RCPsych Fellowship Application Form

Instructions for completing this form

This form is an application form for RCPsych Fellowship.

Fellowship is only available to those who have been MRCPsych Members for 10 years or more.

If you'd like to check your eligibility to apply for Fellowship, please use our checker tool and we'll get back to you within 1 working day with an answer.

You can save your progress at any time by clicking the 'Save' button at the end of the page, this will email you a copy of the form that you can continue at a later date.

If you have any issues completing this form or have any questions, please contact MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk

Guidance for applicants

Please consult our Fellowship application guidance to help you complete this form.

In this section, please set out your contributions in the area of:

"Service development, improvement and setting standards"

Some examples:

• Local, regional or national audit work
• Quality improvement work
• Establishing a new service/unit
• Redesigning or developing a service
• Developing new clinical pathways or policies
• Or any other work in this area

This is a non-exhaustive list. 

In this section, please set out your contributions in the area of:

"Education, teaching and training"

Some examples:

• Examining or question writing
• Educational roles
• Teaching
• Supervising, mentoring or tutoring
• Organising training courses or programmes
• Or any other work in this area

This is a non-exhaustive list. 

In this section, please set out your contributions in the area of:

"Research"

Some examples:

• Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Book chapters
• Systematic reviews
• Participation in research projects
• Poster or oral presentations at conferences
• Or any other work in this area

This is a non-exhaustive list. 

In this section, please set out your contributions in the area of:

"Leadership"

Some examples:

• Leadership roles
• Committee roles, including College roles
• Or any other work in this area

This is a non-exhaustive list. 

In this section, please set out your contributions in the area of:

"Any other relevant/significant work"

Some examples:

• Working with patients and carers
• Volunteer work
• Public engagement
• Any other significant work that does not fall under the previous domains

This is a non-exhaustive list. 

As part of your application we need a citation from somone who knows your work well and who can tell us about your achievements and the ways in which you have contributed to psychiatry.

A proposer will need to write the citation and a seconder will need to approve it.

The proposer and seconder can't be people under your direct supervision.

Proposers and seconders must be subscribing College members but they don't have to be Fellows themselves.

Please provide the names and email addresses of your proposer and seconder.

Your proposer will be sent a copy of this form on 16 September and will be asked to complete the citation form online. The seconder will receive a copy of both forms and will be asked to confirm their support. Both will be asked to complete their forms by 30 September.

All applications need the support of a College Faculty or Division Chair.

Please indicate below which Chair you would like us to send your application to for their support. Chairs will be contacted after 15 September to support your application so the list below reflects the list of Chairs as of the AGM on 16 June 2026.

If your proposer or seconder is a Chair, please just select them in the list.

If you're being supported by a Devolved Nation Faculty Chair, please select the name of the Chair of the Devolved Nation.