Becoming a CIEEM Fellow

Eligibility Criteria

The principal eligibility criterion to become a CIEEM Fellow is that you should have made a notable and lasting contribution to the profession. This could be through one or more particularly noteworthy achievements or by a sustained and influential contribution over a number of years in one or more of the areas described below. Fellows should also be highly respected and have unimpeachable integrity. This will be confirmed by your sponsors and by the evidence in the testimonial and application documents.

A notable and lasting contribution to our profession could include:

• Research which has practical application in the profession of ecology and environmental management.
• Establishing or raising professional standards through developments in training, quality standards or methods.
• Influencing the evolution of policies or legislation relating to the natural environment.
• Promotion of ecological professionalism among employers, organisations, companies and other institutes.
• Innovation through establishing new partnerships, leadership, techniques or awareness for ecological professionalism.
• The practical application of the principles of ecology and environmental management, including to biodiversity conservation.

Applying to become a CIEEM Fellow

There are two application routes: self-nomination or peer nomination. For self-nomination the applicant themselves will take the lead in initiating and completing the application. For peer-nomination, one or both sponsors will take the lead, having first checked to see that the member is willing to be nominated as a Fellow and accept the award if successful.

For self-nomination, the applicant should complete the application and submit it by email to the Secretariat for assessment by the Fellowship Assessment Panel.

The application should include the following:

• Details of the claimed notable contribution(s).
• A detailed career history.
• Appendices containing any other material which you consider is relevant.
• Supporting statements from two sponsors.

You must be a Full Member of CIEEM at the time of making the application for election as a Fellow. Two sponsors are required, at least one of whom must be either a Full Member or Fellow of CIEEM. No more than one sponsor should be from the institution, practice, company or organisation where you currently work and they should not, except in exceptional circumstances, be the lead sponsor.

For peer-nomination, the lead sponsor should complete the application and submit it by email to the Secretariat for assessment by the Fellowship Assessment Panel. The member, who must be a Full member of CIEEM at the time of making the application, must be aware that an application is being submitted on their behalf and they must have indicated that they would be willing to accept Fellowship if the nomination is successful. Alternatively, the nominee can submit the completed application that their sponsors have prepared.

The nomination could also include appendices containing any other material which the applicant considers would be appropriate as evidence.

Both sponsors must be either Full Members or Fellows of CIEEM. No more than one sponsor should be from the institution, practice, company or organisation where the nominee currently works and they should not, except in exceptional circumstances, be the lead sponsor.

The Assessment Process

All applications are checked for completeness by the Secretariat before being submitted to a Fellowship Assessment Panel for review and approval.  The applicant is then notified of the outcome of the application by the Secretariat

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