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==Overview== Sigma Xi has nearly 60,000 members<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/about/history|title=History }}</ref> who were elected to membership based on their research achievements and potential. It has more than 500 chapters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/chapters|title=Chapters|website=www.sigmaxi.org}}</ref> in North America and around the world. In addition to publishing ''[[American Scientist]]'' magazine, Sigma Xi provides grants<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid|title=Grants in Aid of Research|website=www.sigmaxi.org}}</ref> annually to promising young researchers and sponsors a variety of programs supporting [[ethics]] in [[research]], [[science]] and [[engineering]] [[education]], the public understanding of [[science]], international research cooperation and the overall health of the research enterprise. The Society is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Sigma Xi was one of six honor societies that co-founded the [[Association of College Honor Societies]] (ACHS) on {{dts|1925|12|30}}.<ref name="moore" /> Its participation was short lived, with the decision to withdraw and operate again as an independent society made just over a decade later, effective in {{dts|1933}}.<ref name="moore">{{cite web |author=Maurice L. Moore |title=Historical Information |url=https://achs.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/ACHS%20Historical%20Overview%20%20-%20As%20related%20by%20Maurice%20L.%20Moore%2C%20March%2015%2C%201983.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=Association of College Honor Societies}}</ref> It resigned from ACHS because "it had decided to devote itself to research primarily, that it no longer considered itself a strictly college organization, and hence was somewhat outside of the field occupied by the Association, and that for these reasons it felt constrained to withdraw from the Association."<ref name="moore" /> Today, Sigma Xi participates in a more loosely coordinated lobbying association of four of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honor societies, called the [[Honor Society Caucus]]. Its members include [[Phi Beta Kappa]], [[Phi Kappa Phi]], Sigma Xi, and [[Omicron Delta Kappa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honor Society Caucus {{!}} Honor Society|url=https://www.phikappaphi.org/join/why-join/the-phi-kappa-phi-difference|access-date=2021-10-22|website=www.phikappaphi.org}}</ref>
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