Apply for Fellowship
The Society admits no-one without first considering them. Prospective Fellows are asked to sit a brief preliminary examination before the bursary will accept payment. The examination takes about a minute.
Sit the preliminary examination
Already examined? Proceed without re-sitting.
Associate Fellowship is open to applicants of any background, on payment of the Society's customary fee. On admission, the Fellow receives a typeset Certificate of Fellowship, a Fellowship number entered into the Register, and the right to use the post-nominals FPS (placed correctly).
The Society makes no inquiry into the applicant's reasons for applying, and does not interview. The applicant is asked to consider whether the Society's tone is one in which they are content to be addressed in perpetuity, since the Register is not edited.
Proceed to the Society's bursary
A printed edition is forthcoming. Notify me when it is available.
Applications are processed by the Secretary on payment. The digital certificate is dispatched by electronic post within the working day. A printed edition will follow in due course; the Society is not yet pressing certificates.
The Society receives a steady stream of nominations from those who live with a Fellow but are not, themselves, of the temperament. On payment of the customary fee, the Society will despatch the Certificate of Fellowship to the recipient on your behalf, with a brief covering note that does not, as a rule, name the giver unless requested.
The recipient is enrolled in the Register under their own name and may, if they wish, decline the honour. The Society notes that no-one ever has.
Proceed to the Society's bursary
A printed edition is forthcoming. Notify me when it is available.
The recipient's name is entered at checkout, where the Society's form invites the field "Name of Fellow". Please enter the recipient's name, not your own.
Gift applications are processed by the Secretary on payment. The certificate is dispatched by electronic post within the working day. Buying for myself instead?