To meet the differing needs of RAI Fellows, several categories of Fellowship have been established. These are listed on this page. For other categories of affiliation to the RAI, click here.

Ordinary Fellowship: the standard category of Fellowship.

Junior Fellowship: available to those under 30 throughout the calendar year in which they are Junior Fellows. This scheme, with its low subscription fee, is intended to benefit young scholars whose income is low. Subscription is normally 50% of the Ordinary Fellowship rate.

Joint Fellowship: available to two individual Fellows who are co-resident and wish to register under the same surname. Only one mailing of the publications is sent. Subscription fee is Ordinary Fellowship + 50%.

Retired Fellowship: available to those who have been in Fellowship for 20 or more years, and have retired. Retired Fellows are eligible for a 25% reduction on the Ordinary Fellowship fee, which must be approved in advance by the RAI office.

Life Fellowship: available to all for the Ordinary Fellowship fee x 20.

Honorary Fellowship is an honour awarded by the Council of the Institute to overseas scholars of special distinction.

Election of first-time Fellows

All those applying to become Fellows for the first time in any category must be elected by the Council of the RAI. For details of the procedure, click here. Applications for first-time Fellowship must be made via the application form (obtainable from the ) and supported by an RAI Fellow or other person of standing.

If you meet any difficulty in applying for Fellowship or renewing your Fellowship, please contact the RAI by post at 50 Fitzroy St, London W1T 5BT, UK; by phone on + 44 (0) 20 7387 0455, or email to the .