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

Please make your work history brief. We don't need to know about every post you've held, just the general outline of your employment history. 

You should group together things like core and higher training rather than listing each individual post or rotation.

You can follow this example structure:

• Core Training, Trust/Employer, Specialty, Start date - End date
• Higher Training, Trust/Employer, Specialty, Start date - End date
• Specialty Doctor, Trust/Employer, Specialty, Start date - End date
• Consultant, Trust/Employer, Specialty, Start date - End date

Don't worry about giving details about the exact hospital or ward you worked in, you can just specify the employing organisation.

In domain 1 we want to hear about the work you've done to improve services and standards.

• 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

In domain 2 we want to know about your work in education and training.

You may wish to include:

• 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 so please do include anything else that's related to education.

There's a word limit of 500 words for this section.

In domain 3 you can tell us about your research work.

Some examples include:

• 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

As you only have 500 words you don't need to list all of your publications, you can just refer to a key one or two.

If you haven't done any research work don't worry as you don't need to score highly in every domain to be elected.

There's a word limit of 500 words for this section.

In domain 4 we want to know about your leadership skills and achievements.

You may wish to include:

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

This is a non-exhaustive list and don't forget that you don't need a formal leadership role to show leadership skills so please do include any examples of times that you've shown leadership.

There's a word limit of 500 words for this section.

Domain 5 is your chance to tell us about any other important work that you've done in your career.

This could include:

• 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 so please tell us about any important work that you do that hasn't been covered in the previous domains.

There's a word limit of 500 words for this section.

You'll need to confirm your good standing with your country's medical council and with the College.

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.

Your application needs to be supported by 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 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 domains 1-5 of your application.

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

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.

If you don't work with any College members, please contact MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk and we'll work with you to find a solution.

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 completed 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, you'll receive an email to confirm.

You can edit your application at any time up until the final deadline on 15 September. Your confirmation email will have a link to allow you to edit the form.

On 16 September, 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.