Fellows

Fellowship of the Academy is based on exceptional contributions to the medical sciences either in the form of original discovery or of sustained contributions to scholarship. Fellows are drawn from clinical academic medicine, veterinary science, dentistry, laboratory science, medical and nursing care and other professions allied to medical science.

The majority of candidates will be selected primarily for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of medical science, or for the application of existing scientific knowledge or understanding in an innovative way, so as to bring about advances in human health and welfare.

A smaller number of candidates may be elected who have made an outstanding contribution in other ways:

• Those who have made a contribution to medical science by leadership, inspiration or the furtherance of medical science in a senior management or administrative capacity.
• Those who have raised the public understanding or appreciation of medical science.
• Those who in other ways have rendered a conspicuous service to medical science.

An annual election is overseen by the Registrar and the Fellowship Officer.
Nominations for 2011 will open later in the year.

No Fellow may nominate more than four candidates in any one year. The nomination form must be signed personally by three Fellows of the Academy. All candidates are assessed by one of seven sectional committees. Fellows with relevant expertise are asked to provide referees' reports. The sectional committees make recommendations to Council in April, and newly elected Fellows are admitted to the Academy in a ceremony in June.

Candidates nominated for the first time are automatically eligible for election for 5 consecutive years. After the 5th election, the candidature will lapse for a period of 3 years. If nominators wish to re-propose a lapsed candidate, a new proposal form must be submitted. Candidates proposed for the 2nd time, and on subsequent occasions, are eligible for 3 years.

Further information on the election process can be found in the Academy's standing orders.

Nomination papers will be available later in the year. Please contact clare.brown@acmedsci.ac.uk in the meantime.