely overlapping member base of neuroscientists and endocrinology-adjacent researchers. Comparable as a non-profit scientific membership society that holds annual meetings, publishes journals, runs awards programs, and advocates for federal research funding — but at far greater scale and with a broader scope than SBN's niche focus.

Direct peers

• Society for Behavioral Medicine: Professional society for behavioral medicine researchers and clinicians. Comparable because it serves an overlapping behavioral-science member base, runs an annual meeting with parallel awards and advocacy programs, and operates a similar dues-and-publications revenue model — even though its clinical orientation differs from SBN's basic-research focus.
• International Society for Developmental Psychobiology: Professional society studying behavioral and neural development, with strong methodological overlap with behavioral neuroendocrinology. Comparable as a small non-profit scientific society using the same membership, annual-meeting, and journal-publication operating model, and serving a population of researchers whose work intersects heavily with SBN's scope.
• International Neuroendocrine Federation: International umbrella society for neuroendocrinology with which SBN maintains an affiliation. Directly comparable as a non-profit membership organization promoting the same hormone-brain-behavior science globally, holding meetings, and coordinating member societies — effectively a global peer that shares SBN's scientific scope.
• Endocrine Society: The leading professional society for endocrine research and clinical practice. Directly comparable because it covers the hormone systems that are central to behavioral neuroendocrinology, co-hosts SBN's Mechanisms of Allostasis conference, operates a similar membership-and-meeting model, publishes multiple journals with Elsevier, and runs an analogous portfolio of awards, advocacy, and educational programs.
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society: Professional society for cognitive neuroscience researchers. Comparable on member-base overlap (scientists studying brain and behavior), annual-meeting-plus-journal operating model, member-tiered dues structure, and awards programs aimed at early-career investigators. Differs in scientific emphasis (cognition over hormonal mechanisms) but matches SBN on organizational archetype.

Others

• American Institute of Biological Sciences: Biological sciences advocacy and umbrella organization of which SBN is an endorsing affiliate. Comparable as a non-profit scientific society infrastructure partner providing peer-review and public-policy advocacy services to member societies like SBN, rather than competing for the same membership base.
• Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences: Umbrella federation of which SBN is a dues-paying member. Comparable as a non-profit scientific advocacy organization serving the same behavioral-research community through federal funding advocacy, though it is an aggregating federation rather than a directly competing member-serving society.

Emerging players

• Organization for the Study of Sex Differences: Professional society focused on biological sex differences research and an existing SBN partner on educational initiatives. Comparable as a small specialty scientific society with annual meetings, awards, and a thematic overlap with SBN's research on hormones, sex, and behavior.
• Society for Social Neuroscience: Smaller professional society focused on the neural basis of social behavior. Directly comparable as a niche scientific membership organization with annual meetings, member tiers, and awards serving a subset of neuroscience researchers whose interests intersect with SBN's hormone-behavior remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SBNTweets
• Facebookfacebook.com/SBNeuroendo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/society-for-behavioral-neuroendocrinology
• Instagraminstagram.com/sbn_org

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