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If you became an MRCPsych Member on 1 January 2015 or earlier you're eligible to apply.

Please user our if you're unsure.

Make sure your membership subscription is up to date or you have a direct debit in place. If not, please make a payment or set up a direct debit before applying.

1. You need to submit your application through our by 15 September.

2. You'll need to fill in some details such as your qualification history, employment history, and your current post.

3. You'll then be asked to tell us about the work you've done that meet the College's core purposes:

• setting standards and promoting excellence in mental health care
• leading, representing and supporting psychiatrists
• working with patients, carers and their organisations.

4. Please check our FAQs section below for suggestions of what examples to give in each of these sections

5. Then, you'll need to complete some good standing information.

Your application needs to be supported by two Members or Fellows.

Your proposer will be asked to write a short citation to complement your application and your seconder will have to agree to support the application. Your proposer and seconder will see what you've written in the free text sections of your application.

Choose people who know your work well, but they can't be people under your supervision.

All Fellowship applications need the support of a College Faculty, Devolved Nation or Division Chair.

If you know a Chair well, you can ask them to be your proposer or seconder. If not, don't worry! Simply select which Chair is the most appropriate to review your application when completing your form and once it's complete we'll send your application to that Chair to ask for their approval. This won't impact your application in any way.

Only Chairs of the following committees can provide the required support for Fellowship nominations:

Faculties (Central and Devolved)

• Academic Faculty
• Addictions Faculty
• Child and Adolescent Faculty
• Eating Disorders Faculty
• Forensic Faculty
• General Adult Faculty
• Intellectual Disability Faculty
• Liaison Faculty
• Medical Psychotherapy Faculty
• Neuropsychiatry Faculty
• Old Age Faculty
• Perinatal Faculty
• Rehabilitation and Social Faculty

Devolved Nations and Divisions

• RCPsych in Scotland
• RCPsych in Wales
• RCPsych in Northern Ireland
• Eastern Division
• London Division
• Northern and Yorkshire Division
• North West Division
• South Eastern Division
• South West Division
• Trent Division
• West Midlands Division
• African Division
• European Division
• Middle Eastern Division
• Pan-American Division
• South Asian Division
• Western Pacific Division

Once you've included all the parts of your nomination you'll need to submit it.

Our Membership Services team will review your application and check everything's okay. If it is, your proposer will be contacted to write the citation. Once they've submitted the citation it will be shared with your seconder for their approval.

After this stage it will be reviewed again by the Membership Services team to make sure it's all in order. If one of your supporters is a College Chair your application will now be complete. If not, your application will be shared with your chosen Chair for their support.

You'll receive updates at various stages to let you know what's happening with your application.

All applications are sent to the College's Nominations Committee in the autumn. They'll review each application and decide who should be elected to Fellowship.

All applicants will be told the outcome of their application in November each year.

If you're successful, congratulations! You'll then be able to register as a Fellow, this involves paying the Fellowship registration fee, and usually involves a top-up subscription fee for the end of the year.

Once you've paid the registration fee, you can use the FRCPsych postnominals and will officially be a Fellow of the College.

Please note, once you've registered as a Fellow you can't downgrade your membership back to Member.

After you've registered as a Fellow you'll be sent a certificate to recognise this within two months. You'll also be invited to attend one of our ceremonies for new Fellows where you can celebrate your achievements.

Yes, retired members are welcome to apply for Fellowship, as long as you have the necessary 10 years of membership.

Yes, you don't have to be a consultant to apply for Fellowship. As long as you have the necessary 10 years of MRCPsych membership you can apply no matter what your career grade/job title is.

Yes, as long as you're a full MRCPsych Member and you registered as a Member on or before 1 January 2015 then you can apply for Fellowship if you work overseas.

Here's a list of suggested examples you may wish to include as evidence of your contribution to 'setting standards and promoting excellence in mental health care', drawn from a selection of previously successful applications:

• Quality improvement initiatives
• Collaborating with other health professionals
• Audit work
• Accreditation work
• Working towards accreditation for your service
• Contribution to CQC ratings/other ratings of services
• Service development
• Examining
• Publications/research
• Conference presentations
• Journal editing/reviewing
• Personal/team awards
• Clinical Excellence/Impact Awards
• Establishing a new service/unit

This is a non-exhaustive list so please feel free to include things that aren't listed here.

Here's a list of suggested examples you may wish to include as evidence of your contribution to 'leading, representing and supporting psychiatrists', drawn from a selection of previously successful applications:

• Presentations 
• Advocating for colleagues/resident doctors/students
• Appraising colleagues
• Running training courses
• Providing peer support
• Educational roles
• Teaching
• Mentoring/tutoring
• Supervising 
• Leadership roles
• Committee roles, including College roles

This is a non-exhaustive list so please feel free to include things that aren't listed here.

Here's a list of suggested examples you may wish to include as evidence of your contribution to 'working with patients, carers and their organisations', drawn from a selection of previously successful applications:

• Involving patients and carers in teaching
• Conducting surveys of patients and acting upon their feedback
• Presentations to the public/patients e.g. workshops
• Media appearances
• Co-production with patients and carers
• Working with charity/third sector organisations
• Volunteer work
• Producing written materials for patients/the public
• Fighting stigma
• Advocating for patients and carers

This is a non-exhaustive list so please feel free to include things that aren't listed here.

As part of your application you'll be asked to nominate a proposer and seconder. They must both be subscribing College members but they don't have to be Fellows themselves.

Your proposer will be asked to write a citation to support your application. The citation allows someone who knows your work to tell us about your achievements and the ways in which you have contributed to psychiatry. You should choose someone who's very familiar with your work to write the citation.

Your seconder won't need to write a citation as well, they just need to lend their support to the citation that's been written by your proposer.

Don't worry if your proposer and seconder aren't well known in the College, this won't affect your application. We're interested in what they have to say about you and your work, rather than who they are.

• there is an ongoing GMC investigation or the applicant is under supervision or has a current written warning
• there is knowledge of behaviour that could bring psychiatry into disrepute
• the applicant fails to follow guidance and demonstrate necessary achievements in an application, e.g. not enough information contained on the CV form.

Yes, you're welcome to reapply in a subsequent year if your application is unsuccessful.

When you're told of the outcome there'll be an explanation of why your application was unsuccessful, so this will help you know which areas need strengthening when you come to reapply.

If you need any further clarification, please contact the Membership Services team at membershipservices@rcpsych.ac.uk.