The Members Advisory Board, Executive Center Director and Site Directors meet every six months to review projects currently funded by the Center and to establish a research agenda which identifies research areas of vital concern and potential for benefiting member companies. Faculty members submit proposals based on the research agenda.
Funding is allocated to selected projects by decision of representatives of member corporations.
An interested corporation may contact the Center director and send a corporate representative to a semiannual meeting. If the corporation and the Center for Biosurfaces assess that membership would be mutually beneficial after this interaction, a formal invitation for membership is offered by the Center director.