Renew an institutional membership

Renew the association of your institutional membership to continue enjoying the benefits it provides.

Depending on the verification method, institutional membership associations have different expiration periods:
  • Email verification: 90 days
  • Institutional login verification: 90 days
  • IP address verification: 30 days

You can manually renew the association from your profile page at any time.

Renew an institutional membership using email verification

  1. In the Institutional Memberships section of your dashboard, click My institutions.
  2. From the list, find the institutional membership you want to renew.
  3. Click Renew verification.


  4. In the By your institutional email section, enter your email and click Send code to verify.
    A verification code is sent to your email.
  5. Enter the verification code.
The association of your institutional membership with your CONNECT account is renewed for another 90 days.

Renew an institutional membership using institutional login verification

  1. In the Institutional Memberships section of your dashboard, click My institutions.
  2. From the list, find the institutional membership you want to renew.
  3. Click Renew verification.


  4. In the Sign in to your institution section, click Continue.
    The institution's website displays.
  5. Log in to your account on the institution's website.
After logging in, you are redirected to CONNECT and the association of your institutional membership is renewed for another 90 days.

Renew an institutional membership using IP address verification

Associations established using your IP address are automatically renewed when you access your CONNECT account or log in to the sites you have joined through the institution's network.

Note: Make sure that the auto detection option is enabled under Privacy Center > Your Institutional Memberships.