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# Academic Tier Qualification

This page contains the Nested Knowledge policy regarding whether a user qualifies for Academic Tier pricing, or whether an Organization qualifies for having all users qualify for Academic Tier pricing.

## Who Qualifies For Academic Tier?

**To qualify for Academic Tier** (including both Academic and Academic+ plans), a user must be one of the following Qualifications:

1. A current, active student in a Bachelor’s, Masters, MD/DO, or Doctorate program;
2. A current, active graduate or post-doctoral researcher at a university, college, or other educational institution; or
3. A current, active faculty member at a university, college, or other educational institution.

**To qualify for organization-wide Academic Tier pricing,** the Organization in question must grant licensed seats only to users who qualify as Academic Tier.

## What Is Different About Academic Tier Functionality?

**Academic Tier** users have access to a similar functionality as the standard Business Tier, however Business Tier users have record allocation and nest versioning.

**Academic+ Tier** users have access to all Academic Tier functionality, plus a full suite of AI features for enhanced automation and AI-assisted workflows.

The only support offered as part of the Academic Tier is technical assistance; research support or training may be provided at the sole discretion of Nested Knowledge, but is otherwise unavailable to Academic Tier users.

## What Restrictions Are There On Academic Tier Use?

Use of the Nested Knowledge software by Academic Tier users and Organizations is restricted to Academic Purposes, defined as:

* **Non-commercial use,** meaning use wherein a fee is not charged and the purpose is not the sale of a good or service, and the use or activity is not intended to produce a profit; and
* **Educational use,** meaning use for the purpose of education, teaching, distance learning, private study and/or personal research, or
* **Research use,** meaning use for the purpose of publishing, presenting, or collating scientific evidence.

By signing up as an Academic Tier user, **you represent and warrant that you meet the Qualifications as an Academic Tier user, and that you will use the Nested Knowledge software solely for Academic Purposes.**

Nested Knowledge reserves the right to revoke Academic Tier pricing for any user or Organization that, **in Nested Knowledge’s sole judgment,** does not meet the Qualifications or has used the Nested Knowledge software for non-Academic Purposes.

## Tax Exemption For Nonprofits

If you work for a non-profit and have questions about tax exempt status or would like to request that your team be marked as a non-profit for tax reasons, please reach out to <support@nested-knowledge.com> and be prepare to provide tax exemption certificates.

| Author     | Date of Revision | Comments |
| ---------- | ---------------- | -------- |
| J. Johnson | 01/09/2026       | Revised  |
| K. Cowie   | 11/06/2024       | Revised  |


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