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Proposing and supporting Fellowship applications

Proposers and supporters must sign the candidate’s application form and complete the reference form to confirm that they believe the candidate to be “worthy of consideration” for Fellowship of the IET.

In order to achieve Fellowship the candidate must satisfy an IET peer assessment panel of successful leadership or outstanding service to the engineering profession over a period of, normally, not less than five years.

As a proposer or supporter, you should be aware that areas of achievement may cover one or more of the following:

  • Operational and strategic responsibility for substantial programmes and resources:
    Indicators may include:  number of registered engineers reporting; size of influenceable budget relative to turnover; level within organisation structure; sphere of influence within employing organisation; level at which represents organisation externally;
  • Personal responsibility for significant technological innovation:
    Indicators may include:  recognised technical expert within and/or external to employing organisation; conference papers; published work; published patents;
  • Original research resulting in international recognition:
    Indicators may include:  published papers, books, scope and audience for conference sessions chaired or presentations delivered etc.  Research subjects may range from technical to managerial and operational;
  • The successful creation and development of a business in a sector of relevance to the IET:
    Indicators may include:  turnover, number of employees, funding sources, clients, products and services;
  • Recognised leadership in academia or the armed services:
    Indicators may include:  rank, grade, role performed where this exceeds the normal duties associated with rank, grade or deputising;
  • Outstanding service on national and international professional bodies, such Standards bodies and other appropriate bodies;

  • Enhancement of the Profession through public service:
    Indicators may include:  the award of public honours such as decorations and honours, honorary degrees, awards from the IET or other professional bodies (FREng, FRS) government service;

On the reference form, please indicate the categories in this list that you consider the candidate has demonstrated superior responsibility in and give examples to support your opinion.  Please provide full details if the person you are proposing or supporting does not meet any of the criteria above and you have another reason to justify the award of Fellowship of the IET.