Draft:European Federation of Immunological Societies

The European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) is a non-profit umbrella organisation of 36 national immunological societies from Europe, Eurasia, and the Middle East. EFIS was founded 1975 in Amsterdam, first as a legal body within the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), and since 1995 as an independent legal body, registered in Utrecht, The Netherlands at the Uittreksel Handelsregister Kamer van Koophandel under registration number: 40483048in The official journals of EFIS are the European Journal of Immunology and Immunology Letters. EFIS´s self-proclaimed aim is to strengthen interactions between the member societies and support immunological research and education. EFIS offers awards such as the Ita Askonas Award, fellowships, and travel awards for young immunologists. Every three years a congress (European Congress of Immunology) is held.

Member societies

 * The Armenian Association of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Immunology (AAMCBI)
 * Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie
 * Belgian Immunological Society (BIS)
 * British Society for Immunology (BSI)
 * Association of Immunologists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AIB&H)
 * Bulgarian Society for Immunology (BuSI)
 * Croatian Immunological Society (HID) Hrvatsko Imunološko Društvo
 * Czech Immunological Society (CIS) Česká Imunologická Společnost
 * Dutch Society for Immunology (NVVI) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Immunologie
 * Estonian Society for Immunology and Allergology (EIAS) Eesti Immunoloogide ja Allergoloogide Selts eias.ee
 * French Society for Immunology (SFI) Société Française d'Immunologie
 * Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (GAACI)
 * German Society for Immunology (DGfI) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie (DGfI)
 * Hellenic Society of Immunology (HSI) Ελληνική Εταιρεία Ανοσολογίας
 * Hungarian Society for Immunology (MIT) Magyar Immunológiai Társaság
 * Irish Society for Immunology (ISI)
 * Israel Immunological Society (IIS)
 * Russian Society for Immunology (RSI) Российское научное общество иммунологов
 * Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) www.scandinavianimmunology.nu
 * Immunological Society of Serbia (ISoS) Društvo Imunologa Srbije (DIS)
 * Italian Society for Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA) Società Italiana Immunologia, Immunologia Clinica e Allergologia
 * Kosovo Allergy Asthma and Immunology Association (AKIAA)Asociacioni Kosovar për Imunologji - Astma dhe Alergji
 * Latvian Association of Immunologists (LAI)Latvijas Imunologu asociācija
 * Lithuanian Society for Immunology (LSI) Lietuvos Imunologų Draugija (LID)
 * Luxembourg Society for Allergology and Immunology (LSAI)
 * Macedonian Society of Immunogenetics (MSIG)
 * Immunological Society of Montenegro (ISM)
 * Polish Society for Fundamental and Clinical Immunology (PTIDiK) Polskie Towarzystwo Immunologii Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej
 * Portuguese Society for Immunology (SPI) Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia
 * Romanian Society of Immunology (SIR) Societatea de Imunologie din România
 * Slovak Immunological Society (SIS) Slovenská imunologická spoločnosť
 * Immunology Society of Slovenia (ISS) Slovensko imunološko društvo
 * Spanish Society for Immunology (SEI) Sociedad Española de Inmunologia
 * Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SSAI) Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie (SSAI)
 * Turkish Society of Immunology (TSI) Türk İmmünoloji Derneği
 * Ukrainian Society of Specialists for Immunology, Allergology, and Immunorehabilitation (UTIAI)

=President=
 * Federica Sallusto (2022-2024)
 * for a list of present and former presidents and board members, see