Fellow Members
The 2025 Fellowship application period is now open. Please read the information on this page carefully before applying.
Deadline Extended: Thursday 18 September 2025 (12 noon)
Fellow Membership is a high-level designation which is awarded to long-standing members to acknowledge their invaluable experience, extensive knowledge, expertise, and commitment to the discipline.
In recent years, the Society has strengthened its application process. It is therefore critical that each applicant be confident they are at the right juncture in their career to apply and have the time to provide the committee with robust evidence.
Important Links:
- Guidance for Fellow applicants (download a checklist)
- Mandatory form your referees must complete
- Hear from recent Fellows (learn about their experience applying)
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What are the benefits?
- Entitlement to use the designation of FTPS to represent outstanding achievement
- Recognition by the Society in various public forums
- Fellow lapel pin
- Free online access to The Journal of Physiology, and Open Access titles Experimental Physiology and Physiological Reports
- Quarterly members’ magazine, Physiology News
- Full voting rights at the Society General Meetings
- 35% discount on Wiley books
Application requirements: who can apply?
Applicants must:
- Possess Full Member status for at least ten consecutive years postdoctoral prior to the year of nomination
- Obtain two letters of support from referees who are both full Society members. One must be a Fellow member and one must be outside the applicant’s institution. See further information below
- Provide a high standard of evidence they have met three of the six criteria. See further information below
How do I apply?
- You will need to provide an up-to-date CV (a maximum of three pages), three statements of suitability (no more than 2000 words each) against each of your chosen criteria, and the names of two referees along with their short (less than 500 words) letters of support
- Membership Code of Professional Conduct: All Members must abide by our Code of Conduct
Fellowship criteria
- Prospective applicants must choose only three of the following six criteria to be judged and provide a high standard of evidence for each
- Where more than one bullet is listed under a criterion only one must be successfully achieved
Who qualifies as a referee?
- Applicants must obtain two letters of support from referees who are both full Society members
- One must be a Fellow member and one must be outside the applicant’s institution to ensure independence of opinion
- Referees should hold a senior level position: e.g. Professor, Senior Research Scientist
- Please direct your referees to this page, where they will need to complete and submit the form.
Letters of support
- Fellowship applications require short letters of support (less than 500 words each) from two referees who are members of the Society
- It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure their named referee is willing to act prior to application and referees will be contacted directly by the Society for verification of their support
- Both referees must be well acquainted with the candidate’s professional activities and volunteer involvement
- Prior to submitting your application, please direct your referees to this page and ask them to complete the short form
How much does it cost?
Fellow membership is £11.83 per month if paying by Direct Debit, or £142 per annum.
Pay for 3 years of Fellow Membership in one go to receive a 10% discount
Members also have the option to pay for 3 years of Fellow Membership in one lump sum for a 10% overall discount.
Please email membership@physoc.org if you wish to access this offer.
How do I pay?
We accept the following payment methods:
- Credit or debit card
- Direct Debit for UK Account Holders. Download the direct debit instructions for your bank which must be posted to us. We will not accept electronic or faxed instructions
Download the Membership Direct Debit Payment Terms and Conditions.
If you have any questions regarding membership, please contact membership@physoc.org
Membership discounts
We offer a 50% discount on membership fees for:
- Anyone living in a country that is listed by the World Bank as a low-income economy, lower-middle income economy or upper-middle income economy (You must be living in this country at the time of applying for membership);
- Anyone on a career break (one year discount only);
- Anyone on maternity or shared parental leave (maximum of one year discount).
If this applies to you please write to us at membership@physoc.org.
Tax Relief
If you pay your own Society membership subscription and are a UK taxpayer, you can claim the tax back on your annual membership fee. Further details can be found online.
Extended Deadline: Thursday 18 September 2025 (12 noon)