Fellows → Election of Fellows

Election of Fellows

The Society appoints three categories of Fellow:

Honorary Fellows – of exceptional distinction and of any nationality or country of domicile.

Corresponding Fellows – must be resident overseas. Their level of distinction falls between that of Honorary Fellows and Fellows .

Fellows (formerly called Ordinary Fellows) – excellent and active in their careers with a clear and continuing connection with Scotland.  

Nomination

Candidates must not initiate their own nomination - candidates for Fellowship, Corresponding Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship must be nominated by an RSE Fellow (the Proposer), and supported by two other RSE Fellows, acting as Assessors A and B. 

Only one Fellow can be employed by the same Institution as the candidate and a Fellow can propose/assess only two NEW nominations of Fellowship a year. 

Nominations of female candidates are exempt from this restriction.   Likewise, the restriction to two does not include new nominations for Corresponding or Honorary Fellowship. 

Honorary and Corresponding Fellows are not excluded from being an Assessor for a nomination but they may not themselves nominate. 

Current conveners of sectional committees and current members of the RSE Council may not be Proposers or Assessors of a new nomination.  Current members of sectional committees may not act as a Proposer or an Assessor of a nomination which is being considered by their own sectional committee.