Nomination and Election Process

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) is composed of over 2000 Fellows and welcomes approximately 80 new Fellows annually.

A newly elected Fellow will have successfully undergone the following steps of the nomination and election process:

• Nomination by one’s peers (deadline December 1st)
• Review of nomination dossier for completeness by the RSC Secretariat (January)
• Review by the appropriate Division Committee for the Selection of new Fellows and recommendation to its parent Academy (February)
• Review of the Division Committee recommendation by the appropriate Academy Committee for the Selection of new Fellows and recommendation to the Council of the RSC (March)
• Review of the Academy Committee recommendation by the Council of the RSC for inclusion in the final list of candidates to be placed before the fellowship for election (April)
• Election by existing Fellows of the RSC from the ballot of candidates for new Fellows (May/June)
• Notification to successful candidates of their election and formal offer of fellowship (July)
• Induction of new Fellows into the RSC (November)

For further information on nomination forms for fellows, please contact Member Services by telephone at 613-991-6990, Ext. 106 or by email at nominations@rsc-src.ca