Becoming a Member of the SLTI
Long-Term Investing (LTI) Industrial Affiliates Program allows members to collaborate with SLTI and be recognized as world leaders in long-term investing. Our program is an attractive way for institutional investors and corporations of all kinds to support the Initiative, while gaining knowledge about ongoing research. Members will have access to a variety of SLTI events, engagement opportunities, and discussions. These include engagements with researchers affiliated with the SLTI. Prospective LTI Industrial Affiliates Program members are encouraged to review the Stanford University Policies Affecting Industrial Affiliates Program Memberships.
Please see a current list of our industrial affiliate members.
Member Benefits
Your support of LTI will help us organize programs and activities that enable SLTI researchers to participate, and attract key business leaders.
Associate Membership
Associate Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Themed Conversations | Give us a question or subject of interest, and we'll plan an SLTI program exploring that theme. | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as an Associate Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Associate Membership: $50,000 |
Institutional Membership
Institutional Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty and Students | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Discussions for Sponsored Research | Terms, costs, and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. | Working Meetings | Give us a question or subject of interest, and we'll plan an extended SLTI exchange session exploring that theme. | Visiting Scholar Opportunities | Send a member of your organization to spend time at the Stanford campus in Silicon Valley working closely with SLTI researchers (subject to Stanford Visiting Scholar Guidelines). | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as an Institutional Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Institutional Membership: $100,000 |
Strategic Membership
Strategic Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty and Students | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Discussions for Sponsored Research | Terms, costs, and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. | Discovery Collaboration | Participate in group discussions on future research interests and priorities for SLTI initiatives. | Visiting Scholar Opportunities | Send a member of your organization to spend time at the Stanford campus in Silicon Valley working closely with SLTI researchers (subject to Stanford Visiting Scholar Guidelines). | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as a Strategic Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Strategic Membership: $200,000 minimum |
Foundational Membership
Foundational Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty and Students | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Discussions for Sponsored Research | Terms, costs, and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. | Discovery + Impact Collaboration | Participate in group discussions on future research interests, impact approaches, and priorities for SLTI initiatives. | Visiting Scholar Opportunities | Send a member of your organization to spend time at the Stanford campus in Silicon Valley working closely with SLTI researchers (subject to Stanford Visiting Scholar Guidelines). | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as a Foundational Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Foundational Membership: $300,000 minimum |
Innovation Membership
Innovation Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty and Students | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Discussions for Sponsored Research | Terms, costs, and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. | Discovery + Impact Collaboration | Participate in discussions on future research interests, impact approaches, and priorities for SLTI initiatives. | Visiting Scholar Opportunities | Send 2 members of your organization to spend time at the Stanford campus in Silicon Valley working closely with SLTI researchers (subject to Stanford Visiting Scholar Guidelines). | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as an Innovation Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Innovation Membership: $500,000 minimum |
Fellows Membership
Fellows Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition on the SLTI website at https://longterminvesting.stanford.edu | Active Engagement with Faculty and Students | Active participation in formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. | Discussions for Sponsored Research | Terms, costs, and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. | Discovery + Impact Collaboration | Participate in group discussions on future research interests, impact approaches, and priorities for SLTI initiatives. | Visiting Scholar Opportunities | Send 2 members of your organization to spend time at the Stanford campus in Silicon Valley working closely with SLTI researchers (subject to Stanford Visiting Scholar Guidelines). | Fellows Program Interaction | Interact in an ongoing basis with young researchers who are part of our esteemed fellows programs, along with the faculty and researchers who serve as mentors for these rising stars. | Reciprocal Membership | Automatic reciprocal membership as a Fellows Affiliate of the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. |
|
Annual Cost of Fellows Membership: $1,000,000 minimum |
Startup / Not-For-Profit Membership
Member Benefits:
Invitations to SLTI Events | Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. | Recognition on SLTI web site | Logo recognition above. |
| |
Annual Cost of Affiliate Membership: $10,000 (NOTE: Affiliate membership is limited to startups and small not-for-profit organizations.) |
NOTE: Affiliate Program members may provide additional funding. All research results arising from the use of the additional funding will be shared with all program members and the general public. Affiliate Program members may request the additional funding be used to support a particular area of program research identified on the program’s website, or the program research of a named faculty member, as long as the faculty is identified on the program website as participating in the Affiliate Program. In either instance, the director of the Affiliate Program will determine how the additional funding will be used in the program’s research.
Open Source Software
SLTI Affiliates Program will use and develop open-source software, and it is the intention of SDGC that any software will be released under an open source model.